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National Wildlife Area Missing from Proposed Endangered Owl Habitat Designation

Suffield Coalition
1 Sep 2010

Calgary. A proposal by the federal government that would limit habitat protection for the endangered Burrowing Owl has raised alarm among conservation groups. In a letter sent to Environment Minister Jim Prentice today, members of the Suffield Coalition voiced concern that his department’s apparently selective identification of critical habitat overlooks burrowing owls in the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield National Wildlife Area. Read more »

Link: National Wildlife Area Missing from Proposed Endangered Owl Habitat Designation (AWA)

Posted September 1, 2010 by russ

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Environmental groups echo First Nations call for caribou protection

Ecojustice files application for emergency protection, is prepared to go to court for caribou

Alberta Wilderness Association
Pembina Institute
Sierra Club Prairie
Ecojustice
17 Aug 2010

CALGARY — Three environmental groups have joined with four Alberta First Nations to urge the federal environment minister to provide emergency protection for caribou herds in northeastern Alberta, Ecojustice said today. Read more »

Link: Environmental groups echo First Nations call for caribou protection (Ecojustice)

Posted August 17, 2010 by AEN

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11th Annual Run Wild for Wildlife

Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton
Oct 23 2010 - 10:30am

The 11th annual Run/Walk Wild for Wildlife is Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton’s biggest fundraiser and will be held on October 23,2010 at Hawrelak Park. Funds raised at this event will go directly to helping the over 1,000 wildlife patients that the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society treats every year.

Participants can dress up as their favourite wildlife animal, participate in the walk/run, and win some amazing prizes! Join us for this fun, family-friendly event. Read more »

Link: Go to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton’s page on the Running Room website

Location

Hawrelak Park
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted August 11, 2010 by AEN

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The Environmental Law Centre speaks

The Environmental Law Centre has been busy today. They've published:

Posted July 7, 2010 by AEN

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Water Matters: The Water Log — June 28, 2010

Water Matters has published their latest issue of the Water Log:

 Contents

  1. Nexen's "bait and switch" means trouble for the Clearwater River
  2. Where will the ERCB draw the line on tailings plans?
  3. What's in it for water? — The overlap between responsible water and grizzly bear management in Alberta
  4. Hydropower Legislation Inquiry: Will instream flow needs play a central role?
  5. New faces at Water Matters

Posted June 28, 2010 by AEN

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Guilty verdict in Syncrude case applauded

Ecojustice
25 Jun 2010

CALGARY — Alberta provincial court’s guilty verdict in the Syncrude ducks case confirms the need to eliminate toxic tailings ponds and the risks they pose, Ecojustice said today. 

  

Some 1,600 ducks died after landing in a Syncrude tailings pond in April 2008. The pond’s bird deterrent systems were not in place at the time. Read more »

Link: Guilty verdict in Syncrude case applauded

Posted June 28, 2010 by AEN

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AEN members react to Syncrude duck death verdict

AEN members weighed in on Friday's guilty verdict in the Syncrude ducks case. Both Sierra Club Canada and Ecojustice applauded the verdict, suggesting that the verdict further confirms the need to eliminate the toxic tailings ponds. The Pembina Institute's Simon Dyer, while calling the verdict "significant" and "positive", raises questions about the deterrent value and impact of the verdict in the broader context of the oil sands tailings ponds:

Since the incident, the amount of tailings (the toxic liquid waste produced by the oil sands extraction process) has steadily increased in volume by 200 million litres, or 80 Olympic-sized swimming pools, every day to now cover an area of 170 km2. It raises the question: Did the ducks die in vain?

Link: Sierra Club Canada applauds Syncrude court ruling
Link: Guilty verdict in Syncrude case applauded (Ecojustice)
Link: Syncrude found guilty, but has justice been served? (Pembina Institute)

Posted June 28, 2010 by AEN

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Sierra Club Canada applauds Syncrude court ruling

Sierra Club Canada
25 Jun 2010

OTTAWA – Syncrude Canada Ltd. was found guilty today on federal and provincial charges and may now face fines of up to $800 000.

“It is great to see Syncrude charged as guilty under federal and provincial laws," said Sheila Muxlow, Interim Director of Sierra Club Prairie. "I just hope the federal and provincial governments see that it's time to shut these projects down and begin the transition towards a clean, green, renewable energy economy." Read more »

Link: Sierra Club Canada applauds Syncrude court ruling

Posted June 25, 2010 by AEN

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Grizzly Bear Protection Missing from Latest ERCB Decision

Alberta Wilderness Association
CPAWS Southern Alberta
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
10 Jun 2010

The latest decision by Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board  (ERCB) perpetuates the conditions that are threatening Alberta’s grizzly bear population, says Alberta’s environmental organizations. Read more »

Link to release on the AWA website

Posted June 10, 2010 by AEN

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CPAWS celebrates grizzly victory

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, an AEN member group, is celebrating a victory with the recent announcement that the Alberta govenrment will list the grizzly bear as a threatened species. Read more »

Victory! Alberta grizzly bear listed as species at risk

Posted June 4, 2010 by russ

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Job Opportunity

Position: Network Manager
Application Deadline: 24 Sep 2010 - 16:00

The AEN is seeking a responsible, organized and dynamic individual to support the work of the AEN in the role of Network Manager.

Full job description and application instructions

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