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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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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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…
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…
September 18, 2024
Adventure for Wilderness – Bats in the Weaselhead, August 21, 2024
Text and photos by Christin Spatz and Lindsey Wallis When thinking about bats, we often…
August 26, 2024
AWA supports Ecojustice’s request to designate the Vista Mine expansion under the Impact Assessment Act
On August 26, 2024, AWA sent the Minister of Environment and Climate Change a letter…
August 22, 2024
AWA input for Alberta’s draft Little Brown Myotis and Northern Myotis Bat Recovery Plan
On August 22, 2024, AWA provided input on the draft Little Brown Myotis and Northern…
August 21, 2024
AWA letter to Minister Loewen on the hunting of Grizzly Bears
AWA wrote to Minister Todd Loewen (Forestry and Parks) expressing our concerns with opening “problem”…
August 2, 2024
Of Tree Rings and Tea Leaves: What the Trees Have Told Us
It might not be common knowledge in today’s world, but these old trees can talk….
July 18, 2024
Action Alert: Be nature’s voice in the new “Plan for Parks”
The Alberta government wants public feedback on its new Plan for Parks, which will guide…
July 18, 2024
AWA’s letter on the proposed Plan for Parks
On July 18, 2024 AWA sent a letter to the ministers of Forestry and Parks…
July 10, 2024
Template: Write a Letter to Stop the Grizzly Bear Hunt
As many of you know, Alberta’s decision to allow grizzly bears to be hunted again…
July 9, 2024
Updates to species listed under SARA
After years of consultation and deliberation, recommendations for nine species made by the Committee on…