Alberta Wilderness Association

Alberta Parks has announced the proposal to reclassify Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve, along with the adjacent Kootenay Plains Provincial Recreation Area, as a Provincial Park. This designation provides fewer protections for the sensit...

In response to Alberta Parks' proposal to reclassify Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve as a Provincial Park, AWA has written to express our concerns with this change, which would reduce the protections of Kootenay Plains, and could open t...

Last week, the Government of Alberta announced that ephemeral, temporary, and seasonal wetlands located on private cropland will be able to be cultivated, seeded, sprayed, ditched, drained, and infilled without oversigh...

Text and photos by Lindsey Wallis AWA brought our bat adventure to Edmonton this year and is was hugely popular! We were very lucky to have Cory Olson from the Alberta Community Bat Program join us, and he brought along a very special guest. Batsby is a rescued hoary bat who cannot be released due to a broken wing so now he gets to come and teach people how cool...

Text and photos by Lindsey Wallis Every year we welcome Susan Holroyd from the Alberta Community Bat Program to share her incredible knowledge with AWA supporters and this year the demand was so great we ended up having two days of bat adventures! The evening started before sunset, where we learned about the importance of bats, the threats they are facing, inclu...