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The Alberta Environmental Network (AEN) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization comprised of groups throughout the province dedicated to helping preserve and protect Alberta's environment. The AEN's purpose is to facilitate the sharing of information & resources among member groups, and to assist them in taking common action. AEN also promotes awareness of environmental issues & activities with stakeholders & the general public. AEN facilitates member group meetings and the participation of member groups in meetings and consultation with government and/or industry. Check out Field Notes for the latest news, events & action alerts from the AEN & our member groups.

 

Forestry Deal Pre-empts North SK plan

30 Jul 2012

The Government of Alberta has quietly signed a new 20 year Forest Management Agreement (FMA) with Sundre Forest Products, apparently bypassing the imminent North Saskatchewan planning process. The deal will make watershed and wildlife conservation more difficult in the FMA’s 5600 km2 area of North Saskatchewan and Red Deer River forested headwaters that affects the water security of over a million Albertans downstream. Read more »

Posted July 31, 2012 by AEN

Bighorn Trail Closures Confirm AWA Concerns

25 Jul 2012

The recent decision by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) to close trails in the Bighorn Backcountry area to all motorized traffic due to “extreme erosion” confirms what AWA has been saying for over a decade: this important wilderness area cannot handle motorized recreation, and OHV trails are not an appropriate development for these pristine valleys. Read more »

Posted July 25, 2012 by AEN

Class & Tour: Solar Energy — Direct Uses

Sep 4 2012 - 6:30pm

A Six-week Evening Course

Date: September 4 – October 9, 2012 (Tuesdays)
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Instructor: Rob Harlan, Executive Director
Solar Energy Society of Alberta
Cost: $250
Contact: 780-378—6178
office [at] solaralberta [dot] ca
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Location

Room 7-138
Grant MacEwan University City Centre Campus (107 Street Building)
Edmonton, AB

Posted July 25, 2012 by AEN

Pembina reacts to oilsands monitoring update

16 Jul 2012

EDMONTON — Jennifer Grant, oilsands program director with Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the joint Canada-Alberta update on oilsands monitoring: Read more »

Posted July 17, 2012 by AEN

New Publication: Atlas of the North Saskatchewan River Watershed

The NSWA is pleased to announce its newest publication: Atlas of the North Saskatchewan River Watershed. The content has been gathered from a number of sources, including technical studies prepared by the NSWA. The Atlas is intended to provide a broad overview of the watershed, its natural attributes and the nature of human activities affecting it. We hope the Atlas will increase public awareness about the watershed and the need to manage it carefully to protect water supplies for future generations. Read more »

Posted July 11, 2012 by AEN

RDRWA Watershed Ambassador Breakfast

Jul 20 2012 - 7:30am - 8:45am

Hot times in the city and everything's about to grow crazy! Join us for the July Watershed Ambassador breakfast, help congratulate the next round of award winners, and chill out with a cool presentation on Sylvan Lake's "Take It Off" program...!

Please register on or before Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Read more »

Location

Quality Inn North Hill
7150 50 Avenue
Red Deer, AB

Posted July 10, 2012 by AEN

New Report Shows Federal and Provincial Governments Breaking Own Rules On Air and Water and Land To Approve More Oil Sands Projects

10 Jul 2012

Edmonton, Alberta – A new report released today entitled Alberta’s Oil Sands Development is Not Responsible- Moratorium Needed shows that since 2004 the federal and Alberta provincial governments have knowingly broken their own publicly vowed rules requiring the monitoring and consideration of environmental cumulative effects of all oil sands projects (effects include water, air, biodiversity and land). Read more »

Posted July 10, 2012 by AEN

Invitation for Input: Conservation & Management of Riparian Lands in Alberta

Initiative: 
Riparian Land Conservation & Management
Deadline: 
15 Aug 2012 (All day)

Help improve conservation and management of riparian lands in Alberta

You are receiving this invitation because the Riparian Land Conservation and Management (RLCM) Project Team would like your input.  Four sectors have decided to work together to gather this input, in order to better represent your ideas when building recommendations. These four sectors have similar membership and can offer more opportunities to more individuals by working together. Read more »

Posted July 4, 2012 by AEN

Documentary Screening: Peace Out

Jul 6 2012 - 7:00pm
Jul 7 2012 - 4:30pm
Jul 8 2012 - 2:00pm
Jun 12 2012 - 9:00pm

Award Winning Canadian Documentary About The Energy Rush In NW​ Canada

Peace Out, the feature documentary about Northwestern Canada’s Hydro Mega project, Shale Gas Fracking, the Nuclear proposal, and the Tar Sands, a film that critics are hailing as passionate, fair, balanced, and breathtaking is coming to Edmonton’s Metro Cinema Theater this week. Read more »

Location

Metro Cinema Garneau Theatre
8712 109 Street NW
Edmonton, AB T6G 1E9

Posted July 4, 2012 by AEN

Calgary Environmental Education Tour: Blue Mountain Bio Dynamic Farm

Jul 7 2012 - 9:00am - 2:00pm

Only three days left to purchase tickets for the July 7th The Farm Tour!, presented by Calgary Environmental Education Tours. The Calgary Environmental Education Tours (CEET) is a project developed by the Calgary Folk Festival's Environment Crew and funded by The Arusha Centre's Take Action Grants. Read more »

Location

Calgary Folk Fest Office
414 Memorial Drive NE
Calgary, AB

Posted July 4, 2012 by AEN

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