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Part of our work at Crowsnest Conservation Society is to advocate on behalf of our community and its conservation interests by creating and sending letters to government bodies, agencies, committees and private institutions.
View our recent work below. |
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coal dust contamination at Window MountAINLetter to Premier Danielle Smith, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas, Sonya Savage & Minister of Energy, Pete Guthrie
President of Crowsnest Conservation Society, Brenda Davison, requests data for coal dust contamination around Window Mountain. Data will provide residents and scientists with information to make more informed actions and solutions to protect the area. |
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Proposed Coal Mining Effluent RegulationsLetter to Minister, Environment and Climate Change Canada Regulatory Development and Analysis Section Mining and Processing Division, Steven Guibeault.
Treasurer of Crowsnest Conservation Society, Susan Wagner, outlines the concerns about the proposed coal mining effluent regulations that may allow high levels of toxins into the Oldman Watershed. |
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Cumulative effects of coal mining in AlbertaLetter to Minister of Energy, Office of the Minister, Honorable Sonya Savage & Alberta Coal Policy Committee
The CCS Board of Directors address their concerns regarding the proliferation of coal mines in Alberta which affects the water quantity and quality, provincial land use plans, wildlife resiliency, regulation and socio-economic environment of the Crowsnest Pass region. |
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Request for Federal EIA For Tent Mountain Mine ProjectLetter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson & Director of Environment and Regulatory Montem Resources, Shirleen Ouellet.
The CCS Directors of the Board request a federal environmental impact assessment be made for the Tent Mountain Mine Project as a succession of new coal mining projects within or near the Crowsnest Pass may transform the area into a industry-dominated center with less biodiversity. |
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MONTEM EIA AT TENT MOUNTAINLetter to Director, Environmental Assessment Regulatory Applications Alberta Energy Regulator & Director of Environment and Regulatory Montem Resources, Shirleen Ouellet.
The CCS Directors of the Board request that the Montem Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be required by the AER to address all economic effects, both positive and negative. Additionally The Directors request new, transferable methodologies to consider independent and interactive measures of stressors associated with mining activity. |
