May 26, 2014
Sage-grouse Protectors
Wildlands Advocate article, April 2014, by Nigel Douglas. The Sage-grouse Partnership (SGP) and the fate…
Defending Wild Alberta
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.
May 26, 2014
Wildlands Advocate article, April 2014, by Nigel Douglas. The Sage-grouse Partnership (SGP) and the fate…
May 22, 2014
The Alberta government plans to sell new energy leases in endangered mountain caribou ranges. Last…
May 21, 2014
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2014, by Brittany Verbeek. Neonicotinoids have rapidly become the most…
May 13, 2014
Wild Lands Advocate article, April 2014, by Carolyn Campbell. The Oil Sands Regional Bird Monitoring…
May 12, 2014
In early May, Alberta’s ‘mountain’ caribou were assessed as Endangered – in immediate danger of…
May 9, 2014
A 2015 hunting season for Alberta’s sandhill cranes is being proposed. Proposals in previous years…
May 7, 2014
Article (H. Charles J. Godfray, et. al.) from issue 281 of the Proceedings of the…
May 1, 2014
Wildlands Advocate article, April 2014, by Chad Belisle. The severe decline of woodland caribou has…
April 15, 2014
Notes from a meeting of the Sage-grouse Partnership Steering Committee held in Manyberries. Topics of…
April 10, 2014
Letter from AWA to Honourable Robin Campbell Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource Development. There…
March 31, 2014
This March 2014 expert report concludes that new Marmot Basin ski area development in the…
March 19, 2014
Audio clip (13m:15s) from Terra Informa and CJSR radio highlighting the plight of the greater…