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Save our Sage-Grouse! Recommendations from Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit

Desperate measures are needed if Canada’s most endangered wildlife species, the greater sage-grouse, is to be saved from extinction in Canada. This is the overwhelming conclusion coming from the Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit, held in Calgary, Alberta September 7-8, 2011.

“We have known for a long time that sage-grouse are in trouble,” says Cliff Wallis, Alberta Wilderness Association vice-president. “We will continue to press government and industry to stop industrial development in critical habitat. Read More

Media Briefing 2: Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit

- Recommendations to Save Alberta’s “Most Endangered Species”

What?        Media Briefing, Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit recommendations
When?       Thursday September 8, 2011
                   11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Where?      AWA office, 455 – 12th Street NW, Calgary

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is hosting a two-day international Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit, Wednesday September 7 – Thursday September 8.

At the end of the summit, participants will present a series of emergency recommendations for sage-grouse recovery. AWA invites media personnel to join some of North America’s leading sage-grouse scientists (11:00 a.m., Thursday September 8), to discuss those recommendations. Read More

Media Briefing 1: Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit

Last Ditch effort to Save Alberta’s “Most Endangered Species”

What?             Media Briefing, Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit
When?            Wednesday September 7, 2011
                        10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Where?          AWA office, 455 – 12th Street NW, Calgary

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is hosting a two-day international Emergency Sage-Grouse Summit, Wednesday September 7 – Thursday September 8.

AWA invites media personnel to join some of North America’s leading sage-grouse scientists at the launch of the summit (10:00 a.m., Wednesday September 7), to discuss the desperate plight of Alberta’s sage-grouse. Read More

Last Dance for Sage-grouse?

Just 13 Male Birds Remain in Alberta, as Recovery Fails

In 2011, just thirteen male greater sage-grouse were counted in Alberta. Without emergency action to protect sage-grouse habitat, the species will die out in Alberta, and the finger of blame will be pointed squarely at provincial and federal governments which have failed to act.

The decline in sage-grouse has been steep and steady in Alberta since1996, when the bird was first listed on Alberta’s blue list as a species that may be at risk. And yet both provincial and federal governments have utterly failed to take action to protect sage-grouse habitat and halt the slide. Read More

Alberta's Native Prairie Sell-Off is Back

On August 30, the Alberta government again placed 16,000 acres of Cypress County native grassland up for sale for conversion to intensive irrigation agricultural use. These are all the same lands that were pulled from an impending secretive sale last November after widespread public criticism. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) believes these lands should remain as public native grasslands where well-managed ranching and grassland-dependent wildlife species can co-exist. Read More

RCEN e-Bulletin: August 31, 2011 Edition

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Webinar: Getting Ready fo​r the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act 


Webinar logoExpected to come into force this fall, the newCanada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act sets out a host of new rules that could pose significant compliance challenges for not-for-profits organizations. How can you prepare for these changes? Register for our free webinar on Wednesday, September 7thLearn more

Comment Period Open for Friends of the CBD Conference Outcomes Document 


Friends of the CBDOn August 5th, the Biodiversity Caucus hosted a Friends of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference to explore the meaning and priorities of the multi-stakeholder association. The comment period for providing feedback on the preliminary outcomes of the discussion is open until September 25thMore

RCEN Job Opportunity: Youth & Member Engagement Officer 

We’re looking for an energetic individual to help facilitate the integration of new members and youth within existing RCEN caucuses and working groups, while at the same time building environmental NGO capacity across the country. Apply by September 8thMore

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Pembina reacts to revised draft of Lower Athabasca Regional Plan

CALGARY — Jennifer Grant, director of the Pembina Institute's oilsands program, made the following statement in response to the release today of a revised draft of the Government of Alberta's Lower Athabasca Regional Plan: Read More

Updated Northeast Alberta Plan Confirms Weak Conservation Measures Favouring Oilsands Development

The Alberta government's updated Draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan confirms irresponsible tar sands development by postponing all land disturbance limits and biodiversity goals, and by actually reducing already insufficient proposed protected woodland caribou habitat. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) believes the plan should contain clear land disturbance and biodiversity targets, including meaningful woodland caribou habitat protection. Read More

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