Why Alberta needs better reasons to launch a sandhill crane hunt

Advertisement In the November/December 2020 issue of Outdoor Canada, contributor T.J. Schwanky praised Jason Nixon, Alberta’s Minister of Environment and Parks, for implementing a hunting season for sandhill cranes (/albertacranehunt). I believe Schwanky made several unfounded statements and allegations, however, which I will address. The proposal for a sandhill season never collected any dust, as suggested. Rather, each time the proposal was received, it was reviewed. In 2007/8, the minister of the day wanted such a season, so the formal […]

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