DFO has issued a permit under the Species at Risk Act allowing the destruction of critical habitat to facilitate 14 river and stream crossings, including the reconstruction of the previously illegally built Highwood bridge. This decision enables West Fraser Cochrane to begin the first stage of its logging plan in the area.
MD of Taber Reversing Course on Municipal Public Grassland Protection?
Native grasslands in Taber, Alberta, at risk from irrigation expansion.
32% Increased Cut Level Sought by West Fraser in Southern Alberta
West Fraser is seeking a 32% increase in the amount of logging volume they are allowed to cut in the Crowsnest FMA ——despite the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan stating that forest management in this ecologically important region MUST prioritize watershed protection.
New Report: Critical Habitat loss in Southern Alberta continues, despite federal protections
In recent months, we’ve explained how the convoluted definitions of Critical Habitat, the flawed Species at Risk permitting process, and lobbying by the forestry industry … Read More
Changes to Alberta’s Wildlife Act lack evidence of effectively reducing human-bear conflict
The Government of Alberta has reinstated hunting as a management tool for ‘problem’ grizzly bears.
Key Pieces Missing from Environmental and Protected Areas, and Forestry and Parks Ministry Letters
“The ministry mandate letters do little to reassure us that Alberta will take the necessary actions to reverse biodiversity loss and address the climate catastrophe”
Media Statement: Critical Trout Habitat Damaged Without Consequence
Media StatementMay 6, 2020 Two years ago, at the end of April 2018, when the snow melted in the Rocky Mountains, a forestry road crossing … Read More
Two More Alberta Native Trout added to Species at Risk List
Calgary Alberta, August 23, 2019For Immediate Release Albertan conservationists welcome the federal listing of two native trout as species at risk. On August 21, the … Read More
Human Wildlife Coexistence in the Bow Valley
Living With Wildlife Living with and near wildlife has been an ongoing conversation in Alberta, particularly in the Bow Valley where people and wildlife concentrate … Read More
Park Closures: Vexing but Necessary
So you have been waiting all week for the weekend to get out onto the trails in Banff or K-Country. You poured over your maps … Read More
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