Water Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 7): At the end of October 2025, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 7, Water Amendment Act. The principle changes include: 1. Permitting “low-risk” inter-basin transfers allowing water to be moved from one river basin to another; 2. Combining the Peace-Slave and Athabasca River Basins into a single basin; and…

From Crowsnest Headwaters substack: Perversely, Fisheries and Oceans grants West Fraser permission to destroy critical habitat for more clear cut logging devastation in Hidden Creek By Lorne Fitch If you compare a map of the historic distribution of our native trout to their present status you’ll see there’s been a drastic reduction to the places…

Published in The Lethbridge Herald, 19 February 2026. The Belly River is one of 11 major rivers flowing east from the Rockies.  It is the only one not impacted by a dam.  But one is being planned. There are those who want more water, regardless of the cost or consequences. Beyond its natural beauty, the…

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[The Alberta Environmental Policy Series highlights the many environmental challenges and related government policies in Alberta. SAGE welcomes feedback on these topics.] The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) entered an agreement in 2021 with the Government of Alberta and Irrigating Alberta, Inc. for improving irrigation infrastructure and increasing water storage. The CIB loan amounts to $466…

22 June 2025The following is a response from the Honourable Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, regarding SAGE’s submission to the Enhanced Water Availability, Phase II engagement. Thank you for your June 25, 2025, letter, sharing your feedback on the proposed Water Act amendments to enhance Alberta’s water availability. As part of the…

02 July 2025: Sent to the Environment and Protected Areas and Natural Resources Conservation Board I understand the application for the Snake Lake Reservoir Expansion Project is being reviewed for completeness by both Environment and Protected Areas and Natural Resources Conservation Board. The joint April 14, 2025  Notice of Filing included posting of the EIA…

26 June 2025 The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) appreciates the opportunity to participate in the discussion on amendments to the Water Act. The objectives of this phase of the Enhancement of Water Availability engagement seem to have focused mainly on water management that maximizes water use (and economic opportunity), while neglecting to…

From The Lethbridge Herald, June 5, 2025 Lori Goater peers out from her kitchen table to the dwindling Oldman River, which should be flowing with ample water, has slowly been getting smaller which can be easily noticed during times of drought such as the last couple of years. Goater, who has a master’s degree in…

Lethbridge residents may have heard some talk about drought recently.  Most of us are aware that our water supply is pumped out of the Oldman River which flows out of its watershed in the mountains to the west.  Some of us may even know that upstream reservoirs hold back water from melting snow and spring…