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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
April 10, 2014
Alberta’s Bats on Non-Licence Animal List
Letter from AWA to Honourable Robin Campbell Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. There…
March 31, 2014
Jasper’s Tonquin Caribou Risk Assessment Report
This March 2014 expert report concludes that new Marmot Basin ski area development in the…
March 19, 2014
The Disappearing Greater Sage-grouse [audio]
Audio clip (13m:15s) from Terra Informa and CJSR radio highlighting the plight of the greater…
March 18, 2014
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Help Alberta Mountain Caribou Survive and Recover
Today (March 18) is the last day in the consultation period on the proposed federal…