August 30, 2017
Jasper’s Species at Risk Action Plan Lacks Urgency and Detail
Parks Canada’s proposed action plan for species-at-risk in Jasper National Park does little to meet…
Defending Wild Alberta
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Our vision is for the Wild Spaces shown on this map to remain wild – forever. Some of these areas are essential cores that require protection to complete a provincial protected areas network. Other Wild Spaces may function as corridors or transition zones, and still others require sound management to achieve the working landscape ideal, where economic development is integrated with conservation and stewardship objectives.
Take a moment to explore each of Alberta’s Natural Regions. The currently protected areas are in green and AWA’s proposed areas for conservation are in gold.
Sources: Alberta Wilderness Association, 2019, Alberta Environment and Parks, 2019. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Alberta.
Navigating tips:
Natural Region: Click on a Natural Region to find out more information about its current status, to view protected areas and AWA’s Areas of Concern.
Area of Concern: Click on an area of concern (in gold) to learn about it. Select “Learn more” to visit the webpage for an Area of Concern.
Reset the map: Reset the map by clicking the button in the bottom left corner.
Download a PDF copy of AWA’s Wild Alberta map here (8.4MB PDF)
AWA dedicates this map and the work we do related to mapping Alberta’s Wild Spaces to the memory of our dear friend and colleague Herbert G. Kariel. Herb was a long time supporter and on his passing left AWA a generous bequest. Our work producing maps of Alberta’s wild spaces helps all of us learn more about our land and its geography and the vision for protected vital landscapes that Herb held dear.
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August 2, 2017
Extensive New Gas Wells in Endangered Little Smoky Caribou Habitat Show Weakness of Alberta Caribou Plan
New wells and roads by Jupiter Resources are being permitted by the Alberta government to…
June 16, 2017
Help Caribou Have A Future in Alberta
Dear Wilderness Defender, Alberta’s endangered woodland caribou desperately need your help. Please fill out a…
June 16, 2017
AWA Responds to ‘Caribou Range Planning’ Alberta Government Survey
In answering the Alberta government’s new survey on caribou range planning, AWA states that the…
June 9, 2017
A Species At Risk Action Plan for Banff: AWA Encourages Moving at a Snail’s Pace
Parks Canada’s proposed action plan for species at risk in Banff National Park fails to…
June 1, 2017
Taking a Trip to an Island of Conservation
June 2017 Wildlands Advocate article, by Ian Urquhart Imagine a national park where you can hike for…
June 1, 2017
Management of bighorn sheep in Alberta is not based on science
June 2017 Wildlands Advocate article, by Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet Alberta is home to about 10,000 bighorn sheep….
April 19, 2017
AWA Letter RE: Updated Castle Parks Management Plan
April 19, 2017 Premier of Alberta Honorable Rachel Notley Email: premier@gov.ab.ca Minister of Alberta Environment…
April 10, 2017
AWA and Timberwolf Demand Action on Long Overdue Action Plan
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and Timberwolf Wilderness Society, with the Public Interest Law Clinic at…
April 7, 2017
AWA Letter: Jasper Icefields Trail (North)
April 7, 2017 Hon. Catherine McKenna Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada House of…
April 1, 2017
Spoof: “Dinosaurs” in Hand Hills Ecological Reserve?
Just two months after Park’s Canada kicked off their plains bison reintroduction, which will see…
March 28, 2017
Action Alert: Species at (More) Risk?
Dear Wilderness Defender: Laws are only as good as the policies that guide how they…