May 16, 2025
Engagement Guide for the Upper Smoky Sub-regional Plan Survey
CPAWS Northern Alberta, Nature Alberta and AWA put together a guide to help you fill…
AWA is committed to the protection of publicly owned wildlife, wild lands, and wild waters in Alberta.
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We recognize the inherent value of nature and the myriad benefits humankind derives from it. AWA seeks secure interconnected habitats that are representative of Alberta’s natural landscapes and ecological processes, and that sustain the full complement of indigenous wildlife populations. AWA supports the conservation of wildlife populations in their natural environment and as a public resource.
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May 12, 2025
Official Petition: Wildlife management decisions should be science-based and recent changes must be rescinded
Our wildlife is for everyone to enjoy! Recent decisions have opened up hunting and trapping…
May 5, 2025
Open Letter to Alberta Minister of Forestry and Parks: Public Call to Rescind Recent Detrimental Wildlife Management Decisions
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and Exposed Wildlife Conservancy wrote to Minister Todd Loewen asking for…
May 4, 2025
Species at Risk Act Part 4: The Success – or Failure – to Protect Canada’s Species at Risk Comes Down to Cooperation
Without these changes, we are doomed to repeat these 25 years all over again. By…
April 22, 2025
Report: Implications of the Alberta Government Draft Upper Smoky Sub-regional Plan for Southern Mountain Caribou
Read the full report here. Executive Summary This report outlines implications of Alberta’s draft Upper…
April 17, 2025
Saving the Bee(tles)
What could a pollinator policy look like? By Kennedy Halvorson Read the PDF version here….
April 16, 2025
Speak Up for Caribou: Public Sessions Start April 16, 2025
Alberta’s draft Upper Smoky Sub-regional Plan puts two of the province’s last remaining southern mountain…
March 26, 2025
Joint News Release: Proposed Alberta government plan would wipe out two southern mountain caribou populations
The Government of Alberta released the draft Upper Smoky Sub-Regional plan which, if approved, would…
March 24, 2025
AWA Statement on Bill 41: Wildlife Amendment Act
On March 12, Alberta unveiled Bill 41, known as the Wildlife Amendment Act. This bill…
February 19, 2025
Send a Letter: Oppose the Creation of the Proposed “Harvest Preserves”
The Government of Alberta is considering legalizing harvest preserves – private “hunting” enclosures where farmed…
February 13, 2025
Alberta Government Proposes Elk and Deer “Harvest Preserves,” Ignored Major Risk of Spreading CWD
The Government of Alberta is considering legalizing harvest preserves – private “hunting” enclosures where farmed…
February 10, 2025
The loss of an ecosystem: an update on the perilous plight of sage-grouse
Losing sage-grouse would be tragic, and it would be more than just the loss of…