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Alberta Minister Commended for Key Step in Grizzly Bear Recovery

Sierra Club Canada
Action Grizzly Bear
4 Jun 2010

Sierra Club Canada and the more than 1200 participants in Action Grizzly Bear are commending Alberta's Sustainable Resource Development Minister, Mel Knight, and his Cabinet colleges for listing Alberta's grizzly bears as a Threatened Species under Alberta's Wildlife Act, a necessary step to recovery that was first recommended by the government's multi-stakeholder Endangered Species Conservation Committee in 2002. Read more »

Link to release on the Sierra Club website

Posted June 4, 2010 by AEN

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CPAWS answers questions about the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

Recently, eight conservation groups, including AEN member groups CPAWS and Greenpeace, signed one of the largest conservation agreements in the world with the Canadian forest industry. Aran O'Carroll, who neogtiated on behalf of CPAWS, answers some questions about the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement.

Posted June 3, 2010 by AEN

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Athabasca Wild: Last true wilderness in Alberta

CPAWS Northern Alberta

The Lower Athabasca Region contains some of Alberta's most pristine wilderness. By contrast, it is also home to Alberta's oil sands — making it the most immediately threatened landscape in the province.

CPAWS is appealing to the government to protect at least 50% of the Region from industry and for wildlife and traditional public uses.

Campaign page on the CPAWS website

Posted June 1, 2010 by AEN

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Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement

Eight conservation groups, including AEN members CPAWS and Greenpeace, and the Canadian forest industry have signed off on one of the largest conservation agreements in the world. The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement covers 72 million hectares of publically owned forests — an area twice the size of Germany.

Posted May 18, 2010 by AEN

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Wild About Wilderness Gala

Alberta Wilderness Association
Jun 3 2010 - 6:30pm

Wild About Wilderness

An evening with AWA board and staff.

Please join us for an evening reception at the Royal Glenora Club with guest speaker Richard Secord:

Green Law - Legal Precedents for Environmental Protection.

Richard’s lecture will address the key environmentally significant cases decided in Alberta in the last 20 years. Read more »

Location

Royal Glenora Club
11160 River Valley Road
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted May 14, 2010 by AEN

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Wildlands Advocate Vol. 18 No. 2

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA)

The April 2010 issue of Wildlands Advocate (Vol. 18 No. 2) is available for download from the AWA website.

 Features

  • Understanding the Ecology of Mountain Goats: The Long-Term Study of Caw Ridge
  • Research Without Results
  • Wolverines: Putting the Wild into Wilderness
  • Celebrating the Snakes of Alberta
  • Endangered Species Under Alberta’s Wildlife Act: Effective Legal Protection?
  • Livestock Grazing in the Castle’s Front Range Canyons
  • 2010 Update on Skoki

Posted May 4, 2010 by AEN2

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Climb and Run for Wilderness 2010 an outstanding success!

Alberta Wilderness Association
17 Apr 2010

An estimated 1,500 climbers brought forth their wild side today in support of Alberta’s wildlife and wilderness at the 19th annual Earth Day celebration held at the Calgary Tower. Participants came from as far as Tampa, Florida and Vancouver, B.C.

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) played host to the 19th Annual Climb & Run for Wilderness. "Truly the Best Earth Day Event in the West, and a celebration of Alberta’s wildlife and wild spaces, this event attracted the largest crowds ever, and the widest range of people, corporations and supporters. The day was filled with the knowledge that we can truly make a difference," says AWA Executive Director Christyann Olson. Read more »

Read the release on the AWA website

Posted April 17, 2010 by AEN2

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Let the Climb Begin! Climb & Run for Wilderness

Alberta Wilderness Association
16 Apr 2010

Climb & Run for Wilderness
at the Calgary Tower (101 – 9th Ave. S.W.)

Saturday, April 17, 2010. 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

On Saturday April 17, more than 1,000 Calgarians of all ages are expected to attend the 19th Annual Climb & Run for Wilderness at the Calgary Tower. Hosted by Alberta Wilderness Association, this is Calgary’s premier Earth Day celebration, where participants take this unique opportunity to climb the 802 stairs to the top of the Calgary Tower. Read more »

Posted April 16, 2010 by AEN2

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Warm-Up Time for Calgary Tower Climbers

Alberta Wilderness Association
14 Apr 2010

On stairwells all around the city, enthusiastic climbers are brushing off the winter cobwebs and warming up those leg muscles, getting ready to climb to the top of the Calgary Tower this coming Saturday.

Saturday April 17 is, of course, the date for the city’s premier Earth Day celebration, the Annual Climb & Run for Wilderness, hosted by Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA). There are now just four days to go until the Tower will open to people of all ages and abilities, who will scale the stairs, all 802 of them, in support of Alberta’s beautiful wild lands, wild waters and wildlife. Read more »

Posted April 14, 2010 by AEN2

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Greening the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline: Is the National Energy Board serious about sustainability?

Sierra Club Prairie
12 Apr 2010

YELLOWKNIFE — The National Energy Board has an opportunity to get serious about sustainability of ecosystems and communities in the Mackenzie Valley as it considers a possible licence for the Mackenzie Gas Project in hearings this week, says Sierra Club Prairie.

“We are disappointed that sustainability considerations are absent in the NEB’s proposed licence conditions for the Mackenzie Gas Project, despite that fact that the NEB’s chair has recently stated that sustainability is a focus for the Board.” said Sheila Muxlow, acting director of Sierra Club Prairie. “The NEB cannot be said to be serious about advancing sustainability or the public interest if it turns a blind eye to the fact that the Mackenzie Gas Project is a basin-opening project that will create a petro-economy throughout much of the Mackenzie Valley.” Read more »

Read the release on the Sierra Club website

Posted April 13, 2010 by AEN2

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AEN Fall Cross Caucus Meetings

October 1-2, 2010 • Calgary, Alberta
Program & Registration Information

AEN is Hiring

Position: Network Manager
Application Deadline: 24 Sep 2010 - 16:00
Full job description and application instructions

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