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June 25, 2014
AWA News Release: Today’s Alberta Sales of Endangered Caribou Habitat Ignore Public Opposition and Science
Despite opposition from Alberta’s three main opposition parties, two major daily newspapers, and major hunting…
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• Caribou
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June 9, 2014
AWA News Release: Alberta Selling Endangered Caribou Habitat to Produce Its Oil and Gas
This week, Alberta’s Energy Minister visits crude oil customers in Delaware, Philadelphia and New York…
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• Archive
• Caribou
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June 4, 2014
AWA News Release: Impending Alberta Energy Leasing in Endangered Mountain Caribou Habitat Counter to New Federal Recovery Strategy
The federal southern mountain caribou recovery strategy finalized yesterday sets a goal to increase all…
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• Caribou
• News Release
May 26, 2014
Sage-grouse Protectors
Wildlands Advocate article, April 2014, by Nigel Douglas. The Sage-grouse Partnership (SGP) and the fate…
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• Milk River - Sage Creek
• Sage-grouse
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May 22, 2014
Alberta Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Help Stop New Energy Leasing in Endangered Mountain Caribou Ranges
The Alberta government plans to sell new energy leases in endangered mountain caribou ranges. Last…
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May 21, 2014
Bee Aware – The Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2014, by Brittany Verbeek. Neonicotinoids have rapidly become the most…
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• Wildlife
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May 13, 2014
Birds and Tar Sands Tailings Ponds: Ever Safe to Land?
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2014, by Carolyn Campbell. The Oil Sands Regional Bird Monitoring…
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• Boreal Forest
• Oil Sands
• Wildlife
• WLA Archive
May 12, 2014
AWA News Release: Alberta Plans More Oil and Gas Lease Sales Where Endangered Mountain Caribou Live
In early May, Alberta’s ‘mountain’ caribou were assessed as Endangered – in immediate danger of…
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• Bistcho
• Caribou
• Caribou Mountains
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• Kakwa
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May 9, 2014
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Help Prevent a 2015 Sandhill Crane Hunt
A 2015 hunting season for Alberta’s sandhill cranes is being proposed. Proposals in previous years…
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• Action Alerts
• Species at Risk
May 7, 2014
RSPB Article on Neonicotinoids and Insect Pollinators
Article (H. Charles J. Godfray, et. al.) from issue 281 of the Proceedings of the…
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• Wildlife
May 1, 2014
Two-bits?: Woodland Caribou Are Worth More Than That
Wildlands Advocate article, April 2014, by Chad Belisle. The severe decline of woodland caribou has…
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• Caribou
• Species at Risk
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April 15, 2014
Sage-grouse Partnership Steering Committee Meeting Notes
Notes from a meeting of the Sage-grouse Partnership Steering Committee held in Manyberries. Topics of…
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• Sage-grouse