The Alberta Environmental Network (AEN) connects Albertans and environmental groups that are dedicated to preserving and protecting Alberta’s environment. As a non-profit and non-partisan organization, the AEN supports collaboration of the environmental community throughout the province.
We are a network of individuals and groups working together on shared concerns. AEN members include individuals and representatives from member groups that connect, collaborate and share information.
The AEN is a link between the environmental community and government, industry, the media and all Albertans. View our current member groups.
Albertans and environmental groups are welcome to join the AEN as members – there are memberships for both individuals and groups. Members contribute to preserving and protecting Alberta’s environment by sharing information and collaborating on shared issues. Learn more about becoming a member of the AEN.
The AEN supports an inclusive and diverse environmental community for all Albertans.
Here are the latest updates, action alerts and calls for consultations. Contact us to submit your news and have it distributed to the network.
News Release: May 11, 2005
Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) has learned that Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has been secretly developing plans to reduce protection of the aquatic environment. Documents were sent anonymously to Martha Kostuch, Vice-President of the Friends of the Oldman River.
"The Modernizing Compliance Initiative came as the result of an expenditure review exercise that was carried out in complete secrecy from staff, unions and the Canadian Public," notes Kostuch. "The department is still trying to quietly undertake this initiative, reducing both the level of service to Canadians and the level of protection of the aquatic environment. This becomes clearer when comparing the information available to staff on DFO's Intranet website to the information provided to the public on DFO's public website." Read more about Department Of Fisheries And Oceans Secretly Reducing Protection Of Fish Habitat
Alberta Wilderness Association
News Release: May 9, 2005
Eight months after the Alberta Woodland Caribou Recovery Plan was submitted to the Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta's threatened caribou herds continue to wait for a decision on their fate. Read more about Risks Mount For Threatened Caribou As Government Stalls On Recovery Plan
The Fisheries Act is one of the strongest and most important environmental acts in Canada. As you can see from the media release which follows this Action Alert, DFO is planning to decrease protection of fish habitat.
What can you do?
Bow Riverkeeper [email protected]
Please click on the following web link to view the RCEN E-Bulletin - May 6th, 2005 Edition:
http://www.cen-rce.org/eng/bulletins/archive/cen_wk_283.htm Read more about CEN Weekly e-Bulletin -- May 6, 2005News Release: May 4, 2005
Fifteen years of public demand for a Ghost-Waiparous Access Management process have finally produced a draft Access Management Plan which offers little more than a free-for-all for motorized recreationists. Opponents of the proposals, including local residents, watershed organizations, tourism operators and environmental groups, are fed up that, once again interests of motorized recreationists have been allowed to steamroller all other concerns. Read more about Fifteen Years Of The Ghost-Waiparous Access Plan - Another ABSRD Failure
Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta League for Repsonsible Tourism
News Release: April 18, 2005
Almost a year after being denied a development application by the Clearwater County, the Province has cancelled the land reservation for the development of the Abraham Glacier Wellness Resort; the 520 acre, full-service, self-contained health spa and resort located in the Whitegoat Lakes Development Node along the David Thompson highway (Hwy 11) near the Bighorn Wildland. Read more about Abraham Glacier Resort Finally Put To Rest
Evergreen and Home Depot Canada are pleased to announce the Rebuilding Nature Grant, a new grant program offered to community groups across Canada working on urban naturalization projects on public lands. Rebuilding Nature Grant supports the restoration and stewardship of urban habitats such as woodlands, meadows, wetlands and ravines. It also supports community gardening projects that involve native plants.
For more information about this grant and to download an application guide and form, please visit Evergreen's web site at http://www.evergreen.ca/en/cg/cg-funding.html. The deadline for this application is May 16th, 2005. Read more about Rebuilding Nature Funding Opportunity
