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Opinion: New drainage rules put Alberta's wetlands at risk

If you are at all concerned about nature and the benefits we derive from it, or transparency in political decision-making for that matter, it’s been a rather interesting time in Alberta. The latest incident involves wetlands and the quiet rolling back of legislation and policy that was meant to recognize — and conserve — their value to Albertans.

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While these changes have received some recent coverage, key details have been left out, and Albertans deserve the full story.

The goal of the Alberta Wetland Policy (AWP) is to “conserve, restore, protect and manage Alberta’s wetlands to sustain the........

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