AWA is committed to the protection of publicly owned wildlife, wild lands, and wild waters in Alberta.
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.
April 25, 2024
The following news release was sent by Save the Rosebud, who have worked with AWA…
April 8, 2024
AWA wrote to Minister Loewen asking for the rationale behind the increase in female cougar…
March 19, 2024
Dear valued AWA members, As you may have heard, plans are underway to rehabilitate Banff’s…
March 15, 2024
Designating bison as wildlife is long overdue. The current classification of a wild species as…
March 15, 2024
Free-ranging bison, apart from in a few specialized regions, are still considered livestock in Alberta….
March 13, 2024
Alberta’s latest report on the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) should be a warning: if urgent…
February 22, 2024
On February 22, 2024, AWA was cc’d on correspondence from Northback Holdings Corporation to the…
February 21, 2024
The controversial logging plan in the Upper Highwood of Kananaskis is on hold, for now….
January 30, 2024
On Friday, January 19, 2024, the Government of Alberta finally released the long awaited…
January 28, 2024
By Lorne Fitch Bull trout, Alberta’s native fish, have swum the province’s waters since the…
January 24, 2024
AWA has written comments in response to Canada’s 2030 National Biodiversity Strategy Milestone Document. The…
December 30, 2023
By Lorne Fitch To say the sights and sounds of nature inspire me seems trite…