Outdoor Recreation

Issue Brief: Alberta's Plan for Parks

There’s still time to provide your feedback to the Government of Alberta’s survey on the creation of a new Plan for Parks. The Government has indicated that “creating more recreation opportunities will be a top priority of the new plan” and AEN members are concerned that the ‘guiding principles’ of the plan lack any mention of conserving and protecting nature. Read More

Virtual Workshop: Recreation Planning

Jun 15 2022 - 11:45am to 1:15pm

From the ACTWS website:

Join us for an interactive exercise that will explore the complexity of recreation planning in multi-use landscapes through discussion, and sharing your professional and personal experiences. Apply your lessons learned to our collective wisdom to build a recreation network, choosing the placement of trails, parking areas, protected areas, harvest area, well sites, stream, lakes and mountains. This engaging workshop is structured in a way that: Read More

Cervid Harvesting Preserves: Very Distasteful Jam

Alberta Wilderness Association strongly opposes the proposal to legalize elk hunt farms – fenced facilities where captive elk are shot by so-called “hunters.” The Alberta Elk Commission has lobbied the Alberta government on hunt farms – what they call “cervid harvesting preserves” – since at least May 2020.

“These hunt farms are unethical and contrary to the concept of fair chase,” says Devon Earl, Conservation Specialist at AWA. “Many hunters and non-hunters alike are appalled by the idea of shooting animals that are effectively penned with little to no ability to escape.” Read More

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