Alberta environmentalists are opposing the provincial government’s consideration of a hunting season for sandhill cranes and tundra swans.

“There doesn’t seem to be the numbers behind it to justify it,” said Nissa Pettersen of the Alberta Wilderness Association.

“The scientific evidence isn’t really available to suggest that this would be a sustainable hunt.”

The issue arose again — Alberta decided against sandhill crane hunts in 2009, 2013 and 2014 — after the Canadian…