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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
Write 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
November 11, 2024
Bully for the Blackbirds: Inspiration From Nature
There is a lesson here, for us little people fighting conservation battles. By Lorne Fitch…
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• Wildlife
• WLA Archive
November 7, 2024
Minister response to AWA concerns on hunting “problem” grizzly bears
In response to Alberta Wilderness Association’s letter expressing our concerns with allowing hunting of “problem”…
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• Grizzly Bears
• Uncategorized
November 7, 2024
Legal Battles, Lost Opportunities, and the Long Road to Species Protection
Like most problems associated with the SARA, this is rooted in issues of jurisdiction between…
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• Species at Risk
• Wildlife
• WLA Archive
November 6, 2024
AWA Statement: Unacceptable Removal of Trapping Limits on Furbearing Animals
Alberta Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen has quietly removed yet another restriction that…
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• Wildlife
October 18, 2024
Alberta’s Nature Summit: Implications for a made-in-Alberta Nature Strategy
As part of their public engagement on a made-in-Alberta Nature Strategy, Alberta hosted a one-day…
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• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• Protected Areas
• Wildlife