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International Day of Action Against the Tar Sands

International Stop the Tar Sands Day
Jun 17 2011 - 10:30am

On the weekend of June 17th people all over the globe will be taking to the streets as part of an International Day of Action Against the Tar Sands, and we’re hoping you will join them. (See some recent photos here)

In Edmonton, people will be gathering at the Alberta Legislature at 10:30 am to join with First Nation leaders and community members from throughout the tar sands region to unveil strong visuals and demand justice! Read more »

Location

Alberta Legislature Building
Edmonton, AB
See map: Google Maps
Source: Facebook event

Posted June 15, 2011 by AEN

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Grizzly Bear Deaths Too High in the Castle Region

Rally Planned to Protest Logging

CPAWS – Southern Alberta
Alberta Wilderness Association
National Parks Conservation Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
7 Jun 2011

New Alberta Government data obtained by conservationists show that Grizzly Bears in Alberta’s Castle region are dying at an unsustainable rate. In 2010, 5 grizzly bears out of a population of 51 died in the Castle region and one was trapped and relocated out of it. These six bears represent 11.8 percent of the population lost to the region in a single year. This is added to the 5 bears were lost to the population (four killed and one relocated) in 2009. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted June 8, 2011 by AEN

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Stop Castle Logging Rally

Stop Castle Logging
Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition
CPAWS - Southern Alberta
Jun 8 2011 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Join us as we Rally to Save the Castle Special Place by voicing our concerns on the impending logging scheduled for this June.

  • Bob Sanford — EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of United Nations "Water for Life" Decade, will speak on forest and watershed health.
  • Sid Marty — Well known musician and writer will join us to share his music and poetry.

Rain or shine - dress for the weather. Read more »

Location

McDougall Centre
455 6 Street SW
Calgary, AB
See map: Google Maps
Event page on Facebook

Posted June 6, 2011 by AEN

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Solidarity Action: Support First Nations' rights within the Lower Athabasca!

Sierra Club Prairie
Jun 6 2011 - 4:30pm

Today at 1pm Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Chief Roxanne Marcel of the Mikisew Cree First Nation will be meeting with Ministers in the Alberta government to convey their frustration at the failures of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan. Both ACFN & MCFN have made repeated requests to the Government of Alberta to incorporate the meaningful policies and data that would ensure their treaty and Indigenous rights are upheld and yet most of their requests have been effectively ignored. 

As today is the last day for the public to fill in the online workbook, it would be great is some folks could find the time between now and 430pm to fill in the workbook and help demand that the LARP uphold treaty and Indigenous rights!  Read more »

Posted June 6, 2011 by AEN

Media Advisory: First Nation Chiefs Confront Alberta Government on Lower Athabasca Regional Plan

Sierra Club Prairie
3 Jun 2011

EDMONTON, ALBERTA— Chief Roxanne Marcel of the Mikisew Cree First Nation and Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation will meet with Alberta Government Ministers, and then host a press conference in Edmonton. Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted June 4, 2011 by AEN

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Lower Athabasca Regional Plan ineffective, insufficient

Ecojustice
17 May 2011

CALGARY — The draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan is woefully inadequate and will not adequately protect the region against the cumulative effects of industrial development, Ecojustice said today after careful review of the proposed plan. Read more »

Source: Ecojustice

Posted May 17, 2011 by AEN

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Growing Call for Trail Closures on May Long Weekend: Conditions are Too Wet for Motorized Access

Alberta Wilderness Association
17 May 2011

The Alberta Government is under increasing pressure to demonstrate that motorized access in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes is being managed sustainably – by closing trails over the May long weekend.  Continuing wet and snowy conditions mean that even low levels of activity would lead to unprecedented damage to trail networks.  Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) supports motorized access organizations who have called for a temporary suspension of motorized trail use. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted May 17, 2011 by AEN

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Rainbow Spill— Who Will Address Alberta's Pipeline Risks?

Alberta Wilderness Association
10 May 2011

The recent failure of the 45-year old Plains All American Rainbow pipeline, which discharged 4.5 million litres (28,000 barrels) of crude oil into boreal wetlands and forest in northwestern Alberta, raises significant concerns about pipeline integrity and operator and regulatory response. Read more »

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Posted May 10, 2011 by AEN

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International pressure mounting to protect Alberta’s Castle wilderness

Clearcut logging threatens Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Alberta Foothills Network
Sierra Club Canada
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Alberta Wilderness Association
Natural Resources Defense Council
Rainforest Action Network
9 May 2011

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 »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted May 9, 2011 by AEN

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Action Alert: The Lower Athabasca Region cannot be a sacrifice zone for further tar sands destruction!

Sierra Club Prairie
Jun 6 2011 (All day)

Tell the Alberta government the Athabasca Region deserves better!

Early this month, the Alberta government released a draft of the Lower Athabasca Land Use Plan (LARP). The LARP intends to guide development in Northern Alberta for the next 50 years, yet it fails to address local social and environmental needs, and is based on a projection of continued tar sands extraction and a six-fold increase in production. This would decimate this fragile region and the people and species living in it. Read more »

Source: Sierra Club Prairie

Posted May 9, 2011 by AEN

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