Alberta Wilderness Association
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🌿Alberta's oldest wilderness conservation group!
We advocate for wildlife and spaces to be protected and connected, forever.
Pitch us essays, cartoons, opinions and more for our Wild Lands Advocate magazine (outreach@abwild.ca)
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We advocate for wildlife and spaces to be protected and connected, forever.
Pitch us essays, cartoons, opinions and more for our Wild Lands Advocate magazine (outreach@abwild.ca)
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❄️ AWA HOLIDAY HOURS ❄️
Our office in NW Calgary will be closed the following days this holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 25 🎄
• Friday, Dec. 26 📦️
• Thursday, Jan. 1 🎆
• Friday, Jan. 2 ❄️
Enjoy the season!
Our office in NW Calgary will be closed the following days this holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 25 🎄
• Friday, Dec. 26 📦️
• Thursday, Jan. 1 🎆
• Friday, Jan. 2 ❄️
Enjoy the season!
And the winner is…Todd Loewen! Here are the results for Dino of the Year 🦖, AB's worst in environmentalism & conservation:
-Brian Jean = 5.0%
-Todd Loewen = 51.8% 🏆
-Rebecca Schulz = 2.1%
-Danielle Smith = 34.0%
-All of the above (write-in) = 5.0%
-Rob Morgan (write-in) = 2.1%
-Brian Jean = 5.0%
-Todd Loewen = 51.8% 🏆
-Rebecca Schulz = 2.1%
-Danielle Smith = 34.0%
-All of the above (write-in) = 5.0%
-Rob Morgan (write-in) = 2.1%
We want to hear from YOU 🫵
Help us pick Alberta’s Dinosaur of the Year! 🦖
To vote, comment with the name of who you think has done the WORST for Alberta’s wild spaces & species this year.
Nominees:
-Brian Jean
-Todd Loewen
-Rebecca Schulz
-Danielle Smith
-Other (tell us in the comments!)
Help us pick Alberta’s Dinosaur of the Year! 🦖
To vote, comment with the name of who you think has done the WORST for Alberta’s wild spaces & species this year.
Nominees:
-Brian Jean
-Todd Loewen
-Rebecca Schulz
-Danielle Smith
-Other (tell us in the comments!)
December 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
And the winner is…Todd Loewen! Here are the results for Dino of the Year 🦖, AB's worst in environmentalism & conservation:
-Brian Jean = 5.0%
-Todd Loewen = 51.8% 🏆
-Rebecca Schulz = 2.1%
-Danielle Smith = 34.0%
-All of the above (write-in) = 5.0%
-Rob Morgan (write-in) = 2.1%
-Brian Jean = 5.0%
-Todd Loewen = 51.8% 🏆
-Rebecca Schulz = 2.1%
-Danielle Smith = 34.0%
-All of the above (write-in) = 5.0%
-Rob Morgan (write-in) = 2.1%
Alberta’s lichens play a multitude of different roles in our ecosystems. Neither plant nor animal, these strange symbiotic partnerships can be incredibly diverse and colourful. Take a look for them on old trees and rocks the next time you’re out on a walk!
#whatsyour60 #naturefacts #albertalichens
#whatsyour60 #naturefacts #albertalichens
December 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Alberta’s lichens play a multitude of different roles in our ecosystems. Neither plant nor animal, these strange symbiotic partnerships can be incredibly diverse and colourful. Take a look for them on old trees and rocks the next time you’re out on a walk!
#whatsyour60 #naturefacts #albertalichens
#whatsyour60 #naturefacts #albertalichens
❄️ AWA HOLIDAY HOURS ❄️
Our office in NW Calgary will be closed the following days this holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 25 🎄
• Friday, Dec. 26 📦️
• Thursday, Jan. 1 🎆
• Friday, Jan. 2 ❄️
Enjoy the season!
Our office in NW Calgary will be closed the following days this holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 25 🎄
• Friday, Dec. 26 📦️
• Thursday, Jan. 1 🎆
• Friday, Jan. 2 ❄️
Enjoy the season!
December 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
❄️ AWA HOLIDAY HOURS ❄️
Our office in NW Calgary will be closed the following days this holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 25 🎄
• Friday, Dec. 26 📦️
• Thursday, Jan. 1 🎆
• Friday, Jan. 2 ❄️
Enjoy the season!
Our office in NW Calgary will be closed the following days this holiday season:
• Thursday, Dec. 25 🎄
• Friday, Dec. 26 📦️
• Thursday, Jan. 1 🎆
• Friday, Jan. 2 ❄️
Enjoy the season!
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Haikus for Nature XII
I have finally finished my 2025 ‘What’s Your 60’ challenge by completing my last five haikus.
It was a new art form for my writing this year.
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!🍾🎆
#haiku #poetry
@albertawilderness.bsky.social
www.debborahdonnelly.ca/blog/haikus-...
I have finally finished my 2025 ‘What’s Your 60’ challenge by completing my last five haikus.
It was a new art form for my writing this year.
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!🍾🎆
#haiku #poetry
@albertawilderness.bsky.social
www.debborahdonnelly.ca/blog/haikus-...
Haikus for Nature XII — The Road Less Travelled
Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - December, 2025 Photo: Bow River, December 10, 2025
www.debborahdonnelly.ca
December 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Haikus for Nature XII
I have finally finished my 2025 ‘What’s Your 60’ challenge by completing my last five haikus.
It was a new art form for my writing this year.
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!🍾🎆
#haiku #poetry
@albertawilderness.bsky.social
www.debborahdonnelly.ca/blog/haikus-...
I have finally finished my 2025 ‘What’s Your 60’ challenge by completing my last five haikus.
It was a new art form for my writing this year.
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!🍾🎆
#haiku #poetry
@albertawilderness.bsky.social
www.debborahdonnelly.ca/blog/haikus-...
Thanks to everyone who joined us on an Adventure for Wilderness this year, and especially our volunteer coordinators. Tell us about your favourite AWA adventure in the comments and stay tuned — adventures are starting in February! Take a peek at our 2025 Adventures: youtube.com/shorts/Rzkx0...
Adventures for Wilderness 2025 Year in Review
YouTube video by Alberta Wilderness Association
youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Thanks to everyone who joined us on an Adventure for Wilderness this year, and especially our volunteer coordinators. Tell us about your favourite AWA adventure in the comments and stay tuned — adventures are starting in February! Take a peek at our 2025 Adventures: youtube.com/shorts/Rzkx0...
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BEYOND LOCAL: Alberta conservation groups file ethics complaint against minister
Alberta conservation groups file ethics complaint against minister
Alberta Wilderness Association and Exposed Wildlife Conservancy allege Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen’s decisions could benefit his family’s outfitting business and undermine science‑based wildlife management.
dlvr.it
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BEYOND LOCAL: Alberta conservation groups file ethics complaint against minister
We want to hear from YOU 🫵
Help us pick Alberta’s Dinosaur of the Year! 🦖
To vote, comment with the name of who you think has done the WORST for Alberta’s wild spaces & species this year.
Nominees:
-Brian Jean
-Todd Loewen
-Rebecca Schulz
-Danielle Smith
-Other (tell us in the comments!)
Help us pick Alberta’s Dinosaur of the Year! 🦖
To vote, comment with the name of who you think has done the WORST for Alberta’s wild spaces & species this year.
Nominees:
-Brian Jean
-Todd Loewen
-Rebecca Schulz
-Danielle Smith
-Other (tell us in the comments!)
December 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We want to hear from YOU 🫵
Help us pick Alberta’s Dinosaur of the Year! 🦖
To vote, comment with the name of who you think has done the WORST for Alberta’s wild spaces & species this year.
Nominees:
-Brian Jean
-Todd Loewen
-Rebecca Schulz
-Danielle Smith
-Other (tell us in the comments!)
Help us pick Alberta’s Dinosaur of the Year! 🦖
To vote, comment with the name of who you think has done the WORST for Alberta’s wild spaces & species this year.
Nominees:
-Brian Jean
-Todd Loewen
-Rebecca Schulz
-Danielle Smith
-Other (tell us in the comments!)
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A group of blockaders built a camp in Kananaskis Country, Alta., this fall to protest logging in the area. Their aim was to create a culture of civil disobedience in the province.
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
Civil disobedience in the Rockies, in photos | The Narwhal
In Alberta’s Kananaskis Country, organizers set up a civil disobedience camp in response to logging plans
thenarwhal.ca
December 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A group of blockaders built a camp in Kananaskis Country, Alta., this fall to protest logging in the area. Their aim was to create a culture of civil disobedience in the province.
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
An on-the-ground dispatch from @drewanderson.bsky.social and @amberbracken.bsky.social: thenarwhal.ca/kananaskis-l...
What's YOUR favourite thing about the prairie? Tell us in the comments, and check out some of ours: youtube.com/shorts/T0Tbw...
We were visiting our friends at
@americanprairie.bsky.social in Montana this fall for the Great Plains Conservation Network steering committee meetings.
#whatsyour60
We were visiting our friends at
@americanprairie.bsky.social in Montana this fall for the Great Plains Conservation Network steering committee meetings.
#whatsyour60
We love our prairies! #wildlife #nature #grasslands
YouTube video by Alberta Wilderness Association
youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What's YOUR favourite thing about the prairie? Tell us in the comments, and check out some of ours: youtube.com/shorts/T0Tbw...
We were visiting our friends at
@americanprairie.bsky.social in Montana this fall for the Great Plains Conservation Network steering committee meetings.
#whatsyour60
We were visiting our friends at
@americanprairie.bsky.social in Montana this fall for the Great Plains Conservation Network steering committee meetings.
#whatsyour60
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More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
thenarwhal.ca
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
More than 600 pages of records show Alberta officials delayed a coal mine pollution study — and seemingly stopped the lead scientist from speaking publicly thenarwhal.ca/alberta-stal... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
Hear Ron's story 👇
Meet Ron.
Ron lives in Falher, Alberta, where sour gas wells and pipelines cut across his land. When one pipeline burst near his home, the operator and Alberta’s energy regulator let it leak for days.
Toxic fumes filled his house.
Learn more 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
Ron lives in Falher, Alberta, where sour gas wells and pipelines cut across his land. When one pipeline burst near his home, the operator and Alberta’s energy regulator let it leak for days.
Toxic fumes filled his house.
Learn more 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hear Ron's story 👇
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An Alberta regulator is supposed to block struggling companies from obtaining oil and gas wells. Tax data obtained by The Narwhal suggests the regulator ignored the rules when it allowed a company with unpaid taxes to obtain 170 wells. @drewanderson.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener...
Alberta Energy Regulator ignored its own rules, data suggests | The Narwhal
New evidence suggests the Alberta Energy Regulator ignored a ministerial order — and critics say that’s just the tip of the iceberg
thenarwhal.ca
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
An Alberta regulator is supposed to block struggling companies from obtaining oil and gas wells. Tax data obtained by The Narwhal suggests the regulator ignored the rules when it allowed a company with unpaid taxes to obtain 170 wells. @drewanderson.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener...
And one of conservation specialists, Kennedy, was featured in Episode 2! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWGC...
December 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And one of conservation specialists, Kennedy, was featured in Episode 2! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWGC...
Our 2025 Great Gray Owl Award winner, Karina, was featured in the first episode of Telus Storyhive's #WonderCollective! Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2p...
Wonder Collective S1 Ep 01
YouTube video by TELUS STORYHIVE
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December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our 2025 Great Gray Owl Award winner, Karina, was featured in the first episode of Telus Storyhive's #WonderCollective! Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx2p...
Great news! Our 2026 nature calendars are back in stock 📅
Get yours now: albertawilderness.ca/product/natu...
Get yours now: albertawilderness.ca/product/natu...
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Great news! Our 2026 nature calendars are back in stock 📅
Get yours now: albertawilderness.ca/product/natu...
Get yours now: albertawilderness.ca/product/natu...
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Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
We hosted a bioblitz in Cypress Hills Provincial Park back in June with our partner orgs!🌱🐜🌳🐦
Check out this video to take a closer look at this unique region and its many rare and endangered species: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zP...
Check out this video to take a closer look at this unique region and its many rare and endangered species: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zP...
AWA's 2025 Cypress Hills Bioblitz
YouTube video by Alberta Wilderness Association
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We hosted a bioblitz in Cypress Hills Provincial Park back in June with our partner orgs!🌱🐜🌳🐦
Check out this video to take a closer look at this unique region and its many rare and endangered species: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zP...
Check out this video to take a closer look at this unique region and its many rare and endangered species: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zP...
⛰️ Protect our water and protest the Grassy Mountain coal mine 🚫
If you're in Lethbridge, join the peaceful protest happening this MONDAY, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre.
See the poster for more details:
If you're in Lethbridge, join the peaceful protest happening this MONDAY, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre.
See the poster for more details:
December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
⛰️ Protect our water and protest the Grassy Mountain coal mine 🚫
If you're in Lethbridge, join the peaceful protest happening this MONDAY, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre.
See the poster for more details:
If you're in Lethbridge, join the peaceful protest happening this MONDAY, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Coast Lethbridge Hotel & Conference Centre.
See the poster for more details:
Our holiday craft market is TOMORROW at our office in Hillhurst! 🎄🛍️
Stop by anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support local artisans and Wild Alberta!
albertawilderness.ca/product/awa-...
Stop by anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support local artisans and Wild Alberta!
albertawilderness.ca/product/awa-...
AWA's Holiday Craft Market - Alberta Wilderness Association
Join Alberta Wilderness Association for a family-friendly holiday craft market in Kensington!
albertawilderness.ca
December 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Our holiday craft market is TOMORROW at our office in Hillhurst! 🎄🛍️
Stop by anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support local artisans and Wild Alberta!
albertawilderness.ca/product/awa-...
Stop by anytime from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support local artisans and Wild Alberta!
albertawilderness.ca/product/awa-...
Hear the struggles of rural landowners stuck with oil and gas infrastructure on their properties, as told to @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social: ecojustice.ca/news/landown...
ecojustice.ca
December 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hear the struggles of rural landowners stuck with oil and gas infrastructure on their properties, as told to @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social: ecojustice.ca/news/landown...
Alberta's native trout are amazing! And what's good for trout (cold, clean, connected streams) is also good for people.
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Alberta's native trout are amazing! And what's good for trout (cold, clean, connected streams) is also good for people.
Our wildlife management petition was shared in legislature today by @elmeligisarah.bsky.social!
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition, showing that we as Albertans care about our wildlife and want them managed by transparent, science-based decisions! 👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pth8...
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition, showing that we as Albertans care about our wildlife and want them managed by transparent, science-based decisions! 👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pth8...
Dr. Elmeligi introduces citizens' petitions on land use planning, wildlife management in Legislature
YouTube video by Sarah Elmeligi, MLA Banff-Kananaskis
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Our wildlife management petition was shared in legislature today by @elmeligisarah.bsky.social!
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition, showing that we as Albertans care about our wildlife and want them managed by transparent, science-based decisions! 👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pth8...
Thank you to everyone who signed the petition, showing that we as Albertans care about our wildlife and want them managed by transparent, science-based decisions! 👏
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pth8...
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Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...
Grizzly hunting won’t reduce attacks, experts say | The Narwhal
After recent attacks in B.C. and Alberta, some are calling to re-open the grizzly hunt — but experts say there’s no evidence it would reduce conflicts
thenarwhal.ca
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Recent grizzly attacks in B.C. and Alberta have some calling for the provinces to re-open grizzly hunting. But experts say there is scant evidence that hunting reduces conflicts between bears and humans, writes freelance journalist @camfenton.bsky.social. thenarwhal.ca/grizzly-atta...
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This should be a must for anybody interested in the risks that coal mining in our headwaters poses for fish and those of us (let's face it, all of us) living downstream who depend on good quality water for drinking & growing food.
#ableg #abpoli
#ableg #abpoli
TOMORROW, hear an expert's take on the environmental impacts of coal mining in the Canadian Rockies. ⛰️
On Dec. 3 at 12 p.m., Dr. Colin Cooke, Senior Aquatic Scientist w/ the AB gov, will be presenting as a part of #UAlberta's ATLAS weekly lecture series: albertawilderness.ca/lecture-coal...
On Dec. 3 at 12 p.m., Dr. Colin Cooke, Senior Aquatic Scientist w/ the AB gov, will be presenting as a part of #UAlberta's ATLAS weekly lecture series: albertawilderness.ca/lecture-coal...
Lecture: Coal mining contaminants in the Canadian Rockies by Dr. Colin Cooke - Alberta Wilderness Association
This Wednesday, December 3, 2025, Dr Colin Cooke, will be presenting "Coal mining contaminants in the Canadian Rockies" as a part of the U of A's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate ...
albertawilderness.ca
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM