EDMONTON – A new survey suggests there is strong support for preserving wilderness in Alberta.
The survey, conducted for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Association, found 88 per cent of respondents felt it’s important to set aside more land in Alberta where human activities are minimal.
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The survey also points to how polarized the debate around land use can become.
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About one-third of respondents felt there are too many trails for off-highway vehicles, while one-quarter of them felt there aren’t enough.
The survey of 1,300 Albertans was conducted by Praxis Group last spring and is considered accurate to within 2.7 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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