AWA - April '09 Newsletter info

Dear AWA Members and Supporters,

The April 2009 issue of the Wild Lands Advocate (WLA) featuring Species at Risk is now posted at http://www.albertawilderness.ca/.

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

FEATURES

“At Least It’s a Start?”: The Legislative Foundations for Protecting Species at Risk in Alberta
By Nigel Douglas

The Eviscerating of Federal Environmental Assessment in Canada
By Arlene Kwasniak

Alberta’s Species at Risk: Overview and Prognosis
By Lindsey Wallis

How Many Grizzly Bears Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? Thoughts on Imperiled Species and Spaces
By Lorne Fitch

Alberta’s Grizzlies: Who Will Bear the Blame?
By Nigel Douglas

The Last Waltz for a Prairie Icon?: The Greater Sage-Grouse
By Ian Urquhart

The Northern Front of Alberta’s War on Wildlife: Caribou Under Siege
By Christyann Olson


WILDERNESS WATCH

Updates
§ Government of Alberta Launches Major Review of Water Allocations (C. Campbell)
§ Land-Use Framework (N. Douglas)
§ High Island WILD Cam maintained, more Parks consultation recommended (C. Campbell)
§ Logging on Crowsnest Mountain (N. Douglas)
§ Petro-Canada Sullivan Hearing Put to Bed (N. Douglas)
§ Dammed if You Do, Dammed if You Don’t (N. Douglas)

Conservation Offsets: A Path Worth Exploring By Marian Weber

Under Construction - Lower Athabasca Regional Land Use Planning By Carolyn Campbell


DEPARTMENTS

Recall of the Wild – Elmer Kure: The Man Who Never Gave Up on Conservation

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