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February 3, 2012
COSEWIC Recommends Emergency Order to List Three Bat Species as Endangered
News release from COSEWIC (Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada) that their…
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• Species at Risk
• Wildlife
February 1, 2012
Scientific Comment on Draft Caribou Recovery Strategy
The February 2012 submission by Scientific Advisors to the Boreal Caribou Science Management Committee of…
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• Caribou
• Species at Risk
January 31, 2012
Southern Mountain Caribou Conservation Strategy
AWA ‘s letter to Parks Canada commenting on the proposed Conservation Strategy for Southern Mountain…
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• Caribou
• National Parks
• Species at Risk
January 25, 2012
ENGO News Release: Will Alison Redford’s Clearcuts Crush Bear Cubs in their Dens?
Joint news release from WildCanada Conservation Alliance, Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition and AWA. Conservationists today…
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• Castle
• Grizzly Bears
• Rocky Mountain and Foothills Forests
January 1, 2012
Canada’s woodland caribou: industrial disturbances in their ranges and implications for their survival
Report by Global Forest Watch Canada. Finds that for the eight boreal woodland caribou populations…
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• Caribou
• Oil Sands
November 30, 2011
AWA Wilderness & Wildlife Defenders: Too Many Roads in Alberta Grizzly Habitat
This past September, Alberta Wilderness Association, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation…
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• Action Alerts
• Grizzly Bears
November 25, 2011
AWA News Release: Habitat focus needed for Alberta’s caribou
Parks Canada’s newly-announced Southern Mountain Caribou Conservation Strategy, including a captive breeding and reintroduction program,…
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• Caribou
• National Parks
• Species at Risk
November 10, 2011
Letter: Protect Caw Ridge from Coal Development
This letter from the AWA to the Minister of Energy and the Minister of Sustainable…
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• Coal
• Energy
• Kakwa
• Wildlife
November 4, 2011
Sage-grouse on the Brink: How Governments have Failed Alberta’s Most Endangered Species
Wild Lands Advocate article, October 2011, by Nigel Douglas and Madeline Wilson. “Who should take…
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• Sage-grouse
October 31, 2011
Alberta Woodland Caribou – Proposed Federal Recovery Strategy Declares War on Wolves, Lets Habitat Degradation Continue
Wild Lands Advocate article, October 2011, by Carolyn Campbell. “A long overdue proposed federal woodland…
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• Caribou
• Species at Risk
• WLA Archive
• Wolves
October 19, 2011
Wolf Bounty FOIP
Certain municipalities in Alberta pay a “bounty” for wolves killed within their borders, despite the…
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• Wolves
October 4, 2011
AWA News Release: AWA Welcomes Premier-Designate Redford’s Promise to Protect Alberta’s Endangered Wildlife
Alberta Premier-designate Alison Redford committed during her campaign to suspend the public land sale known…
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• Species at Risk
• Wildlife