Jasper’s Caribou Need Stronger Access Management as Conservation Breeding Plan Advances
Conservation groups are calling Parks Canada’s plans to advance a proposal for caribou conservation breeding in Jasper National Park a tragic…
The Worst Place to Clearcut in Alberta? Caribou, Wolves and Endangered Trout Think So
New logging cutblocks are imminent in a particularly inappropriate corner of West Fraser Hinton’s forestry tenure area in west central Alberta. Logging…
Parks Canada announces funding towards National Urban Parks Network and names Edmonton region as a potential site
CPAWS Northern Alberta welcomes the announcement from the Minister of Environment and Climate Change launching a new program to create and support a network of National Urban…
Indigenous communities, civil society organizations and scientists welcome international investigation into state of Wood Buffalo National Park
Indigenous communities, civil society organizations and concerned scientists across Canada welcomed today’s a recent decision by the World Heritage Committee to request a second Reactive Monitoring mission to…
CPAWS Northern Alberta 2021 Summer Reading List
We are so excited to reveal our 2021 summer reading list. There is a reading pick for all: Non-fiction, memoir,…
Key challenges for Wood Buffalo National Park still of utmost concern
EDMONTON, AB – New UNESCO World Heritage report says ecological state of Wood Buffalo National Park still declining, despite Canada’s…
Alberta’s efforts to undermine provincial parks system earn province a failing grade
According to a new Report Card by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Alberta ranked at the bottom of…
Environment minister announces all metallurgical coal mines will undergo federal impact assessments, misses opportunity for meaningful regional assessment on Aboriginal and Treaty rights
CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATIES 6 AND 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III Today,…
CPAWS welcomes Canada’s firm stance on future thermal coal mining projects and project expansions
EDMONTON, AB – Thermal coal mine projects and expansions not aligned with Canada’s domestic and international climate change commitments, says…
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! …
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…
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…