Protect Alberta's Castle Wilderness

Between Northern Montana and Southern Canada is the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. At the top of Waterton is the Castle: a natural wilderness corridor under imminent threat. The Alberta government has scheduled the Castle for clear-cut logging beginning June 2011. Together with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and CPAWS, The Big Wild is asking Canadians to take quick action and protect this majectic ecosystem and grizzly home.


Alberta’s Castle Wilderness was once part of Waterton Lakes National Park. Since then, the legal designation of the Castle has changed several times but the
 ecological significance of this area has not.  In 1998 the province of
 Alberta promised to protect the Castle as a source of clean water and recreational opportunity. Yet logging and further road building is now planned for the heart of the Castle, further compounding the already evident impacts of unchecked motorized recreation and industrial activity. The Castle’s fate may 
soon be sealed.



The Castle remains a crucial corridor in the north-south
 wildlife migrations that connect Waterton-Glacier with Canada’s Rocky 
Mountain parks. It is adjacent the Flathead River Valley, a wilderness The Big Wild has 
championed for several years. 

Waterton-Glacier’s grizzlies go to the Castle to find seasonal food and habitat. But what appears as a sanctuary to grizzlies is quickly becoming an industrial trap.



 

Time is running out. This is a call for reinforcements, to protect the
 Castle Wilderness and the grizzly bears that depend on it for survival. Send your letter to Alberta's Premier, today.