Calls to protect one of Alberta’s last great unprotected watersheds received a recent boost with the publishing of the province’s new report, Status of the Grizzly Bear in Alberta. The 4,000 square kilometre Bighorn area, which sits east of Jasper and Banff National Parks, has suffered from motorized abuse, and it is now clear that grizzly bears are one more victim of that abuse.
Part of Mother Nature’s clean-up crew, turkey vultures have attracted relatively little scientific study. In 2003 Wayne Nelson and several Alberta Fish and Wildlife Division colleagues followed up on public reports of vultures on old buildings in eastern and northeastern Alberta and a significant study has arisen. In 2006 Wayne retired as a wildlife biologist and, along with Rick Morse, carried the vulture project into his retirement and expanded it.
Bluebird lovers who build and maintain nesting boxes are contributing enormously to the conservation of this beautiful bird species. Coupled with a very active program to band these birds, we are becoming increasingly informed about their nesting habits and distribution througout southern Alberta. Marijke Jalink-Wijbrans and Don Stiles will team up to describe the joys, heartbreaks and science of bluebird conservation.
Join AWA for a great evening of bluegrass music with Wildrose Xpress and Celtic, country and blues music with Norbert Hirth.
Cost is $15 - tickets are not mailed, your name will be included on a roster at the door.
Space is limited — reservations online or by phone @ (403) 283-2025 or 1-866-313-0713 (Toll-free)
Join us for the annual Calgary Tower Mural Competition!
Deadline for entry is Friday March 05, 2010
Margaret Main
AWA Mural Competition Coordinator
Phone: (403) 283 2025
awa [at] shaw [dot] ca
For Guidelines and registration, check: www.climbforwilderness.ca
Despite good progress by a multi-stakeholder group in understanding issues around Athabasca River water withdrawals, Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is concerned there will still not be protective water rules for low winter flows. AWA believes oilsands mine river withdrawals must cease during low winter flows.
Alberta conservation groups are seeking an emergency order from Jim Prentice, Federal Environment Minister to enforce habitat protection for the endangered Foothills and Oil Sands woodland caribou herds. “Minister Prentice has recently acknowledged that there is a need for industry and the Alberta government to work with Ottawa to improve Canada’s environmental reputation. Alberta’s caribou desperately need Federal help, and this is Prentice’s chance to take meaningful action,” says Rocky Notnes with the Athabasca Bioregional Society.
Particularly susceptible to being killed by traffic on roads, the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus v. viridis) is designated as a species that "may be at risk" by Alberta Sustainable Development. The Alberta Endangered Species Conservation Committee has legally designated this animal as "data deficient". Adam Martinson will present the results of his research investigating their spatial behaviour and patterns of road mortality risk. It is hoped that the results of his and others’ research can be used to lessen the impacts roads are having on Southern Alberta
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