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December 17, 2024
Joint ENGO Letter to ECCC Re: Request for Imminent Threat Assessment for Southern Mountain Caribou
On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, the Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society, Canadian Parks and…
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• Caribou
• Kakwa
• Little Smoky
December 13, 2024
Letter to Minister Loewen requesting information on cougar hunting expansion
Regarding the recent expansion of cougar hunting, AWA wrote to Todd Loewen, Minister of Forestry…
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• Protected Areas
• Wildlife
December 11, 2024
Send a Letter: Reverse the decision to expand cougar hunting
Todd Loewen, Minister of Forestry and Parks, has expanded cougar hunting, acting against the recommendations…
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• Action Alerts
• Wildlife
December 11, 2024
News Release: Alberta Minister gives questionable cougar numbers, maintains conflicting ties to hunting industry
Dec. 11, 2024 A PDF of this news release is available here. Evidence suggests that…
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• Wildlife
December 4, 2024
AWA Statement: Cougar hunting allowed in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
A PDF of this statement is available here.   On December 1, just as the…
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• Biodiversity
• Uncategorized
• Wildlife
December 3, 2024
Northback Public Hearing: Transcript of AWA’s Oral Presentation
On December 3, 2024, AWA presented in the public hearing on Northback Holdings’ applications to explore Grassy…
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• Coal
• Grassy Mountain Blog
• Headwaters
• Livingstone-Porcupine
• Native Coldwater Fish
November 25, 2024
Detailed comments to inform the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP) survey
The government of Alberta is currently doing their 10-year review of the South Saskatchewan Regional…
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• Action Alerts
• Biodiversity
• LUF
• Public Lands
• Wildlands
• Wildwater
November 21, 2024
AWA Opposition to Spur Petroleum Ltd.’s Proposed Mikkwa Exploration Project
On Thursday, November 21, 2024, Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) sent a letter to Little Red…
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• Bison
• Boreal Forest
• Caribou
• Harper
• Oil and Gas
• Wetlands
November 19, 2024
News release: New information indicates Alberta government ignored science in decision to hand over wildlife management to trappers
Recent data, available to the Government of Alberta, shows updated wolverine population counts of less…
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• News Release
• Wildlife
November 18, 2024
Canada’s Big Biodiversity Promise
The Biodiversity Strategy and Nature Accountability Bill represent an improvement, but is it enough to…
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• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• Wildlife
• WLA Archive
November 14, 2024
Trapped Still
Fish entered the canals simply because there was nothing to prevent them from doing so….
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• Native Coldwater Fish
• Rivers
• Wildlife
• Wildwater
• WLA Archive
November 12, 2024
Send a Letter: The Trapping Limits for Vulnerable Furbearing Animals Must be Reinstated!
Alberta Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen has quietly removed yet another restriction meant…
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• Action Alerts
• Species at Risk
• Wildlife