January 26, 2018
Help Save Alberta Caribou From Extinction
Dear Wilderness Defender, Alberta’s caribou are in real trouble. Please let the Premier know you…
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.”
January 12, 2018
AWA Comments on Alberta’s Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan
AWA feels strongly that Alberta’s draft provincial range plan does more to increase the risk…
December 19, 2017
Alberta ‘Plan to Plan’ Won’t Save Our Endangered Caribou
Today Alberta released a draft caribou provincial range plan that allows unspecified new industrial disturbance…
December 19, 2017
Alberta Government Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan
The Alberta government’s draft provincial woodland caribou range plan was released December 19, 2017 for…
November 29, 2017
Caribou Safety Net Question in House of Commons
Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Environment is facing court…
November 28, 2017
AWA News Release: Albertans Deliver ‘Quarters for Caribou’ to Premier
Supporters of Alberta’s endangered caribou delivered hundreds of postcards to the steps of the Alberta…
November 27, 2017
News Release: Environmental groups, Cold Lake First Nations, petition Minister of Environment and Climate Change for caribou protections
Safety net order would allow the federal government to extend Species at Risk Act protections…
November 27, 2017
Letter from ENGOs and Cold Lake First Nations Seeking Caribou Safety Net Order
A letter to the federal environment minister requesting a safety net order to protect habitat…
November 27, 2017
Petition from ENGOs and Cold Lake First Nations on Unprotected Northeast Alberta Caribou Habitat
A petition to the federal environment minister showing that current laws do not protect Alberta…
October 25, 2017
Letter from Prominent Canadians Urging Governments to Honour Commitments to Protect Woodland Caribou Habitat
October 25, 2017 Dear federal, provincial and territorial leaders, RE: Caribou: A Shared Responsibility We,…
October 6, 2017
Joint Statement on the Plight of Boreal Caribou in Alberta
This week, the fifth anniversary of the 2012 Recovery Strategy for boreal caribou came and…
October 5, 2017
ENGO News Release: North America Awaits Alberta’s Leadership on Legislatively Protected Areas for Boreal Caribou
On the morning of Canadian federal deadline, international community anticipates delivery on commitment for permanent…