Wildlife Status for Wood Bison – Righting A Historical Wrong
The Government of Alberta has announced that wood bison in northern Alberta are officially a Threatened species, providing them protections…
Trails Act Not a Substitute for Land Use Planning
Newly announced Bill 79, The Trails Act, is not a replacement for sorely needed land-use planning. …
Jasper National Park Takes Next Step to Help Caribou Survive Winters
Conservation groups welcome Parks Canada’s decision to extend backcountry access closures for the entire snow season in Jasper’s Tonquin and Brazeau caribou ranges, where caribou are on the brink of extirpation. …
New CPAWS report reveals proposed logging will have direct impacts on caribou and trout habitat in old-growth forest near Willmore Wilderness Park
A new CPAWS report reveals stark impacts on species at risk habitat for proposed logging in an intact piece of…
Government map confirms plans to log old-growth forests near Grande Cache, increasing risks to threatened caribou
A newly released Government of Alberta map confirms long-term plans for substantial logging within at-risk caribou ranges in west-central Alberta…
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…
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,…