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AWA Tuesday Talk: Muskwa-Kechika - A Planning Success

Mar 5 2013 - 7:00pm

with Wayne Sawchuk

Join Wayne Sawchuk, well known conservationist, logger, guide, horseman, photographer, author, wilderness explorer, and motivational speaker as he tells the story of this Northern Rockies wilderness. Decades of adventurous winter and summer work, travel, and expeditions in the wilderness of the Northern Rockies and the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area will unfold in this success story.

Cost: $5 Adults, $1 Children

Location

Hillhurst Room, AWA Office
455 12 Street NW
Calgary, AB

Posted February 6, 2013 by AEN

Stop Alberta Energy Leases in Threatened Little Smoky Caribou Range

6 Feb 2013

In violation of Alberta’s 2011 woodland caribou policy that places an immediate priority on maintaining caribou habitat, Alberta Energy plans auctions of new oil and gas leases within the Little Smoky caribou range on February 7, March 7 and April 25, 2013. This herd’s habitat is already 95% disturbed, according to Environment Canada. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) has issued an open letter to Alberta’s Energy Minister urging him to defer these lease sales as a step towards responsible habitat management for this herd at imminent risk of local extinction. Read more »

Posted February 6, 2013 by AEN

Wild prairie grasslands or gas wells and pipelines?

For four years, we've been keeping you up-to-date on Suffield National Wildlife Area and this very question: What will it be, wild prairie grasslands or 1,275 new Cenovus gas wells and 220 kilometres of new pipelines? Well, we still don't know and we hope that with help from you, letters to federal Minister of the Environment Peter Kent will help remind him just how important this area is to native biodiversity and the protection of this significant region in Alberta. Read more »

Posted November 27, 2012 by AEN

CPAWS Northern Alberta AGM & Film/Speaker Event— Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies

Nov 22 2012 - 7:00pm

2011/2012 AGM (7pm start)

Come learn what CPAWS Northern Alberta worked on this past year. Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). Contact infonab [at] cpaws [dot] org or 780-424-5129 x309 with questions.

Film/Speaker Event (7:30pm start)

Film - Mountains in Motion: The Canadian Rockies

CPAWS Northern Alberta is excited to present a free showing of this 2012 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festivel selection. Read more »

Location

Strathcona Library, upstairs meeting room
8331 104 Street
Edmonton, AB

Posted November 21, 2012 by AEN

SSRP Consultation Session

Dec 6 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Albertans invited to provide input on next regional plan

Consultation for South Saskatchewan region begins next month

Edmonton... Work on a land-use plan for southern Alberta will focus on water, economic development and conservation needs. A new round of consultations in the South Saskatchewan region starts November 6Read more »

Location

Coast Lethbridge Hotel
526 Magrath Drive South
Lethbridge, AB

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

SSRP Consultation Session

Dec 5 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Albertans invited to provide input on next regional plan

Consultation for South Saskatchewan region begins next month

Edmonton... Work on a land-use plan for southern Alberta will focus on water, economic development and conservation needs. A new round of consultations in the South Saskatchewan region starts November 6Read more »

Location

Foremost Community Hall
802 First Avenue West
Foremost, AB

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

SSRP Consultation Session

Dec 5 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Albertans invited to provide input on next regional plan

Consultation for South Saskatchewan region begins next month

Edmonton... Work on a land-use plan for southern Alberta will focus on water, economic development and conservation needs. A new round of consultations in the South Saskatchewan region starts November 6Read more »

Location

Medicine Hat Lodge
1051 Ross Glen Drive South East
Medicine Hat, AB

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

SSRP Consultation Session

Dec 4 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Albertans invited to provide input on next regional plan

Consultation for South Saskatchewan region begins next month

Edmonton... Work on a land-use plan for southern Alberta will focus on water, economic development and conservation needs. A new round of consultations in the South Saskatchewan region starts November 6Read more »

Location

Elks Hall - Blairmore
2025 129 Street
Crowsnest Pass, AB

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

SSRP Consultation Session

Dec 4 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Albertans invited to provide input on next regional plan

Consultation for South Saskatchewan region begins next month

Edmonton... Work on a land-use plan for southern Alberta will focus on water, economic development and conservation needs. A new round of consultations in the South Saskatchewan region starts November 6Read more »

Location

Canalta Jurassic
1103 Highway 9 South
Drumheller, AB

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

SSRP Consultation Session

Nov 29 2012 - 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Albertans invited to provide input on next regional plan

Consultation for South Saskatchewan region begins next month

Edmonton... Work on a land-use plan for southern Alberta will focus on water, economic development and conservation needs. A new round of consultations in the South Saskatchewan region starts November 6Read more »

Location

Strathmore Centennial Civic Centre
120 Brent Boulevard
Strathmore, AB

Posted October 29, 2012 by AEN

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