Wilderness &amp; Parks

Nov

06

2012

AWA Tuesday Talk: Our Journey – Courtesy of the Great Divide Trail

Nov 6 2012 - 7:00am

Join Dan Wallace and Wayne Marshall as they share their friendship and adventures (from 1995 to present) via the (Alberta) Great Divide Trail. From backpacking to motorhome to a camp, from hiking to biking to a four-wheel drive, from fly-fishing to caving to someone moving the trail (actually they were lost), from Friends to brush clearing and bridge building on one of Alberta’s more unique and remote trails.

$5 Adults, $1 Children Read more about AWA Tuesday Talk: Our Journey – Courtesy of the Great Divide Trail

Location

Hillhurst Room

455 12 Street NW

Calgary , AB

See map: Google Maps

Outdoor Recreation

Sep

11

2012

Sixteen Years after Being “Protected,” Rumsey Natural Area Sees a Halt to New Oil and Gas Access

Alberta Native Plant Council

Sixteen years after it was officially “protected,” Rumsey Natural Area may finally be able to look forward to a future free of industrial development. Alberta Energy has made changes so that all new petroleum and natural gas agreements within the Rumsey Natural Area will now come with the condition: “Surface Access is Not Permitted.” Read more about Sixteen Years after Being “Protected,” Rumsey Natural Area Sees a Halt to New Oil and Gas Access

Wildlife Protection

Nature Conservancy of Canada

Conventional Oil & Gas

Sep

28

2012

Volunteer Opportunity: Kick-starting Conservation

Sep 28 2012 - 4:00pm to 10:00pm

We need your help setting up the new boundary fence so we can kick-start our stewardship plans on a beautiful property in the Waterton Park Front! Join us for a hands-on day of demolition and help delineate the eastern property boundary by working with us to remove one mile of old fence so a new fence can be installed on the official property line. This property is a valuable piece of the NCC's conservation puzzle in the Waterton Park Front - a 30,000 acre conservation area surrounding Waterton Lakes National Park! Read more about Volunteer Opportunity: Kick-starting Conservation

Source: Nature Conservancy of Canada

Location

Nearest Town: Waterton , AB

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Wildlife Protection

Aug

22

2012

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

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

Fresh Water

Land Management & Stewardship

Wildlife Protection

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Forests

Oil Sands

Aug

21

2012

Just $20 per Truckload of Non-merchantable Timber for Castle Clearcut Trees

CPAWS Southern Alberta

Pincher Creek, AB - Twenty dollars. That’s how much grizzly bear habitat and trout spawning streams are worth to the Alberta Government. Twenty dollars is the amount of money that the Alberta government receives in royalties for each truckload of non-merchantable timber removed from the Castle. Read more about Just $20 per Truckload of Non-merchantable Timber for Castle Clearcut Trees

Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition

Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society