Pertains to the Rockies Repeat Project which involves a group of women travelling to specific locations and re-creating the paintings of Peter Whyte and Catharine Robb Whyte with the end result of creating a documentary, exhibition and digital storytelling capsule
Pertains to the extirpation of the Maligne caribou herd in Jasper National Park. Outlines the ongoing issues leading to extirpation and calls for immediate action to stop extinction
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Pertains to updates on agreements Alberta and British Columbia are creating to protect extirpated caribou herds in both provinces and legal cases put forward by environmental groups and First Nations including Ecojustice, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Mikisew Cree First Nation, David Suzuki Foundation. Other communities involved with caribou management plans including Cold Lake First Nation, Saulteau First Nations, West Moberly First Nations
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Pertains to current restrictions in Alberta around the rehabilitation of orphaned grizzly bear cubs. Outlines various arguements for and against with supporting data and introduces a new grizzly bear rehabilitation facility recently constructed at the Cochrane Ecological Institute which can only be utlized if the Alberta government ends the prohibition on grizzly cub rehabitiltation in the province.
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Pertains to the story of Skoki (GB#16) the grizzly bear who has resided at the Calgary Zoo since 1996 after his removal from Banff National Park at age eight due to human contact
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Pertains to the current status of Athabasca rainbowtrout in the Athabasca River system - assessed as endangered in 2014 which are affected by coal mining, polluted waterways, high water temperatures, and hybridization with introduced rainbow trout
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
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Updates - "Optimizing" Alberta's Parks means losing protection where we need it most ; AWA and the Grassy Mountain coal project joint review panel hearings ; Coalspur Vista coal mine Phase II : frustration served by the Alberta energy regulator ; AWA to participate in managing the Ronald Lake bison herd
Pertains to updates on the following projects in Alberta: "Optimizing" Alberta's Parks means losing protection where we need it most ; AWA and the Grassy Mountain coal project joint review panel hearings ; Coalspur Vista coal mine Phase II : frustration served by the Alberta energy regulator ; AWA to participate in managing the Ronald Lake bison herd
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
Pertains to the Three Sisters Along Valley Wildlife Corridor and it's provincial deliniation on the Three Sisters Mountain Village Properties and how the two affect each other, with a history of the wildlife corridor, scientific evidence, legalities, municipal involvement, community involvement and recommedations to improve corridor deliniation and functionality with calls to action
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.4, December 2020
Pertains to stronger managment regarding caribou herds in Jasper National Park including back country restrictions in late winter, re-assess summer-fall access impacts, revoke approval of specific ski runs, prioritize caribou re-occupancy of Maligne range with precautionary actions to mitigate wolf re-occupancy
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.4, December 2020
Pertains to the arguments for and against hunting grizzly bears and their important role in the ecosystem - current populations are not self sustaining in the wild without interventions.
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Updates - They're still back - bison in Banff National Park ; increasing timber harvest in Alberta's forests, Alberta forests deserve more than the "forests (growing Alberta's forest sector) Amendment Act" ; The Forests Act - what should be included ; December WLA water update ; sentencing in grizzly bear poaching / assault incident ; Alberta - Canada Caribou Conservation Agreement
Pertains to updates on the following projects in Alberta: They're still back - bison in Banff National Park ; increasing timber harvest in Alberta's forests, Alberta forests deserve more than the "forests (growing Alberta's forest sector) Amendment Act" ; The Forests Act - what should be included ; December WLA water update ; sentencing in grizzly bear poaching / assault incident ; Alberta - Canada Caribou Conservation Agreement
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.4, December 2020
Article pertains to Silver City - a mining town near Copper Mountain opposite Castle Mountain which was created in 1883 to support the influx of settlers in the area who arrive to stake their claims - it was a short lived mine and community
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In Alberta History, Summer 2020, Volume 68, Number 3, p. 2 - 7
Article pertains to Algernon Percy's journal entries from a hunting excursion with his wife Alice Percy to the Jasper area - accessed overland from Red River to Fort Saskatchewan from August 6th 1878 to October 27th 1878 - excerpts from this trip was published by Bennion & Horne for private circulation and a copy is held at the University of Alberta Library
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In Alberta History, Summer 2020, Volume 68, Number 3, p. 8 - 23
Pertains to the bull trout population in Alberta, specifically in the drainages of Alberta's Eastern Slopes with a focus on debunking myths about this trout species
Pertains to changes in environmental policy in Alberta including: removing parks, selling public lands, increasing forest harvesting, rescinding the coal policy, reducing environmental oversight, hunting cranes and swans. Includes a breakdown of land use policy changes into three phases and a call out to write to Premier Jason Kenny and Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon to express opposition to these new policies.
Pertains to an update regarding the proposal to delist 164 parks from the provincial parks system which was not approved, as well as updates to the status of the rescinding of the coal policy in Alberta
Pertains to Eastern Slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and the cumulative effects from timber harvest, mining, oil and gas exploration and extraction and associated access roads cause habitat fragmentation, flooding, blockages, changes in water flow, increased sediment and phosphorus loads and climate change which is putting bull trout at risk. Includes description of two proposed management scenarios.