Reports and documents
- The Early History of the Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition by Klaus Jericho
- EUB Hearing: Shell no longer opposes the Park. In September and October 2007, a hearing was held in the Pincher Creek Community Hall as an opportunity for the public to provide input to the Energy and Utilities Board on Shell's proposal to drill an exploratory well at (and put in a pipeline to) Mt Backus, west of Beaver Mines. This was the first time in years that a well proposal on public land was close enough to people's dwellings that a number of people could intervene.
A very important part of Shell's testimony in response to a question from CCWC in cross examination was that Shell no longer opposes the idea of a Park in the Castle. The EUB panel Chair reiterated the question as his first question to Shell.
The written versions of CCWC staff presentations are available in PDF format: James Judy Wendy
- The 2006 Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, Program Synopsis & Lessons for Canada & Alberta http://rosenberg.ucanr.org/forum5.cfm See Upland Watershed Protection, p. 91: "As the Oldman River Basin has already been identified as a water-scarce region in which over allocation could potentially lead to conflict over water use, its upper reached may be a good candidate for special watershed protection. The proposed 1400 square kilometer Andy Russell-I'tai sah kop park at the headwater of the Oldman has the highest recorded annual precipitation and snowfall along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in Alberta. While the proposed park would cover less than 4% of the area of the Oldman Basin, it annually generates some 20% to 30% of the river's annual flow. Within this small area are 26 headwater streams and rivers which feed the Castle, Oldman and Waterton systems. Not surprisingly, it is also an area of great natural beauty. Protecting such a valuable upland region will pay for itself over and over again in the value of ecological services it provides alone."
- Andy Russell - I'tai sah kòp Proposed Wildland Park & Provincial Park for Southwest Alberta, Brochure, May 2008 (326K). Background Document (365K).
- Presentation to C5 Crowpac Meeting, October 5th 2005. PDF Document (263K)
- Grizzly bears in southwest Alberta: A vision and plan for population and habitat recovery, by Dr. Brian L. Horejsi, 2004. PDF Document (7.1 MB)
- Originating Motion, Judicial Review, Castle Mountain Resort, Oct 21, 2002. PDF Document (126 K)
- America's Gas Tank The High Cost of Canada's Oil and Gas Export Strategy by Matt Price, NRDC; and John Bennett, Sierra Club of Canada, October 2002. PDF Document (650 K)
- Restoration Brochure, Oct 2002. PDF Document (613 K)
- Bringing it Back: A Restoration Framework for the Castle Wilderness Prepared by David H. Sheppard, Gary Parkstrom, and Jennifer C. Taylor, May 2002. PDF Document (400 K)
- The Castle Wilderness - A Case to Protect and Restore Ecological Integrity in a Critical Part of Canada's Rocky Mountains, 26 page booklet. PDF Document (3.8 MB)
- Updated CCWC Brochure. PDF Document (545K)
- A Brief presented to the Council of the MD of Pincher Creek regarding Castle Mountain Resort's Area Structure Plan, December 11, 2001. PDF Document (272K)
- High Country News, Whoa! Canada!, by Todd Wilkinson, Feature Article, October 8, 2001. Webpage
- Letter to Minister Pettigrew, June 23, 2000. PDF Document (13K)
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