##  [Logging Paused in A La Peche Caribou Range, Conservation Groups Call for Long-term Protection](/portal/boreal-caribou-land-management/news/logging-paused-la-peche-caribou-range-conservation) 

    **Mar 1st, 2022** 

 Organization

[Government of Alberta (GoA)](/organization/government-alberta-goa)

 

 

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West Fraser Hinton paused its controversial clearcut logging plan in critical habitat of the threatened A La Peche caribou in west-central Alberta, following the province’s creation of a temporary “No Harvest Zone” until it finishes its land-use plan for the area.

The decision comes after months of opposition from local trappers, the Mountain Métis community, the conservation community and concerned Albertans.

See [full story here](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/02/25/logging-paused-in-a-la-peche-caribou-range-conservation-groups-call-for-long-term-protection.html )



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