Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.

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AWA Position:
AWA is committed to maintaining healthy and intact forest ecosystems that will sustain biological diversity and viable wildlife populations, provide clean drinking water, and promote long-term economic opportunities. AWA supports responsible ecosystem-based forest management that does not compromise wildlife and wilderness values.

Grizzly Ridge, Kananaskis (N. Douglas)
 
The majority of Alberta’s forested land is in the vast Boreal Forest Natural Region, with an additional strip of forested land running down the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, in the Rocky Mountain and Foothills Natural Regions.
Each of these forested areas has its own distinct biological features, and also its own distinct “issues.”
Boreal Forests
Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
August 16, 2010
The Forests of Alberta’s Southern Eastern Slopes: Forest or Forestry?
August 2010 update of AWA’s position paper. 20100816_rp_awa_forests_or_forestry.pdf
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• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
August 1, 2010
Progress in Ghost River Watershed Planning
Wild Lands Advocate article, August 2010, by Nigel Douglas. 2010089_ar_wla_ghost_watershed_plan_ndouglas.pdf
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• Headwaters
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• South Ghost
• WLA Archive
August 1, 2010
New Policy Tools for Conservation in Alberta’s Boreal Natural Region
Wild Lands Advocate article, August 2010, by Mike Kennedy. 2010089_ar_wla_boreal_conservation_kennedy.pdf
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• Boreal Forest
• WLA Archive
August 1, 2010
The Boreal: A Birder’s Wonderland
Wild Lands Advocate article, August 2010, by Chip Scialfa. 2010089_ar_wla_boreal_birds_scialfa.pdf
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• Boreal Forest
• WLA Archive
May 29, 2010
Ghost River Watershed Ecosystem-based Conservation Plan
Progress report on an Ecosystem-based Conservation Plan for the Ghost River Watershed, prepared by Silva…
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• Headwaters
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• South Ghost
December 1, 2009
A Vision of Forest Management for the Future
Wild Lands Advocate article, December 2009, by Nigel Douglas. 20091200_ar_wla_forest_management_ndouglas.pdf
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• Headwaters
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• South Ghost
• WLA Archive
December 1, 2009
A Vision of Forest management for the Future
Wild Lands Advocate article, December 2009, 17:6. by Nigel Douglas. 20091200_ar_wla_forest_management_ndouglas.pdf
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• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
• WLA Archive
December 1, 2008
Government Dodges Caw Ridge Inquiry
Wild Lands Advocate update, December 2008, by Chris Wearmouth. In August, AWA called upon the…
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April 28, 2008
Alberta Conservation Groups Ask Government for Reduction in Size of West Fraser Logging Area
April 28, 2008 joint news release by AWA, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Federation of…
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• Boreal Forest
• Caribou
April 28, 2008
AWA News Release: Alberta Conservation Groups Ask Government for Reduction in Size of West Fraser Logging Area
The Hinton Wood Products (HWP) forest management agreement in west central Alberta ends June 14,…
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• Boreal Forest
January 22, 2008
AWA News Release: Government Violates Guidelines and Allows Further Destruction of Endangered Caribou Habitat
It has been recently learned that government continues to permit industrial use in these intact…
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• Boreal Forest
• Caribou
• Little Smoky
• Oil and Gas
January 22, 2007
AWA News Release: Caribou Jeopardized by Forest Products Association Decision to Clearcut for Pine Beetle
Alberta’s threatened woodland caribou suffered one more nail in the coffin with the recent about-turn…
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• Boreal Forest
• Caribou
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