April 25, 2025
Highwood Logging Slated for 2025/2026
According to West Fraser, logging will begin in 2025/2026.…
March 26, 2025
The C5 Forest Management Plan: Provide your Feedback
West Fraser Cochrane is working on a Forest Management Plan and you can provide input.…
March 25, 2025
Myth-Busting the Government of Alberta’s Coal Claims
Unpacking the Ministry of Energy and Minerals’ Deflections and Falsehoods…
March 13, 2025
Corb Lund, Katie Morrison, and Bill Trafford Challenge Premier and Ministers to Debate Controversial Coal Policies
A trio of concerned Albertans have issued a challenge to the Government of Alberta…
March 6, 2025
Forestry fines not enough to repair damage done at Burnt Timber Creek
In May of 2024, Spray Lake Sawmills (now West Fraser Cochrane) received a $16,800 fine for a Forests Act contravention.…
September 25, 2024
Critical Habitat and Industry Lobbying: Part 3
In part 1 and part 2 of this series, we discussed how Critical Habitat definitions are flawed, how Species at…
October 31, 2023
Critical Habitat and SARA Permits: Part 2
While SARA prohibits the destruction of Critical Habitat, it does allow for limited exceptions through a permitting process.…
September 19, 2023
Critical Habitat and the Case of the Bull Trout: Part 1
What is ‘Critical Habitat’? There is a great deal of confusion surrounding what Critical Habitat is – as well as…
September 22, 2022
Navigating nature with a disability
When I was eight, I ventured barefoot into a grove of trees behind my parents’ house in southern Saskatchewan…