September 2, 2021
Government Map Confirms Plans to Log Old-Growth Forests Near Grande Cache, Increasing Risks to Threatened Caribou
A newly released Government of Alberta map confirms long-term plans for substantial logging within at-risk…
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.”
August 11, 2021
The Worst Place to Clearcut in Alberta? Caribou, Wolves and Endangered Trout Think So
New logging cutblocks are imminent in a particularly inappropriate corner of West Fraser Hinton’s forestry…
July 21, 2021
Forest Management in Alberta: Sustainable or Suspect?
On Saturday, July 17, the Government of Alberta announced a new Forest Management Agreement (FMA)…
May 29, 2021
AWA Comments: Cold Lake Draft Sub-regional Plan
AWA’s submission to the Alberta government on an important sub-regional land-use plan, the draft Cold…
May 29, 2021
AWA Comments: Bistcho Lake Draft Sub-regional Plan
AWA’s input on Alberta’s draft Bistcho Lake sub-regional plan, an important land-use plan applying to…
February 18, 2021
Alberta Forests Deserve More than the “Forests (Growing Alberta’s Forest Sector) Amendment Act”
Wild Lands Advocate update by: Carolyn Campbell, AWA Conservation Specialist Click here for a pdf…
February 15, 2021
The Forests Act – What Should Be Included
Wild Lands Advocate update by: Carolyn Campbell, AWA Conservation Specialist Click here for a pdf…
February 12, 2021
Indigenous Rights and Wildlife Conservation Advance with Kitaskino-Nuwenëné Wildland Proposed Expansion and Moose Lake Access Plan
This week the Alberta government announced important advancements for northeast Alberta wildlife conservation and the…
January 7, 2021
Increasing Timber Harvest in Alberta’s Forests
Wild Lands Advocate update by: Grace Wark, AWA Conservation Specialist Click here for a pdf…
November 13, 2020
Proposed Amendments to Bill 40, Forests Amendment Act
The Forests Amendment Act, introduced in October 2020, proposes several amendments to the Forests Act….
October 28, 2020
Alberta Forests Deserve More than the Forests Amendment Act
Last week, without any public consultation, the Alberta government proposed changes to the Forests…
July 19, 2020
Alberta Mountain Pine Beetle – Lower than predicted impacts, ineffective clearcuts
Wild Lands Advocate update by: Carolyn Campbell, AWA Conservation Specialist Click here for a pdf…