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AWA Tuesday Talk: Our Journey – Courtesy of the Great Divide Trail

Alberta Wilderness Association
Nov 6 2012 (All day)

Join Dan Wallace and Wayne Marshall as they share their friendship and adventures (from 1995 to present) via the (Alberta) Great Divide Trail.  From backpacking to motorhome to a camp, from hiking to biking to a four-wheel drive, from fly-fishing to caving to someone moving the trail (actually they were lost), from Friends to brush clearing and bridge building on one of Alberta’s more unique and remote trails.

$5 Adults, $1 Children Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Hillhurst Room
455 12 Street NW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted October 25, 2012 by AEN

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Help protect Canada's national parks!

CPAWS - Northern Alberta Chapter
Jasper Environmental Association
Sep 7 2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

We invite you to take part in a public demonstration in support of our National Parks on Friday, September 7 from Noon to 4 pm in the parking lot at the Glacier Discovery Centre (formerly known as the Icefields Centre) on Highway 93 in Jasper National Park. Read more »

Posted August 28, 2012 by AEN

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One of Alberta's Last Remaining Wilderness Gems Desperately in Need of Protection

Alberta Wilderness Association
31 Jul 2012

Extreme trail erosion, due to high water levels and unsustainable levels of motorized recreational activity, has preempted the closure of some parts of the Bighorn Backcountry to motorized users. Current levels of damage and degradation are so extreme it is hard to imagine the trails will be usable for the 2012 season. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted July 31, 2012 by AEN

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Film Screening & Talk: Staying Safe in Bear Country

Alberta Wilderness Association
Mar 31 2012 - 7:00pm

presents a special Film Screening: 

Staying Safe in Bear Country

With a guest appearance from Stephen Herrero 

As the summer hiking season approaches, and bears start to emerge from hibernation, how much do you know about staying safe during your recreational activities?  Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Alberta Wilderness Association
455 12 Street NW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps

Posted March 13, 2012 by AEN

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History being made in Alberta: Picket-line prevents clear-cutting in Castle protected area for 16th day

Picket-line counter posts site where locals & outfitter continue to hold back clear-cutting in Castle protected area
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Sierra Club Canada
26 Jan 2012

Beaver Mines: Located on the way to Castle Mountain Resort in the Castle Special Management Area of southwest Alberta, locals, businesses and outdoor enthusiasts will be counter posting the site today with the Alberta Government's decision and map designating the area as a Special Place protected area. (Document attached or is on government webstite http://alberta.ca/home/NewsFrame.cfm?ReleaseID=/acn/199803/5992.html , except for the original map with the decision.) It's no Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Canada

Posted January 27, 2012 by AEN

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History being made in Alberta as for 14th day, picket-line & outfitting camp keep clear-cutting out of protected area

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Sierra Club Canada
25 Jan 2012

BEAVER MINES: A rotating picket-line maintained by outdoor enthusiasts and near-by residents, and an outfitting camp set up by a second generation outfitter are making history in Alberta as for the 14th day now, they continue to hold back Alberta's Sustainable Resource Development Department (SRD) and a sawmill located outside the region from starting clear-cuting in Castle Special Management Area; a popular protected area in southwest Alberta.  Determined by a government hearing panel in 1993 to be an integral part of the health of the international Crown of Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Canada

Posted January 25, 2012 by AEN

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Take Actions! Jasper is our national park not a theme park!

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Southern Alberta Chapter
Dec 16 2011 (All day)

Jasper is our national park not a theme park!

Canada’s treasured Jasper National Park could be on its way to gaining a theme park-like attraction. Brewster Travel Canada, owned by a US-based company, wants to blast out the side of the cliff beside the Icefields Parkway to build the “Glacier Discovery Walk” – a massive infrastructure “skywalk”, and charge people who wish to admire the view.  Read more »

Follow this link to write a letter now letting the government know your concerns.

Posted December 15, 2011 by russ

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Moratorium on motorized access necessary for grizzly survival

Yellowstone to Yukon
Alberta Wilderness Association
CPAWS Southern Alberta Chapter
Sierra Club Canada
19 Sep 2011

CALGARY -  Industrial and public motorized access routes in grizzly bear habitat greatly exceed thresholds recommended in the Alberta government’s official Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan. This issue is so critical that several Alberta Conservation organizations are calling for an immediate moratorium on new roads. Read more »

Press release and backgrounder on the Action Grizzly Bear website
Press release and backgrounder on the AWA website

Posted September 19, 2011 by AEN

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Motorized Access Levels in the Ghost Too High for Grizzlies

Ghost Watershed Alliance Society
Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Southern Alberta
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
10 Aug 2011

 Motorized access density in southern Alberta’s Ghost Watershed is more than three times that officially recorded by the Alberta government, and more than four times the maximum recommended in the province’s Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan says a new report released August 8. Motorized access levels in bear habitat strongly correspond to high mortality rates for grizzly bears. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted August 11, 2011 by AEN

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North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper's Swim Guide

Looking for a great Alberta beach this long weekend? There’s an app for that!

North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper
27 Jul 2011

Edmonton, AB – Summer is half over and we all need some sun, sand and swimming. Thanks to North Saskatchewan Riverkeeper, finding your perfect beach just got easier.

This week, Riverkeeper launches the Swim Guide in Alberta, a brand new – and completely free – smartphone app and website. Swim Guide helps you locate your closest, cleanest beach, get directions, report pollution, view photos, determine if the water is safe for swimming, and share the whole adventure with friends and family on your social networks. Read more »

Posted July 27, 2011 by Anonymous

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