Alberta Wilderness Association
Feb 8 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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. Read more »
Outside the Alberta Legislature
10800 97 Avenue NW
Edmonton,
AB
Feb 8 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
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. Read more »
Outside the McDougall Centre
455 6 Street SW
Calgary,
AB
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 »
Canada is now the #1 supplier of oil to the United States. Most of that oil comes from the tar sands in Alberta, processed by an industry with an insatiable thirst for water. Following the journey taken by a drop of water from Mount Snow Dome in the Columbia Icefield to Lake Athabasca, and exploring what happens to it along the way, filmmaker David Lavallee asks: “Are the powers that be turning the truth into a liquid that slides through your fingers?” Read more »
Hillhurst Room, AWA
455 12 Street NW
Calgary,
AB
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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with Paul Jones
Come learn why this prairie icon is so unique and adaptable to the harsh northern climate. Learn about its basic ecology, habitat selection and movement patterns across the Northern Sagebrush Steppe.
Please note this is a Thursday talk, not on Tuesday as usual.
$5 Adults, $1 Children
AWA - Hillhurst Room
455 12 Street NW
Calgary,
AB
