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Turning up the Heat on Alberta’s Forest Mis-Management

Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 3 2012 - 12:00am - Feb 8 2012 - 12:00am

The Issue 

Southern Alberta’s forests need your help! Clearcut logging in the Castle is beginning right now, and a similar program is scheduled to begin near Bragg Creek in the summer. Now more than ever Albertans can help keep the momentum going for changes in how our forests are managed.

Below, we outline three opportunities which are coming up in the following week; opportunities for you to lend your support. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted February 3, 2012 by AEN

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It's Now or Never for the Castle

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Take action TODAY to stop logging of Alberta's Castle Special Management Area, and support its permanent protection. The Castle was announced as a protected area in 1998, but the Alberta government never turned that announcement into law.

With your help, we have delayed the logging for months, but now Spray Lake Sawmills' equipment is on-site and ready to start clear-cutting. Read more »

Source: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Posted January 20, 2012 by AEN

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Pipe Up About Enbridge's Dirty Pipeline!

Council of Canadians — Edmonton Chapter
Jan 24 2012 - 8:30am

Starting next Tuesday, the public hearings on Enbridge’s destructive tar sands pipeline comes to Edmonton and it’s important that we are there.

Don’t Tar Our Future or BC’s Coast

Rally at the Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Hearings

Wingate Inn (18220-100th Avenue)

Spread the word! Invite your friends to the Facebook event.

Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline is 1,170 km of potential destruction, proposed to go from just outside of Bruderheim, AB to Kitimat, BC. It would carry approximately 525,000 barrels/day of tar sands oil and 193,000 barrels/day of toxic condensate back along the same route to Alberta. The pipeline would cross the traditional and unceded territory of dozens of BC First Nations, over 1,000 streams and rivers – many of them salmon bearing – would go through the Great Bear Rainforest – the last remaining intact temperate rainforests on the planet –  and would bring over 200 super-sized oil tankers through one of the narrowest and most dangerous straights in Canada.  Every step on this path is a disaster waiting to happen. Each one would be tragic even before there is a spill. And each one can be prevented. Read more »

Location

Wingate Inn
18220 100 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps
Facebook event page
Source: Council of Canadians

Posted January 20, 2012 by AEN

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Help Residents' Camp & Picket-Line Hold Back Clear-Cutting Protected Area

Stop Castle Logging

Four days on Saturday, January 14th and counting, holding back the clear-cut logging in the Castle Special Place protected area. For more info on this businesses + residents+ outdoor ethusiasts+ conservation group action: Facebook "like" Stop Castle Logging; website www.savethecastle.org;  blog at www.stopcastlelogging.org and media release. Read more »

Source: Alberta Foothills Network

Posted January 17, 2012 by AEN

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The Castle Needs Defenders!

Alberta Wilderness Association

At this very moment, logging machinery is beginning to move into the Castle, in preparation for the clearcutting of 120 hectares of forest. But there is still a chance for a last minute reprieve.

Opinion polls have made it clear that Albertans are strongly opposed to the clearcut logging plans, and want to see the Castle protected. Thousands of letters and phonecalls have been made to the Premier. Please consider making a call to the Premier's office in support of the Castle. It is a game of numbers, and the more people that call, the better the chance of a positive outcome.

 

—Nigel Douglas, AWA Conservation Specialist

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted January 12, 2012 by AEN

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Christmas Trees needed for wildlife rehab

Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton

With the holidays over, find a great new home for your Christmas tree. From the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton's Facebook page:

We are in need of christmas trees - real or not - and would love it if you could spread the word. We use christmas trees in a lot of our enclosures for the patients we have and they are great for habitat enrichment and perching. If you would like to donate a christmas tree, please clean it off of any decorations. Unfortunately we can't use trees that have lights attached to them. If you would like to donate, you can call us at 780-433-0884. Donated trees can be dropped off at our location in Spruce Grove, which is about 10-15 minutes from WEM. Thank you!

Posted December 29, 2011 by AEN

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Sign the Petition: Open data is good for the environment

Ecojustice

The Government of Canada says it's committed to openness and transparency, but it has yet to make information about who is breaking environmental laws, and what it's doing to prevent and punish those violations, easily accessible through an online database. Read more »

Visit the Ecojustice website to sign the petition

Posted December 15, 2011 by russ

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Take Actions! Jasper is our national park not a theme park!

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Southern Alberta Chapter
Dec 16 2011 (All day)

Jasper is our national park not a theme park!

Canada’s treasured Jasper National Park could be on its way to gaining a theme park-like attraction. Brewster Travel Canada, owned by a US-based company, wants to blast out the side of the cliff beside the Icefields Parkway to build the “Glacier Discovery Walk” – a massive infrastructure “skywalk”, and charge people who wish to admire the view.  Read more »

Follow this link to write a letter now letting the government know your concerns.

Posted December 15, 2011 by russ

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Too Many Roads Mean Too Many Grizzly Deaths. Help Now!

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Southern Alberta Chapter
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Alberta Wilderness Association
Sierra Club Canada
Fact: Alberta's grizzly bears are listed as a Threatened species; there are fewer than 700 left.
Fact: Most grizzly deaths occur because there are too many people in their habitat - too many roads and trails criss-cross lands that grizzly bears need to survive.
Fact: The Alberta government is not adhering to its own road density thresholds. In fact, the density of roads and other linear features in grizzly habitat is up to 4 times greater than thresholds set in Alberta's 
Fact: We need your voice to help protect Alberta grizzly habitat.

Be the voice of the grizzly - It only takes 1 minute.

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Source: Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Source: Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society — Southern Alberta Chapter
Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted December 5, 2011 by AEN

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Occupy the Climate: Global Day for Climate Action

Occupy Edmonton
Dec 3 2011 - 1:00pm

Right now the Canadian government is in Durban, South Africa trying to block any progress on an International response to the growing climate crisis. They are actively trying to thwart the process. Luckily, people right across Canada, joined by people all over the planet aren't going to let them.

We, the 99% know capitalism is broken and can’t fix the earth. Their solutions are killing the planet and poisoning our communities. Read more »

Location

Alberta Legislature
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps
Source: Occupy Edmonton

Posted December 1, 2011 by AEN

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Upcoming Events

Submit your environmental events to events [at] aenweb [dot] ca.

3 Feb 2012 - 8 Feb 2012
Turning up the Heat on Alberta’s Forest Mis-Management
8 Feb 2012
Save our Forests Rally
Edmonton
8 Feb 2012
Save our Forests Rally
Calgary
9 Feb 2012
BikeWorks North renovation meeting
Edmonton
11 Feb 2012
Info Session: Oil Well Impacted Communities
Calgary
11 Feb 2012
Film Screening: White Water | Black Gold
Calgary
12 Feb 2012
Vegans & Vegetarians of Alberta Monthly Potluck
Edmonton
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