Forests

Event

Fire Storm: How Wildfire will Shape our Future

Nov 20 2018 - 7:00pm

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Please join us at 7pm on Tuesday November 20 at the University of Alberta to hear the acclaimed writer Ed Struzik talk about his latest book “Firestorm: How Wildfire will Shape our Future.” Ed, who also is a Fellow of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, will outline why he believes a radically different approach to managing wildfire is needed in this era of global warming. Read more about Fire Storm: How Wildfire will Shape our Future

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

Room BUS 2-9

Business Building, University of Alberta

Edmonton , AB

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Alberta Wilderness Association

Climate Change

Wilderness & Parks

Forests

Event

Annual Martha Kostuch Wilderness and Wildlife Trust Fund Lecture: The Will of the Willmore

Alberta Wilderness Association

Nov 19 2016 - 1:00am

The Will of the Willmore – Wild and free, the legacy is ours to defend

A Wilderness Defenders Award will be presented to Ray Rasmussen

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Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Location

AWA Hillhurst Cottage School

455 12 Street NW

Calgary , AB

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Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection

Forests

Sep

07

2016

Media Releases & Op-eds

Castle Forests in Peril; Restoration Required

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Alberta Wilderness Association

Global Forest Watch Canada’s (GFWC) newly released study indicates that the remaining intact forests in the proposed Castle Provincial Park have been significantly reduced. Between 2000 and 2015, 76% of the forests became disturbed landscapes and are no longer secure habitat and watersheds. Read more about Castle Forests in Peril; Restoration Required

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wilderness & Parks

Forests

Forest Restoration

Event

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Wet Areas Mapping Initiative Year Ten

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Mar 17 2016 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm

Towards the Goal of Environmental Excellence: Alberta’s Wet Areas Mapping Initiative at Year Ten

Alberta’s wet areas mapping initiative was initiated in 2005 and has made positive contributions to land and forest management. During this ten year time period, the wet areas mapping model has undergone a significant transformation to address complex challenges of mapping lands within the boreal forest. New spin-off modelling tools have also become an operational reality. A new understanding of moisture distributions on the forested landscape at high resolutions has spurred new scientific studies in the field of ecology, growth and yield and reclamation. This scientific symposium will report on a decade of innovation. Read more about Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Wet Areas Mapping Initiative Year Ten

Workshop agenda and online registration

Location

Matrix Hotel

10640 100 Avenue NW

Edmonton , AB

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Biodiversity and Wildlife

Forests

Event

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Workshop: Biodiversity and Forestry

Alberta Agriculture and Forestry

Mar 16 2016 - 2:00pm to 10:00pm

Alberta’s forest management system identifies the maintenance of forest biodiversity as a key outcome. This workshop will explore how the implementation of ecosystem management principles and the application of strategies such as variable retention contribute to this outcome. Highlights include:

Application of ecosystem management principles in BC, Quebec, and Alberta and what we can learn from these different experiences. This will include several specific case studies in Alberta connecting ecological science to forest management.
An examination of the results from Alberta’s very own EMEND experiment. The Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance (EMEND) Project is a large-scale variable retention harvest experiment designed to test effects of residual forest structure on ecosystem integrity and forest regeneration at the forest stand-level.

Workshop agenda and online registration

Location

Matrix Hotel

10640 100 Avenue NW

Edmonton , AB

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Biodiversity and Wildlife

Forests

Nov

13

2014

Media Releases & Op-eds

Logging Threatens Caribou and Other Sensitive Species in Iconic Wilderness Park, Highlights Need for Willmore Management Plan

Alberta Wilderness Association

Approved and proposed logging operations immediately outside the boundary of the Willmore Wilderness Provincial Park will place unacceptable pressure on endangered and sensitive wildlife within the park. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) calls on the Alberta government to halt logging in endangered west central caribou ranges and implement a long overdue comprehensive management plan for Willmore. Read more about Logging Threatens Caribou and Other Sensitive Species in Iconic Wilderness Park, Highlights Need for Willmore Management Plan

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection

Wilderness & Parks

Forests

Dec

13

2013

Media Releases & Op-eds

New Roads, Cutblocks and Wells Undermine Little Smoky Caribou Critical Habitat

Alberta Wilderness Association

Significant new disturbance within caribou ranges in west central Alberta is destroying federally protected critical habitat and undermines chances for naturally sustaining caribou populations committed to by Alberta and federal governments. Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) echoes residents’ concerns about these disturbances even as it looks for solutions within Alberta’s Little Smoky - A La Peche caribou range planning process. Read more about New Roads, Cutblocks and Wells Undermine Little Smoky Caribou Critical Habitat

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection

Wilderness & Parks

Conventional Oil & Gas

Forests

Oct

11

2013

Call for Input

Public Consultation: Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan

Alberta Environment & Sustainable Resource Development

Initiative:

Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan

Deadline:

28 Feb 2014

From the AESRD Land-use Framework website:

Public and Stakeholder Consultations

Status: Phase 3 consultations on the Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan are underway.

The Government of Alberta is looking for your feedback on the Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (2013) for southern Alberta. From November 5 through November 28, public information sessions and stakeholder workshops will be hosted in 18 locations in southern Alberta and in Edmonton, Red Deer and Drumheller. Detailed information regarding dates and locations of the consultation sessions is offered below. Read more about Public Consultation: Draft South Saskatchewan Regional Plan

Source: Alberta Environment & Sustainable Resource Development

Fresh Water

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Water & Watershed Management

Land Management & Stewardship

Environmental Law & Policy

Forests

Environmental Assessment

Oct

29

2012

Media Releases & Op-eds

Coalition calls on panel to reject Shell Jackpine oilsands mine expansion

The Pembina Institute

Alberta Wilderness Association

Fort McMurray Environmental Association

Ecojustice

CALGARY — With public hearings into a proposed oilsands mine expansion set to begin today, a coalition of environmental groups is calling on the joint federal-provincial review panel to reject the project.

Shell’s proposal to expand its Jackpine oilsands mine would increase production at the existing facility by 100,000 barrels per day. The company’s environmental assessment shows that expanding the Jackpine oilsands mine along with other planned developments will harm fish and wildlife, damage wetlands and old growth forests, exceed legally binding air quality limits and cause acid rain. It will leave a legacy of toxic waste buried in lakes, damage two significant rivers, and produce greenhouse gas pollution that will put Canada’s and Alberta’s climate targets further out of reach. Read more about Coalition calls on panel to reject Shell Jackpine oilsands mine expansion

Source: Ecojustice

Alberta Wilderness Association

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection

Atmosphere

Water & Watershed Management

Environmental Assessment

Aug

22

2012

Media Releases & Op-eds

Lower Athabasca Plan: Significant Progress, but Wildlife Await Land Disturbance Plan Inside Oil Sands Area

Alberta Wilderness Association

The Lower Athabasca regional plan for northeast Alberta released today is a significant step forward in managing cumulative development effects, but regrettably misses many important and promised pieces for wildlife. Read more about Lower Athabasca Plan: Significant Progress, but Wildlife Await Land Disturbance Plan Inside Oil Sands Area

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Wilderness Association

Fresh Water

Biodiversity and Wildlife

Wildlife Protection

Land Management & Stewardship

Wilderness & Parks

Forests

Oil Sands