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May 3, 2013
AWA News Release: Alberta Defers New Energy Leasing in Two Caribou Herd Ranges
For the first time, Alberta is deferring the sale of new mineral rights across the…
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• Caribou
• Little Smoky
• Oil and Gas
May 2, 2013
AB Energy Minister Defers Issuing New Mineral Rights in Two Caribou Ranges
In a May 2, 2013 letter to Alberta Wilderness Association, Alberta Energy Minster Ken Hughes…
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• Caribou
• Little Smoky
• Oil and Gas
April 24, 2013
AWA News Release: Alberta Again Violates Caribou Policies With Today’s Energy Leasing
Today the Alberta government will once again violate its own caribou policy and the federal…
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• Caribou
• Little Smoky
• Oil and Gas
April 19, 2013
Fewer Winter Trails Will Help Jasper Caribou
AWA’s letter to Parks Canada supporting their proposal to restrict winter recreational access, from November…
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• Caribou
• National Parks
March 30, 2013
Alberta’s Westslope Cutthroat Trout Designated as Threatened
Extract from the federal Canada Gazette, designated Alberta’s population of Westslope cutthroat trout an endangered…
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• Native Coldwater Fish
• Species at Risk
March 27, 2013
AWA News Release: Alberta Government has Lost Control of Wolf Management
Decisions on Alberta’s wolf population are being made by local authorities with public funds and…
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• Wolves
March 22, 2013
Sandhill Crane Hunt
Letter from AWA to Environment Canada, opposing a proposed new hunt for sandhill cranes in…
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• Species at Risk
• Wildlife
March 20, 2013
AWA News Release: March 2013 Energy Lease Sales Break Alberta Caribou Policy
The Alberta government is selling new petroleum and natural gas lease sales in five threatened…
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• Bistcho
• Caribou
• Chinchaga
• Little Smoky
• Oil and Gas
March 19, 2013
Preliminary Chronic Wasting Disease Test Results Indicate Continued Spread
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (AESRD) released part of the 2012 Chronic Wasting Disease…
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• Game Farming
March 19, 2013
Wolf Bounty and Provincial Wildlife Policy
Letter from AWA to Minister for Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, March 19 2013, outlining…
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• Wolves
March 13, 2013
ESRD Letter to AWA Re: Hidden Creek Logging Concerns
AESRD Minister McQueen letter to AWA in response to our letter of 2013-01-18 outlining our…
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• Livingstone-Porcupine
• Native Coldwater Fish
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
March 9, 2013
Wolf Bounty FOIP
Results from AWA Freedom of Information legislation application to Alberta government about wolf bounties in…
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• Wolves