Ottawa, November 24th, 2010 - Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is applauding Albertans and the Alberta Government for putting our wilderness first by withdrawing the proposed Alberta Parks Act-Bill 29. Announced today in the midst of Alberta Legislature, Minister Ady stood up for...
November 23, 2010
Ottawa, ON – UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) will be directly and adversely affected by the Alberta Government’s proposed Alberta Parks Act (Bill 29) according to a letter that national conservation organizations have emailed Alberta Premier, Ed Stelmach and copied to IUCN,...
As you heard last week, Alberta’s parks are under attack. The final debate on Bill 29, which would gut provincial parks protection, will take place this afternoon. CPAWS is working hard to ensure that Alberta does NOT turn the clock back 40 years by passing this Bill.
In response to over 1,000...
If you care about Alberta's parks, please act today! As you may have heard, the province has introduced a new Parks Act -- Bill 29.
The government argues that the bill will balance conservation and recreation in provincial parks. However, the new Act is seriously flawed and needs rewriting.
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On Saturday, August 14th the Keepers of the Athabasca , a network of First Nation, Metis and settler community members along the Athabasca river (of which CPAWS Northern Alberta is a member) hosted a ‘healing walk’ through the tar sands. Local First Nation and Metis elders from communities...
Canada's Parks Day is coming up this Saturday, July 17! To celebrate, we released our 3rd annual Parks Day Report. Because 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, we asked the question:
How is wildlife faring in Canada's Parks?
Good News:
- Canada's first deep sea National Marine...
After two years of negotiations, we and sister conservation organizations have reached an historic agreement with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). CPAWS played a leadership role in achieving this agreement.
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement applies to over 70 million...
Edmonton, AB — Albertans’ number one priority for investment related to parks and recreation makes no appearance in last week’s provincial budget. That is why conservation groups are looking to the government’s soon-to-be released new parks policy – Alberta's Plan for Parks – to address this...
CPAWS Northern Alberta joined the Livia Stoyke Foundation Spin Event at the Ice Palace of West Edmonton Mall on April 2nd-3rd. A CPAWS team of volunteer cyclists rode there bikes in the mall throughout a 24 hour time period. We were fund raising money to support a variety of causes such as women,...
Edmonton, Alberta, February 2, 2010
Alberta must act fast to protect 50% of the oil sands area from industrial use so that wilderness, biodiversity and traditional use can continue into the future.
That is the key advice contained in an open letter to Ed Stelmach from the Canadian Parks and...
