From the Exposed Wildlife Conservancy and Alberta Wilderness Association. See website to sign on to a letter to the Government of Alberta.

Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) and the Exposed Wildlife Conservancy are calling for the Minister to rescind his decisions that jeopardize grizzly bears, cougars, wolverines and a host of other cherished Alberta wildlife species.

The minister has made several major wildlife management decisions that overwhelmingly favour hunters and trappers and are contrary to the advice of many of his own wildlife biologists, wildlife experts around the province, and the province’s own sustainable wildlife management plans. He maintains conflicting ties with hunters, trappers and guide outfitters, and has repeatedly shown favouritism to these groups. Further, he has ignored thousands of letters from Albertans and has placed his personal interests above those of the public.

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AWA and Exposed address these concerns in an open letter addressing the lack of scientific justification and conflicts of interest. Each decision is examined in detail in the appendices, where we have asked biologists to verify all the accompanying scientific information and provide their own science-based statements.