CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter

In The Media

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CPAWS Survey Guide to the Bistcho Lake and Cold Lake draft Sub-Regional Plans for Caribou

Caribou have waited almost 10 years for recovery plans in Alberta: Have your say in their future! …
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Jasper National Park takes steps toward caribou breeding program, but still needs to address existing backcountry access threats

Jasper National Park has found strong scientific support for building a conservation breeding program to boost woodland caribou numbers inside…
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Coal Mining in Alberta: The Harms of Resource Extraction Projects to Indigenous Communities

If open-pit coal mining goes forwards in Alberta’s Rockies, it will impact far more than the natural environment we depend…
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Government halts some coal exploration during ongoing consultation: positive momentum that needs to keep going

CPAWS Southern and Northern Alberta Chapters are happy to hear that more than 25,000 Albertans participated in the initial Coal…
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Flipping the Script on Coal: Our Tips on How to Navigate the Alberta Government’s New Coal Policy Survey

Despite many shortcomings in the Government of Alberta’s new survey on coal development, we are encouraging all Albertans to participate and not…
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Government’s new coal consultation misses the mark, failing to engage with Albertans on the issues they care about most

Yesterday’s announcement from the Government of Alberta launching the consultation process for a new Coal Policy does not address CPAWS…
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Alberta unveils two new land use plans to achieve caribou recovery

The Government of Alberta has released two draft plans for caribou recovery in the northeast and northwest of the province,…
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Survey guide for Albertans on sizeable protected area expansion in northeast Alberta

A significant expansion to the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Park, first established in 2019, was recently proposed by the Government of Alberta in early February. You…
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CPAWS Statement on Alberta Budget 2021

CPAWS Southern and Northern Alberta Chapters have a mixed reaction to the Government of Alberta’s new provincial budget.…
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Impacts of Coal Mining on the City of Edmonton and Surrounding Areas

The recent reinstatement of the Coal Policy does not eliminate the risk of coal mining and its impacts to Edmonton’s…
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Jasper National Park Caribou: Statement by Recreational Users and Conservationists

We are very concerned that today, February 16, Parks Canada is lifting its winter-time backcountry access restrictions in Jasper National…
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Park expansion in northeast Alberta protects critical habitat for woodland caribou and wood bison

EDMONTON, AB – A significant expansion to the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Park, first established in 2019, was announced by the…
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