CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter

Wildlife & Species At Risk

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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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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! …
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Alberta unveils two new land use plans to achieve caribou recovery

The Government of Alberta has released two draft plans for caribou recovery in the northeast and northwest of the province,…
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Jasper National Park Caribou: Statement by Recreational Users and Conservationists

We are very concerned that today, February 16, Parks Canada is lifting its winter-time backcountry access restrictions in Jasper National…
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Park expansion in northeast Alberta protects critical habitat for woodland caribou and wood bison

EDMONTON, AB – A significant expansion to the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Park, first established in 2019, was announced by the…
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Conservation Agreement signed between Alberta and Canada for declining woodland caribou across the province

EDMONTON, AB – The federal and provincial governments signed a Conservation Agreement for the recovery of woodland caribou in Alberta…
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Extirpation of caribou herd in Jasper should trigger urgent action for remaining herds

EDMONTON, AB – A mountain caribou is now considered extirpated in Jasper National Park. The loss should trigger urgent action…
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Alberta’s habitat restoration projects a step in the right direction, but need to consider larger conservation goals

CPAWS Southern and Northern Alberta chapters are encouraged to see the government’s investment of $9.7-million in restoration projects to benefit…
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Community-led caribou monitoring: taking the first steps in a unique northern study

Recently (but not too recently – this is pre-COVID!) members of our team at CPAWS Northern Alberta had the unique…
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