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Defending Wild Alberta Through Awareness and Action 2012-2013 Annual Report Defending Wild Alberta through Awareness and Action 2 ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - 2013 Alberta Wilderness Association Box 6398, Station D, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2E1 Provincial Office – Hillhurst Cottage School 455 – 12 St NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1Y9 Phone 403.283.2025 • Fax 403.270.2743 Email: [email protected] Web server: AlbertaWilderness.ca Contributions to the Annual Report by AWA board and staff members are gratefully acknowledged. COVER PHOTO – OLDMAN RIVER, DANIEL OLSON 3 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS WILDERNESS FOR TOMORROW ................................................................................................................... 8 WHO WE ARE .............................................................................................................................................. 10 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ................................................................................................................................ 12 STAFF ........................................................................................................................................................... 13 MISSION, VISION, VALUES, OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 14 Vision ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Values ..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................... 15 WILDERNESS STEWARDSHIP AND OUTREACH ............................................................................................ 16 Conservation .......................................................................................................................................... 16 WILD SPACES – AWA AREAS AND ISSUES OF CONCERN ............................................................................. 17 Wild Alberta Map ................................................................................................................................... 18 AREAS OF CONCERN ................................................................................................................................... 19 Boreal Region ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Primrose-Lakeland ............................................................................................................................ 19 McClelland Lake ................................................................................................................................ 19 Hay-Zama .......................................................................................................................................... 20 Peace River ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Bistcho ............................................................................................................................................... 21 Caribou Mountains ............................................................................................................................ 21 Rocky Mountain Region ......................................................................................................................... 23 Willmore Wilderness Park ................................................................................................................. 23 Kakwa ................................................................................................................................................ 23 Bighorn Wildland ............................................................................................................................... 24 South Ghost – Ghost-Waiparous ....................................................................................................... 25 Kananaskis Country ........................................................................................................................... 25 Crown of the Continent Ecosystem ....................................................................................................... 26 Castle Wildland ................................................................................................................................. 26 Livingstone-Porcupine ....................................................................................................................... 27 Waterton Parkland ............................................................................................................................ 28 Parkland Region ..................................................................................................................................... 29 Rumsey .............................................................................................................................................. 29 Wainwright Dunes ............................................................................................................................. 29 Grasslands Region .................................................................................................................................. 29 Middle Sand Hills ............................................................................................................................... 29 Suffield National Wildlife Area ..................................................................................................... 30 Milk River-Sage Creek ....................................................................................................................... 30 Cypress Hills.................................................................................................................................. 31 Pakowki Lake ................................................................................................................................ 31 Milk River Management Committee ............................................................................................ 32 Prairie Conservation Forum ......................................................................................................... 32 Foothills Restoration Forum ......................................................................................................... 33 ISSUES ......................................................................................................................................................... 34 Water ..................................................................................................................................................... 34 Forests .................................................................................................................................................... 35 5 Grizzly Bears ........................................................................................................................................... 36 Caribou ................................................................................................................................................... 37 Black Bears ............................................................................................................................................. 38 Wolves .................................................................................................................................................... 38 Game Farming ........................................................................................................................................ 38 Feral Horses ........................................................................................................................................... 39 GOVERNMENT POLICY ................................................................................................................................ 40 Public Lands............................................................................................................................................ 40 Tax-Recovery Lands ........................................................................................................................... 40 Protected Areas - Provincial ................................................................................................................... 41 Protected Areas - Federal ...................................................................................................................... 41 Land-Use Framework (LUF) .................................................................................................................... 42 Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP) ............................................................................................. 42 South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP) ....................................................................................... 43 Wetland Policy ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Water for Life ........................................................................................................................................
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