Statement on the Upper Smoky Sub-Regional Plan - Nature Alberta

Statement on the Upper Smoky Sub-Regional Plan - Nature Alberta

Nature Alberta is concerned about the Government of Alberta’s recently released Upper Smoky Subregional plan, which will severely compromise two of Alberta’s three remaining southern mountain caribou herds, an “At Risk” species in Alberta. Deforestation and habitat fragmentation are the key contributors to caribou population decline.  Approval of this plan would allow American-owned logging company, Weyerhaeuser, to clearcut within critical wint…