CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter

Parks & Protected Areas

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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…
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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.…
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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.…
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Protecting Edmonton’s River Valley: Conservation Can’t Wait for a National Urban Park 

What are municipal tools to better protect the Edmonton River Valley?…
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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…
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CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta Release Survey Guide for Plan For Parks Phase 2

In June, the Government of Alberta released the new draft Alberta Plan for Parks and launched a phase 2 public…
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All-Season Resort Act Gives Unprecedented Power to the Ministry of Tourism and Sport, Threatens Alberta Parks

CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta have grave concerns regarding Bill 35 – the All-Season Resorts Act – which goes to…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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