Land Use Conflict

Jan
18
2012
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Property rights & environmental protection: Conflict or confluence (Webinar)

Environmental Law Centre
Jan 18 2012 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm

What does our legal history have to say about our property rights? When do we move from confluence to conflict in reaching environmental objectives on our land? Is there a place for the “public interest” on private property?

The Alberta Government has recently struck a task force to consult with landowners regarding property rights. Undoubtedly this is in response to concerns raised around the impact of the Alberta Land Stewardship Act (and other laws) on a landowner’s property rights. Read More

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Environmental Law Centre
Land Management & Stewardship
Land Use Conflict
Environmental Law & Policy
Mar
08
2007

Call for Delegate - City of Edmonton Oil & Gas Policy Stakeholder Advisory Committee

Introduction

The AEN has received a request from the City of Edmonton to identify a delegate to serve on the Oil & Gas Policy Stakeholder Advisory Committee.

Land use conflict between oil and gas activity and urban development is increasing. The City of Edmonton is assembling a multi-stakeholder committee to provide advice on how the city should manage, communicate, and otherwise deal with oil and gas applications within Edmonon city limits. Read More

Land Management & Stewardship
Land Use Conflict
Conventional Oil & Gas
Nov
15
2006

Private Grab of Public Land in Ghost Waiparous

Alberta Wilderness Association

An application by a private company to lease 160 acres of public land in the Ghost Waiparous is nearing the approval stage with almost no public knowledge. This is one of a growing number of such lease applications throughout Alberta's Eastern Slopes, with little scrutiny and minimal opportunity for public comment. AWA is asking the Alberta government to put all such developments on hold until its long-awaited land-use framework is completed.

Lazy H Trail Company of Cochrane has applied for a 99-year lease of 160 acres of wilderness public land for a private resort development that could cater to as manyas 600 people per day. The site is remote, on the north side of the Ghost River's headwaters, only about 6 km east of Banff National Park, near Lake Minnewanka. This precedent-setting attempt to grab a quarter section of prime public real estate through Alberta's Tourism Recreation Lease (ATRL) process could be approved without any input from the land's owners, the Alberta public. Read More

Water & Watershed Management
Wilderness & Parks
Land Use Conflict
Outdoor Recreation
Alberta Wilderness Association
Nov
07
2006

Call for Delegates: Land Use Framework Cross Sector Forum

Introduction

The Government of Alberta, invites us to participate in the upcoming Cross Sector Forum to develop a provincial Land Use Framework. The forum is being held at the Capri Centre in Red Deer from December 4 to 6, 2006.

Approximately 400 Albertans participated in focus group sessions this past summer/fall, to help us identify possible solutions to the challenges facing us. The Land Use Framework Cross Sector Forum is the next step in the process and will build on the feedback we received from these initial focus group sessions. Participants in the forum will be asked to provide more specific advice on how the framework should address these challenges. Read More

Land Use Conflict
Oct
24
2006

Public Meeting: Southern Foothills Study, High River

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> High River </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org">Southern Alberta Land Trust Society</a></p><p> Main Hall <br />Highwood Memorial Centre<br />128 - 5<sup>th</sup> Avenue West, High River </p><p>A wise person once said “We back into the future with our eyes firmly fixed on the past.” Here is an opportunity for you to peer into the future of your watershed and the southwest Alberta foothills landscape. </p><p>The <a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org/sfs">Southern Foothills Study (SFS)</a> was initiated by local people. It will help you understand how our southern Alberta landscape is evolving and, with this information, allow us all to better influence future directions. With the pace of development there is no better time than now to speak out. </p> </div> </div></div>
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Oct
24
2006

Public Meeting: Southern Foothills Study, Pincher Creek

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Pincher Creek </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org">Southern Alberta Land Trust Society</a></p><p>Banquet Halls A &amp; B <br />Heritage Inn <br />919 Waterton Avenue, Hwy #6, Pincher Creek </p><p>A wise person once said “We back into the future with our eyes firmly fixed on the past.” Here is an opportunity for you to peer into the future of your watershed and the southwest Alberta foothills landscape. </p><p>The <a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org/sfs">Southern Foothills Study (SFS)</a> was initiated by local people. It will help you understand how our southern Alberta landscape is evolving and, with this information, allow us all to better influence future directions. With the pace of development there is no better time than now to speak out. </p> </div> </div></div>
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Oct
24
2006

Public Meeting: Southern Foothills Study, Claresholm

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Claresholm </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org">Southern Alberta Land Trust Society</a></p><p>Main Hall<br />Claresholm Community Centre<br />59<sup>th</sup> Avenue and 8<sup>th</sup> Street West, Claresholm</p><p>A wise person once said “We back into the future with our eyes firmly fixed on the past.” Here is an opportunity for you to peer into the future of your watershed and the southwest Alberta foothills landscape. </p><p>The <a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org/sfs">Southern Foothills Study (SFS)</a> was initiated by local people. It will help you understand how our southern Alberta landscape is evolving and, with this information, allow us all to better influence future directions. With the pace of development there is no better time than now to speak out. </p> </div> </div></div>
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Oct
24
2006

Public Meeting: Southern Foothills Study, Black Diamond

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Black Diamond </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org">Southern Alberta Land Trust Society</a></p><p>Gymnasium<br /> Oilfields High School<br />511 - 3<sup>rd</sup> Street SW, Black Diamond </p><p>A wise person once said “We back into the future with our eyes firmly fixed on the past.” Here is an opportunity for you to peer into the future of your watershed and the southwest Alberta foothills landscape. </p><p>The <a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org/sfs">Southern Foothills Study (SFS)</a> was initiated by local people. It will help you understand how our southern Alberta landscape is evolving and, with this information, allow us all to better influence future directions. With the pace of development there is no better time than now to speak out. </p> </div> </div></div>
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Oct
24
2006

Public Meeting: Southern Foothills Study, Cowley

<div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"><div class="flexinode-textfield-2"><div class="form-item"> <label>Location: </label> Cowley </div> </div><div class="flexinode-textarea-1"><div class="form-item"> <label>Description: </label> <p><a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org">Southern Alberta Land Trust Society</a></p><p>Cowley Community Hall, Cowley </p><p>A wise person once said “We back into the future with our eyes firmly fixed on the past.” Here is an opportunity for you to peer into the future of your watershed and the southwest Alberta foothills landscape. </p><p>The <a href="http://www.salts-landtrust.org/sfs">Southern Foothills Study (SFS)</a> was initiated by local people. It will help you understand how our southern Alberta landscape is evolving and, with this information, allow us all to better influence future directions. With the pace of development there is no better time than now to speak out. </p> </div> </div></div>
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Truth & Reconciliation at AEN

Learn more about our process and progress, and share your thoughts with us, on our Decolonization and Indigenization page.

It is our understanding at the Alberta Environmental Network that Reconciliation starts with the land, and there is no Reconciliation until we have faced the Truth. While Truth is held collectively, we recognize everyone is on their own learning journey, at their own pace. Our work at AEN focuses on the lands outlined by the Province of Alberta, lands with which we are learning to be in kinship relationship, in the nêhiyaw (Cree) spirit of treaty-making. The lands we work for are described in Treaties 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10. The traditional keepers of this land are Anishinabe, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Dené, Dane-zaa, Nakota, Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Tsuut’ina, and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy); this land is also the homeland of the Métis. We are committed to building meaningful reciprocal relationships, to be of service particularly to those directly experiencing the effects of oppression, genocide, and exploitation.