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The Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy
The NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS) is a community-guided planning process protecting culturally and ecologically important areas in the NWT.
Canadian Boreal Initiative Applauds Protection Around NWT’s Great Bear Lake
The Canadian Boreal Initiative joined its partners in congratulating the Government of Canada and the Sahtu Dene community of Déline for permanently protecting Saoyú -?ehdacho, also known as Grizzly Bear Mountain and Scented Grass Hills.
Controversial mine in South Nahanni watershed headed for rigorous scrutiny
Fort Simpson – The Dehcho First Nations (DFN), Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and Ecojustice are pleased to announce that the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board has decided in favour of DFN and CPAWS’ request to scope the entire Prairie Creek mine project, including the winter road, into one environmental assessment.
Oil Sands Threaten Water Resources in Alberta, NWT
Current water management practices cannot protect water in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories from the impacts of oil sands development, according to a new report by the Pembina Institute.
CPAWS welcomes next step in protecting Nahanni watershed
Ottawa – Environmental groups today welcomed the announcement by Environment Minister John Baird that lands comprising the headwaters of the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories have been temporarily protected to enable the creation of a new national park, to be called Nááts’ihch’oh [pronounced naah-tseen-CHO].
Ecology North – Sustainable Living is Not an Alternative – It is the Only Choice
Ecology North was established 30 years ago and continues to thrive through its work in contributing to ecologically sustainable planning. Environmental education, natural history activities and conservation have been driven by much volunteer energy.
Territories hope Arctic winds pack power
It’s long been the Canadian Arctic’s dirty little secret: Most of its remote communities are powered solely by diesel.
Whooping cranes make a comeback
Yellowknife – One of the most majestic and endangered birds on the continent appears to be making a slow flight to recovery, say experts who see whooping cranes returning to their Texas wintering grounds in record numbers this year.
Newswire: Mackenzie pipeline permit process won’t take years: regulators
Regulators looking at the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas project are assuring pipeline proponents that the permit application process will not take as long as the environmental assessment…
Mackenzie Wild Declaration
Sierra Club of Canada believes that the proposed $7 billion Mackenzie Gas Project would be bad for the North, for Canada and the planet, harming ecosystems and wildlife and disrupting communities, while creating only 50 permanent jobs in the Northwest Territories. The Mackenzie WILD program says that oil and gas industrialization is not the only [...]
