Alberta Claims to Meet 30×30 Targets by Classifying All Public Land as “Protected”
Statement concerning Government of Alberta’s misleading claim that the province has already achieved an international commitment to conserve 30% of…
New Plan For Parks Released
CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta statement on the Government of Alberta’s newly released Plan For Parks and Crown Land Strategy.…
All-Season Resort Policy Released, First Resort Area Designations Remove Land from Beloved Protected Areas
CPAWS comments on the release of the Government of Alberta’s new All Season Resorts Policy.…
CPAWS Northern Alberta celebrates legal protection of Gipsy Gordon Wildland Provincial Park!
CPAWS Northern Alberta is celebrating the legal protection of the Gipsy Gordon Wildland Provincial Park – which permanently protects 186,000…
New Polling reveals Albertans’ attitudes towards parks and protected areas in direct opposition to new ministerial changes
Recent polling commissioned by CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta chapters re-enforces what we already know: Albertans care deeply about nature…
Government of Alberta’s Decision to Merge Ministries of Parks and Forestry an Alarming Development
CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta are deeply alarmed about the changes to parks management announced this past week by the…
New directive results in changes to Provincial Parks Act
Today, Alberta Environment and Parks made its first use of the new provisions brought in by Bill 21, the “Red…
Edmonton could be home to Alberta’s newest provincial park
CPAWS Northern Alberta is excited about a potential new addition to Alberta’s park system. The newly proposed Big Island Provincial…
Changes to Parks and Public Land Legislation Will Erode Important Protections
On April 25, 2022, the Government of Alberta passed the first reading of Bill 21: Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment…
CPAWS Northern Alberta celebrates early step towards a National Urban Park in the Edmonton region
CPAWS Northern Alberta is excited to have attended an announcement today by Parks Canada, the Minister of Environment and Climate…
Largest protection of boreal forest in the world grows even bigger through Indigenous leadership
The designation of an expansion of the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Park in northern Alberta has been finalized by the Government of Alberta.…
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. …