Apr
18
2012
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
Feb
14
2012
Over a hundred attend Valentine’s Day Rallies in Support of Forests
Calgary, Edmonton, AB: More than 170 people attended rallies today in Calgary and Edmonton to send a strong message to the Government of Alberta: Albertans love their forests and don’t want the heart of protected areas like the Castle Special Place or poplar trail systems in Bragg Creek to be logged. Read More
Jan
27
2012
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
Jan
19
2012
Alberta Government kicks public out of protected area so Spray Lake Sawmills can begin clear-cutting
BEAVER MINES: This afternoon, Alberta Government’s Sustainable Resource Development Department (SRD) issued a notice closing part of the popular, year-round recreation core of the Castle Special Management Area to public use. That includes closing it to a legal camp of a second-generation outfitter and a picket-line by local residents - the presence of which was holding back Spray Lake Sawmills from starting up its equipment to bulldoze new roads and clear-cut the protected area. Read More
Oct
25
2011
Southwest Alberta groups release new recommendations for sustainable forest management
Today sees the release of a new report, Sustainable Forests, Sustainable Communities: The Future of Alberta’s Southwestern Forests. Citizens and associations from communities throughout southwestern Alberta have joined together to document serious concerns with current industrial-scale logging practices, and present an alternative vision for the management of Alberta's southwestern forests. Read More
Sep
22
2011
Replace spin with conservation action in international Crown of Continent say conservation groups
Pincher Creek & Calgary: Sierra Club Canada and the Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition are maintaining that while it is important to have the Alberta Sustainable Resource Development’s Parliamentary Assistant, Evan Berger, representing the government today at the international Crown of the Continent Round Table in Polson, Montana, the province needs to replace its spin with actual conservation action, instead of the actions thwarting conservation in Alberta’s portion of the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem. Read More
May
09
2011
International pressure mounting to protect Alberta’s Castle wilderness
Clearcut logging threatens Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
CALGARY — The international conservation community warns that Alberta’s population of grizzly bears is in increasingly dire straits in the Castle wilderness just north of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. As a result, clear-cut logging slated for the Castle this summer is receiving international scrutiny. Read More
Apr
26
2011
Canada's "battle in the woods" flares up in Prairie headwaters
Market action launched against logging in Alberta’s southern Rockies
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