Pacific Salmon Foundation – Uninterrupted will transform Vancouver’s Cambie Bridge into a wild BC river this summer, immersing audiences in the incredible journey of migrating salmon. Original cinematography captured in BC rivers will be digitally mapped and projected across the underside of the bridge. The spectacle runs just under 30 minutes in length – and…
Category: Nature & Wildlife Conservation
Time Lapse Forest Cover Map Shows the Progressive Demise of Vancouver Island’s Old-Growth Forests over the past Century
Victoria (May 4th, 2017) – A time lapse map of Vancouver Island has been released showing the demise of the Island’s old-growth forests over a century of industrial logging. Well over 90% of the original, high productivity, low elevation old-growth forests on Vancouver Island with the biggest trees have already been logged, according to the…
Podcast: Dyna Tuytel talks about EcoJustice, Alexandra Morton, the Species at Risk Act and the National Energy Board
The Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion could wipe out the Southern Resident Orcas, but Justin Trudeau’s government approved the plans late last year. Mark Leiren-Young ask Ecojustice’s Dyna Tuytel – the orcas’ unofficial lawyer – about challenging that decision in court.
Threatened boreal caribou in crisis across Canada
April 7, 2017 Winnipeg – A new report highlights the urgent need to protect Canada’s iconic boreal woodland caribou, a species listed as “threatened” under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) due to habitat loss. Representatives from the Wilderness Committee, which released the report, and other conservation groups are charging that the failure of federal, provincial and…
Ontario finally ends controversial hunt of snapping turtles
April 7, 2017 Toronto – Conservation groups in Ontario are applauding the provincial government’s decision to end hunting of snapping turtles. Ontario lists the snapping turtle as a species of “special concern,” which means that although it is not yet endangered or threatened, a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats, including hunting, could endanger or…
BC government urged to protect endangered caribou habitat
April 7, 2017 Vancouver – The federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, received a legal application for an emergency order to block clearcut logging in caribou habitat, outside BC’s Wells Gray Provincial Park north of Kamloops. The logging by Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) was approved by the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands…
New pattern of humpback whale behavior discovered on BC’s North Coast
A 10-year research study suggests local displacement by human impacts may have more consequences than previously thought for humpback whales.
Woodland caribou need urgent protection in Manitoba
Manitoba government needs to live up to its legal responsibility to protect woodland caribou, say conservation groups.
Striking Balance (Documentary Series)
Striking Balance explores eight of Canada’s Biosphere Reserves, as they struggle to create symbiotic relationships between people and nature. Tonight, Long Point, at 9 p.m. Narrated by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo
Environmental groups launch court challenge over NEB’s Kinder Morgan report
Conservationists say Kinder Morgan pipeline proponents need to consider the Southern Resident killer whale, one of Canada’s most iconic endangered species.
Help reduce wildlife collisions with the RoadWatchBC Smart phone app
RoadWatchBC puts increased highway safety for both people and wildlife into the hands of anyone with a smartphone or a computer.
Report says Toronto’s urban forest faces perilous future without intervention
New report sheds a light on the importance of Toronto’s urban canopy.
Protected toadlets threatened by logging operations in Nakusp, BC
Photos and video reveal Western toads throughout forest slated to be logged in Nakusp, BC.
BC groups urge Canada to reject extension of Enbridge pipeline permit
Northern BC residents and groups appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject Enbridge’s three-year extension.
Paddle The Rouge 2016
CPAWS Wildlands League is holding its 3rd annual Paddle The Rouge at Rouge Beach Park on June 18, 2016.
Let it Bee: Helping wild bees in the city
Join Dr. Sheila R. Colla to learn about the threats our wild bees are facing and the simple things you can do to help.
Energy East Pipeline hits protected area roadblock in Manitoba
The pipeline route would cross the Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area, which is protected from oil and gas development
