Tag Archives: biodiversity
Nickel and Diming Outdoor Rights
[Note: The following was first published in the October 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. Back in May of 2008 the Legislative Assembly of Alberta passed Bill 201, the Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Heritage Act. … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Canada, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged Bill 201, biodiversity, caribou rearing facility, Castle Provincial Park, Castle Wildland Provincial Park, Fisheries Act, Fishing, fishing heritage, habitat conservation, Hunting, hunting fishing trapping heritage act, hunting heritage, La Peche herd, Len Mitzel, Little Smoky herd, Lorne Fitch, Migratory Birds Convention Act, nickel and diming, nickel and diming rights, outdoor rights, rights, species-at-risk, trapping, trapping heritage, Wildlife Act, woodland caribou, woodland caribou recovery
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Wetlands and Water
[Note: The following was first published in the August 2017 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2017 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. During the recent discussions about returning catch-and-keep fishing to some of our Alberta lakes, the issues of loss of habitat … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta Outdoorsmen, Climate Change, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged biodiversity, blue-green algae, bogs, carbon sequestration, Climate Change, cyanobacteria, cyanobacteria bloom, fens, fish habitat, marshes, peat, peatlands, swamps, Wabamun Watershed Management Council, water, water quality, wetland, wetland value, wetlands, Wetlands Alberta, wetlands policy
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The Shifting Baseline
[Note: The following was first published in the January 2016 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2016 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. People of my age and older can remember (if barely) when a cup of coffee cost only five cents. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife
Tagged AEP business plan, Alberta Environment and Parks, Alberta Park, biodiversity, business plan, catch-and-release, environmental baseline, environmental degradation, fish and wildlife conservation, Fish and Wildlife Division, fish and wildlife management, habitat, northern pike, parks, shifting baseline, shifting environmental baseline, species-at-risk
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Thoughts Between Draws
[Note: The following was first published in the November 2014 Alberta Outdoorsmen.] Copyright © 2014 Don H. Meredith, All Rights Reserved. This is the second year I have not been drawn for early season moose. In terms of getting meat … Continue reading
Posted in Alberta, Alberta Outdoorsmen, Conservation, Environment, Hunting
Tagged administrative silos, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta Parks, all-terrain-vehicle, ATV, ATV disturbance, biodiversity, crowded bush, disturbing game animal, disturbing wildlife, ESRD, fish and wildlife, fish and wildlife conservation, Fish and Wildlife Division, general hunting licence, general licence, hunting licence, hunting licence draw, licence draw, Minister's Mandate, myopic government, Parks and Recreation, Recreation Parks Wildlife, Redford government, too many hunters, vehicle disturbance, wildlife benefit
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