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
Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.
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The majority of this 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.
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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.”
December 1, 2008
Government Dodges Caw Ridge Inquiry
Wild Lands Advocate update, December 2008, by Chris Wearmouth. In August, AWA called upon the…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
December 7, 2006
AWA News Release: Woodland Caribou Sacrificed as Government Forces Companies to Log Pine Forests
The Deputy Minister of Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) has confirmed that the Alberta Government…
December 1, 2006
War on Pine Beetle May Sacrifice Caribou, Protected Areas
Wild Lands Advocate article, December 2006, by David Samson 200612_AR_FOR.pdf
November 10, 2006
AWA News Release: Alberta Government’s War – Threatened Caribou Are First Casualties
Alberta is forcing companies such as Weyerhaeuser in Grande Prairie to log mature pine forest…
August 1, 2006
Tracking Stewardship from the Forest to the Page: Topline Printing Leads the Way in Alberta
Wild Lands Advocate, August 2006, by Joyce Hildebrand 200608_AR_FOR.pdf
May 9, 2006
AWA News Release: Albertans Speak Out about Forests: Wildlife Comes First
In a recent survey of forest use in Alberta, Albertans made it clear that managing…
May 1, 2006
Alberta Forest Usage Survey
Report by the Alberta Forest Products Association, related to “understanding societal values Albertans hold towards…