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Alberta's Action on Caribou: Caribou Range Planning: Public Engagement Sessions

When: Saturday, January 20, 2018 - 3:00pm to Thursday, March 8, 2018 - 8:00pm
Where: various locations
Cost: no cost

Alberta's Action on Caribou: Caribou Range Planning

Alberta is taking leadership when it comes to recovering caribou herds, while also protecting Indigenous rights and respecting the livelihood of the many individuals and communities reliant upon resource industries within caribou ranges. We want to ensure caribou remain a part of our landscapes, and that we maintain strong, vibrant communities well into the future.

Alberta’s Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan will build on existing work and develop actions and strategies to meet provincial and federal caribou population and habitat objectives. We will continue to plan for the range-specific details, applying the direction contained in the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan at the landscape level. We need your feedback to help shape how this will be done.

Social and economic outcomes are an important part of the range planning process. Our intention is to minimize all impacts to local communities while meeting caribou recovery objectives. We will be relying upon those with local knowledge of social and economic conditions to support this work as it advances.

Woodland Caribou Range Planning Engagement

Engagement in support of caribou range planning in Alberta has been broken into three general phases prior to release of a final range plan:


  • Phase One: Early Engagement and Issues Identification
  • Phase Two: Engagement on Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan
  • Phase Three: Engagement on Range-Specific Details

We are currently in Phase Two engagement on the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan.
Government of Alberta staff will be coming to communities that have an interest in caribou range planning in early 2018. Discussion will be focused on the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan with feedback helping to inform developing the range‑specific details. Sessions will be happening in the following communities:

Key Dates

20 February 2018

Whitecourt Public Information Session

Location: 
St. Joseph Parish Hall 
5538 Mink Creek Road 
Whitecourt, AB 
Time: 
3:00 to 8:00 PM 

22 February 2018

Edmonton Public Information Session

Location: 
Kingsway Legion 
14339 – 50 Street NW 
Edmonton, AB 
Time: 
3:00 to 8:00 PM

27 February 2018

Cold Lake Public Information Session

Location: 
Cold Lake Courtyard Marriot 
Route 28 and Highway 897 
Cold Lake, AB 
Time: 
3:00 to 8:00 PM

01 March 2018

Fort McMurray Public Information Session

Location: 
Quality Hotel and Conference Centre 
424 Gregoire Drive 
Fort McMurray, AB 
Time: 
3:00 to 8:00 PM

06 March 2018

High Level Public Information Session

Location: 
Best Western Mirage Hotel and Resort 
9616 Highway 58 N 
High Level, AB 
Time: 
3:00 to 8:00 PM

08 March 2018

Grande Prairie Public Information Session

Location: 
Grande Prairie Elks Lodge 
10806 - 106 Street 
Grande Prairie, AB 
Time: 
3:00 to 8:00 PM

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To learn more about Alberta’s draft plan, see:

To learn more about where Alberta’s caribou ranges are, see the map below:

Comment Submission Form: Caribou Range Planning in Alberta

Alberta Environment and Parks welcomes input on caribou recovery and the Draft Provincial Woodland Caribou Range Plan. If you have feedback on this draft plan and ideas to be applied at the range level to support caribou recovery, please submit it using the form above to help build Alberta’s caribou range plans.

Privacy Statement

Your participation in this engagement is voluntary, and you may stop at any time. Your comments will be confidential and only the combined results from all engagement respondents will be reported. The personal information collected in this engagement is collected under the authority of section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RSA 2000, C. F-25). Questions regarding the collection, use and disclosure may be directed to:

Director of Land and Environmental Planning, North

Tel: 780 422-4569
Tel: 310-0000 to be connected toll-free from outside the Edmonton area

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