RECENT
PAST ADVOCACY
NORTHBACK HOLDINGS PUBLIC HEARING
Crowsnest Conservation applied to participate in the public hearing Proceeding ID 444: Northback Holdings Corporation, involving three separate applications: a Coal Exploration Program (A10123772), a Deep Drill Permit (1948547), and a Temporary Diversion Licence (00497386). As conservationists we believe that the Alberta Energy Regulator has an obligation to consider the future health of our natural environment and procedural and legal precedents related to these applications in their decisions.
Northback response to crowsnest conservation
Northback lawyer response to Crowsnest Conservation President's, Brenda Davison, September 30 (2023) letter of advocacy.
In addition, CCS President Brenda Davison's response to lawyer:
April 2024
OPPOSITION TO TECUMsEH SUBDIVISON
Letter to Crowsnest Municipal Council. We detail our strong opposition to the SentrySix application to rezone land for a Grouped Country Residential development in the Tecumseh area. Council’s refusal to approve this application will help to maintain existing wildlife corridors, water quantities, the integrity of our own municipal goals, and provincial requirements that are committed to preserving healthy natural landscapes for future generations of Albertans.
GRASSY MOUNTAIN PROJECT Statement of Concern
Letter to Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). Alberta Energy Regulator should not consider the Grassy Mountain Coal Project application given the current Ministerial Order that allows exploration only for active coal mines or those that are advanced.
coal dust contamination at Window MountAIN
Letter 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.
Proposed Coal Mining Effluent Regulations
Letter 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.
Cumulative effects of coal mining in Alberta
Letter to Minister of Energy, Office of the Minister, Honorable Sonya Savage & Alberta Coal Policy Committee. The CCS Board of Directors addressed 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.
Request for Federal EIA For Tent Mountain Mine Project
Letter to Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Honorable Jonathan Wilkinson & Director of Environment and Regulatory Montem Resources, Shirleen Ouellet. The CCS Board of DIrectors requested 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.
MONTEM EIA AT TENT MOUNTAIN
Letter to Director, Environmental Assessment Regulatory Applications Alberta Energy Regulator & Director of Environment and Regulatory Montem Resources, Shirleen Ouellet. The CCS Board of Directors requested that the Montem Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) be required by the AER to address all economic effects, both positive and negative. Additionally, we requested new, transferable methodologies to consider independent and interactive measures of stressors associated with mining activity.