Landscape Monitoring Results
January 2022 NWSAR Committee was established to ensure local interests are reflected as part of species at risk, and more specifically, Woodland Caribou management. Among the recommendations generated by NWSAR Committee’s 2017 Recommendations Report, new data collection to support Woodland Caribou management was identified as a high priority by local, regional and national stakeholders. To […]
Caribou Ranges Research Year 1 Results
DECEMBER 2021 NWSAR Committee was established to ensure local interests are reflected as part of species at risk, and more specifically, Woodland Caribou management. Among the recommendations generated by NWSAR Committee’s 2017 Recommendations Report, new data collection to support Woodland Caribou management was identified as a high priority by local, regional and national stakeholders. To […]
State of the Region Report Release
JULY 2021 The purpose of this State of the Region Report is to provide the socio-economic and environmental conditions of the NWSAR region as of 2020. The NWSAR region consists of the geographic areas of Clear Hills County, the County of Northern Lights and Mackenzie County. This report builds on government statistics and documents, and […]
Caribou Ranges Research Launch
DECEMBER 2019 This is multi-year, collaborative partnership between NWSAR Committee, the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI), and the Alberta Trappers Association (ATA). ABMI currently collects data on ungulates and predators for density estimation in Woodland Caribou ranges across western Canada, and local trappers of ATA will be supporting the field component of this project. The […]
State of the Region Report Launch
OCTOBER 2019 During NWSAR’s response to the Government of Alberta’s Boreal Caribou Action Planning over the last three years, consistent concerns from several sources regarding lacking, inaccurate or old datasets being utilized for regional land-use planning, wildlife management planning, and socio-economic assessments drove NWSAR to pursue this project. This is a collaborative project with the […]
Bistcho Lake Sub-Regional Task Force Appointments
AUGUST 2019 In August 2019, NWSAR Committee received a letter from the Government of Alberta asking the Committee to appoint a representative to their newly established Bistcho Lake Sub-Regional Task Force. The Bistcho Lake area is home to the Bistcho Boreal Caribou herd, and this Task Force is responsible for working collaboratively to develop a […]
NWSAR Committee Promotion – Tradeshows
MARCH – JULY 2019 During the Spring and Summer of 2019, NWSAR spent a lot of time on the road travelling to tradeshows across Alberta and into British Columbia. Our key messaging included introducing the Committee and our endeavour to new and familiar audiences, sharing information on our response to Alberta Caribou Action Planning, and […]
North American Caribou Workshop – Ottawa
NORTH AMERICAN CARIBOU WORKSHOP – OTTAWA OCTOBER 2018 After the Provincial government’s decision to pull back on the Caribou Action Plan for Northwest Alberta, NWSAR spent the Summer of 2018 reflecting on the Committee’s work to date and discussing a path forwards on how we could positively contribute to work on the Boreal Caribou file. We reviewed […]
Futures At Stake Campaign
FUTURES AT STAKE CAMPAIGN MARCH 2018 Shortly after the January 2018 NWSAR open houses, the decision was made to launch a petition against the Provincial government’s plan for Boreal Caribou in Northwest Alberta, until a robust socio-economic assessment had been conducted. In conjunction with the petition, NWSAR also produced a series of videos to highlight […]
Boreal Caribou Open Houses 2018
BOREAL CARIBOU OPEN HOUSES JANUARY 2018 The October 2017 Federal Government deadline for Caribou Range Plans came and went, and Alberta (like most other jurisdictions) had not delivered on the Federal mandate. However, the Government of Alberta were still committed to establishing 1.8 million hectares of new permanent protected areas in Northwest Alberta for Boreal Caribou, with no management plan for […]
