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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.  …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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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