Forests - Alberta Wilderness Association

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

November 27, 2017

Around 61 percent of Alberta is forested.

AWA Position:

Letter from ENGOs and Cold Lake First Nations Seeking Caribou Safety Net Order

Petition from ENGOs and Cold Lake First Nations on Unprotected Northeast Alberta Caribou Habitat

Letter from Prominent Canadians Urging Governments to Honour Commitments to Protect Woodland Caribou Habitat

Joint Statement on the Plight of Boreal Caribou in Alberta

ENGO News Release: North America Awaits Alberta’s Leadership on Legislatively Protected Areas for Boreal Caribou

News Release: Alberta’s Southern Forests: More than a Source of Timber

Sustainable Forests and Communities

Scientists Respond to FPAC Claims on Federal Boreal Caribou Recovery Strategy Science

Woodland Caribou Public Meetings

AWA Backgrounder on Northwest Alberta Caribou Recovery

AWA Input to NW Municipalities on Caribou Recovery

Extensive New Gas Wells in Endangered Little Smoky Caribou Habitat Show Weakness of Alberta Caribou Plan