• Industrial Activity in Kananaskis
• Land Use

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Forest Index to Clear-cut Logging in Kananaskis

This issue is about access, land use and water policy, pitting the interests of industry against nature, recreation and tourism. You'll find information and a unique view of the issue provided by braggcreek.ca and others, in particular, the Bragg Creek Environmental Coalition.

Save Kananaskis

Building on the success of Tag A Tree, but realizing that our goal to stop logging and create a park haven't been realized, we will continue our campaign

Please visit the Save Kananaskis web site

Tag A Tree

We asked people to pick-up a slice of tree marked with the Save Kananaskis - It's Worth It logo and hang it on a tree in Kananaskis or on your property.

Visit the tagatree.ca web site

Part 2 - began March 2007

Crisis? What crisis? Alberta declares a state of emergency

Click here to read a transcript of a dialog between Dave Rodney and Ted Morton in the Alberta legislature - with comment

Ralph Cartar's response to Dr. Morton's statements on the threat of the pine beetle. Ralph is President of the Bragg Creek Environmental Coalition

Conservation Biology Institute
Protected areas form one of the main pillars of biodiversity conservation throughout the world. Although a large proportion of the neighboring Rocky Mountains are well-protected, only 1.2 percent of the Alberta Foothills is currently protected, which is woefully inadequate by any scientific standard.
Read more

Save Kananaskis - It's Worth It

Download the Save Kananaskis handout (pdf)

Or you can read it online using the links below:

Contact list for officials responsible for this issue

Write to Ted Morton, Minister of Sustainable Resource Development, The Premier, Your MLA, The Liberal and NDP Opposition and
Spray Lakes Sawminlls
email: woodlands@spraylakesawmills.com
snailmail: 305 Griffin Road West
Cochrane, AB, T4C 2C4

Please send a copy of your e-mails to "bcec at braggcreek.ca"

Send an e-mail if you would like to stay informed on this issue. Maps Eastern District cutblocks with hiking trails Elbow Valley and West Bragg Creek with hiking trails The Spray Lakes Sawmills southern Forest Manangement Unit The proposed Moose Mountain Wildland Park Slideshow View the slideshow prepared for a CAOC meeting on the subject (1.4 MB Flash presentation, an 8 minute download at 28.8 baud) Help You may wonder who's paying me to cover this issue - well no one. You could help by visitng the Bragg Creek Store where clothing and outdoor accessories enblazoned with my Kananaskis crest are available for purchase.		Part 1 - June 2006
		Letters: yours and mine Water for Calgary Clear-cut logging in Kananaskis Public Meeting Report - June 21 in Calgary Public Meeting Report - June 15 in Bragg Creek Comments E-mail your comment Mountain Pine Beetle Forest Fire Multi-Use Policy Water for Calgary - June 20, 2006 media release Industrial Activity in Kananaskis Media Reports Alberta Wilderness Association review of the Detailed Forest Manangement Plan
		Bragg Creek Environmental Coalition
		BCEC Public Meeting March 29, 2007 BCEC Position Statement Ralph Cartar's perspective on the issue - he's president of the Bragg Creek Environmental Coalition {BCEC) BCEC Moose Mountain Wildland Park Proposal Clear-Cut Logging Coming to Calgary’s Playground - June 20, 2006 BCEC media release

CAOC Article

An article on the clearcut logging in Kananaskis issue by Doug Sephton. Published in the Calgary Area Outdoor Council newsletter.

Read criticism of our NIMBY whining and our misrepresentations according to two authors who favour logging in Kananaskis. These articles were published in the same issue. You can read them here.

Photos of Clear-cut logging near Cataract Creek
Click on a thumbnail image below to see an enlargement.