Environment committee  Create value, and I think there are some pilots starting right now on the sage grouse in southwestern Saskatchewan. I think they will be a telling tale of whether that's going to be successful or not.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  There have been a number of studies on this. They're both important, but as I think I mentioned earlier, there are area-sensitive species, such as woodland caribou and sage grouse, that absolutely need areas that are off limits to industrial development. These are large areas. It

Environment committee  In southeastern Alberta there's the Milk River canyon, the Milk River natural area, and the Kennedy Coulee ecological reserve. We co-manage that site with the local ranching community, the local county, and the fish and game association. We've done probably the longest-standing

Environment committee  That's the provincial government there, yes. Up in northwestern Alberta, in the Hay-Zama complex, it's an area we've worked on since the mid-1990s with the Dene Tha' First Nation, the oil and gas industry, the Alberta government, and groups like Ducks Unlimited. The very first

Environment committee  Certainly a go-slow approach. I don't think there was any investigation into the value of those lands and how they're going to be protected. But obviously the people of Saskatchewan are speaking up and I think this process may be slowing down. There are two pieces. There is some

Environment committee  I'm not sure that they are inadequate. They describe a certain part of the effort. I think that's more correct.

Environment committee  Where we have failed is on the side of large protected areas. There are area-dependent species, like caribou and sage grouse, that need areas free of industrial activity. Many species will benefit from better management practices, but we need to do a better job on actually protec

Environment committee  I think we have other measures—for example, species at risk—and I think those are telling us how well we're doing on the land. In the grasslands, for example, we have a high number of species at risk, because I don't think we've done the job of protecting enough areas. It doesn't

Environment committee  Good morning. Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. It's a great opportunity to be here to speak to a subject important to me and to many Canadians, the subject of habitat conservation in Canada. The AWA has been working in this area since the late 1960s. We work with gov