Ƙungiyar Wilderness ta Alberta

Ƙungiyar Wilderness ta Alberta ( AWA ) ƙungiya ce ta agaji mai zaman kanta da ke Calgary, Alberta, wacce aka kafa a shekarar 1965 a Lundbreck, Alberta, wacce ta sadaukar da kanta don kare dajin lardin.  Zuwa shekarar 2025, AWA tana da membobi da magoya baya sama da 10,000. 

 Bayani 
Lokacin da aka kafa Ƙungiyar Daji ta Alberta, a shekarar 1965 a yankunan karkara na kudu maso yammacin Alberta, ita ce ƙungiyar farko ta kare hamada a lardin da ta keɓe don kiyayewa da kare dajin Alberta. A shekarar 1965, wani ƙaramin rukuni na masu sha'awar ƙasa—ciki har da Floyd da Karen Stromstedt,  Marian da Bill Michalsky, da Steve da Helen Dixon  —sun nuna damuwa a tarurruka da "manoma na gida, malamai da shugabannin al'umma", cewa manufar "amfani da ƙasa da yawa" ta Alberta, tana "lalata, ba ta kiyaye" "wuraren daji na jama'a na Alberta ba".  A Lundbreck, Alberta a shekarar 1965, mutane talatin da huɗu sun kafa Ƙungiyar Daji ta Alberta a hukumance lokacin da aka zaɓi William (Willie) Michalsky, wani "mai kula da kayan gida kuma mai kiwon dabbobi" a matsayin shugaban farko na Ƙungiyar. 

A shekarun 1960, Stromstedt zai fara farautar tumaki a cikin tsaunukan ƙasa. Ya damu da "ƙaruwar mamaye masana'antu" a cikin daji. Bill Michalsky da Steve Dixon sun bayyana damuwarsa.   A cikin wata wasiƙa ta Afrilu 1971, Stromstedt ya bayyana yadda AWA ta jawo hankalin mambobi 900—"wasu waɗanda ke son dawakai, wasu waɗanda ke ƙin dawakai; wasu waɗanda ke farauta, wasu waɗanda ke ƙin mafarauta; wasu waɗanda ke kamun kifi, wasu waɗanda ba sa kamun kifi; wasu waɗanda ke ja da baya, wasu waɗanda suka fi son yin yawo a rana; wasu waɗanda ke zana hotuna, wasu waɗanda ke ɗaukar hoto; wasu kerkeci kaɗai, wasu da yara biyar; wasu shugabannin coci, wasu 'yan mata Jagororin; wasu masu kiwon dabbobi, wasu mazauna birane; kuma akai-akai, ad infinitum." 

AWA tana buga mujallar kwata-kwata, Wild Lands Advocate . 

 Masu goyon baya 
Zuwa shekarar 2020, AWA tana da magoya baya sama da 7,000, ciki har da Calgary Hitmen Hockey Club, Heritage Park Historical Village, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Telus Spark, Calgary Flames, Calgary Zoo, da kuma Government of Alberta Culture and Tourism. Nan da shekarar 2025, adadin magoya bayan ya karu zuwa sama da 10,000. 

 Shawara da bincike 
Hukumar AWA tana sa ido da kuma fafutukar kare nau'ikan halittu masu haɗari a Alberta, gami da nau'ikan halittu masu rai a cikin ruwa waɗanda aka lissafa a ƙarƙashin Dokar Nau'in Halittu Masu Hadari ta Gwamnatin Tarayya (SARA), kamar su kifin bull da ke fuskantar barazana - wanda ya shahara a kamun kifi a wasanni a Alberta da kuma kifin Athabasca na Alberta, wanda ke cikin jerin nau'ikan halittu masu rai a cikin ruwa da SARA ta tsara. 

 Matsayin Hukumar Leken Asiri ta Sadaka 
A shekarar 2020, an saka AWA a cikin jerin ƙungiyoyin agaji na Charity Intelligence Canada na manyan ƙungiyoyin agaji 100 da aka ƙima a Kanada na shekarar 2020 tare da ƙimar A.  Sun ci gaba da wannan ƙimar kuma a shekarar 2024, AWA har yanzu tana cikin ƙungiyoyin agaji na Top 100 da aka ƙima a ƙimar. 

 Manazarta