Statement of Concern Regarding Chip Lake Logging Request for Proposals

May 10, 2022

AWA is concerned about a request for proposals (RFP) issued by Alberta Forestry that would grant a Commercial Timber Permit in Forest Management Units W01 and W02, including a significant amount of forests northwest of Chip Lake (west-central Alberta near Wildwood and Entwistle). AWA’s main concerns with this RFP are the following:

Destruction of important wildlife habitat
Lack of stakeholder and public consultation
Low stand level harvest retention requirements
No cumulative effects assessment in the area
Potential challenges with reforestation

Click the link below to read our letter to Minister Nate Horner on May 4th, 2022 regarding these concerns:

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