Environmental group concerned about proposed sale of oil and gas rights in Milk River area
An environmental group says it is opposed to the proposed sale of oil and natural gas rights in the Milk River Natural Area and other native grasslands in southern Alberta.
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Posted: Jan 13, 2021 3:32 PM MT | Last Updated: January 13
Environmental groups are concerned about the possibility of development in the Milk River Natural Area because it contains grasslands that are home to threatened populations .(Wheateater/Wikimedia Commons)
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An environmental group says it is opposed to the proposed sale of oil and natural gas rights in the Milk River Natural Area and other native grasslands in southern Alberta.
The United Conservative government is holding an auction, which closed at noon Wednesday.
The Alberta Wilderness Association said in a letter to the province earlier this week that it has long been interested in conservation of native grasslands. It noted that less than half of native cover remains in Alberta’s Grasslands Natural Region and it is highly fragmented.
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Alberta decision to open Rockies to coal mining to face court challenges in new year
Landowners and area First Nations have filed applications challenging the legality of the government s decision to revoke the protections without consultations.
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Posted: Dec 24, 2020 12:12 PM MT | Last Updated: January 15
Construction equipment is seen at left in a file photo in the mountains near Crowsnest Pass. A heavy truck is seen at right working at the Teck Elkford Operations open-pit coal mine in southeastern British Columbia, near the Alberta border.(CBC)
Alberta s decision to rescind a decades-old policy and open the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to coal mining is to face at least two court challenges in the new year.
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