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Environment and Protected Areas: Caribou Sub-Regional Council Advisory Provides recommendations to the Minister for areas encompassing one or more of Alberta's caribou ranges, to maintain populations, consider multi-species conservation, recreational and economic opportunities, and the exercise of Treaty rights within them. Environment and ...
Natural Resources Conservation Board Act (NRCBA) [3] "The purpose of this Act is to provide for an impartial process to review projects that will or may affect the natural resources of Alberta in order to determine whether, in the Board’s opinion, projects are in the public interest, having regard to the social and economic effects of the projects and the effect of the projects on the ...
This is a list of protected areas of Alberta. Protected areas are managed by the Government of Canada or the Government of Alberta. The provincial government owns 60% of Alberta's landmass [1] but most of this has not been formally protected. The total protected area throughout Alberta including federal and provincial protected areas is ...
The Alberta Sheriffs Branch [1] is a provincial law enforcement agency overseen by the Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Services [2] of the province of Alberta, Canada. Under the authority of the Peace Officer Act , Alberta Sheriffs are provincial peace officers with jurisdiction over the province of Alberta.
Alberta Advanced Education; Alberta Energy Regulator; Alberta Environment and Protected Areas; Alberta Geological Survey; Alberta Health Services; Alberta Municipal Government Board; Alberta Parks; Alberta Securities Commission; Alberta Serious Incident Response Team; Alberta Utilities Commission
The powers of civil law enforcement agencies also vary significantly. Some, like the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol, have the authority to enforce criminal legislation in addition to their primary mandate to enforce civil legislation, [13] while others are limited to enforcing only a handful of by-laws or provincial acts.
A conservation officer or First Nations Land Warden is a law enforcement officer who protects wildlife and the environment. A conservation officer may also be referred to as an Land Warden / environmental technician / technologist , game warden , park ranger , forest watcher , forest guard , forester , gamekeeper , investigator , wilderness ...
In addition the Environment Department began creating campground and picnic areas on lakes and reservoirs to limit erosion and other environmental impacts of recreation. Finally, in the early 1990s all of Alberta's parks and protected areas were consolidated under the management of Alberta Parks. [2]