National and international stakeholders call for immediate interim action to protect threatened boreal caribou. Continue reading Canadian governments miss crucial deadline for caribou protection
April 7, 2017 Winnipeg – A new report highlights the urgent need to protect Canada’s iconic boreal woodland caribou, a species … Continue reading Threatened boreal caribou in crisis across Canada
April 7, 2017 Vancouver – The federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, received a legal application for an … Continue reading BC government urged to protect endangered caribou habitat
Now in its second year, the maternity penning project is an emergency measure recommended for the Klinse-Za caribou herd in a recovery action plan developed by West Moberly First Nations. Continue reading Caribou recovery project launches crowdfunding campaign
University of Calgary professor co-authors a global reindeer and caribou population analysis that offers some worrisome conclusions. Continue reading Climate change will endanger caribou habitat, study says
As a nation and a global community, Canada has a history of ignoring environmental crises until it’s all but too late. Many of us remember the 1990s, when tens of… Continue reading Woodland caribou are at a crossroads – Science Matters
The federal Environment Minister’s “out of the blue” decision not to recommend emergency protection for woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta ignored scientific evidence and must be set aside, a Federal Court has determined. Continue reading Federal Court overturns Minister Kent’s decision not to protect woodland caribou
Environmental groups recently went to Federal Court to fight for immediate protection of caribou habitat facing unchecked oil-sands development in northeastern Alberta. Continue reading Alberta woodland caribou battle goes to Federal Court
The Wilderness Committee is again calling the Manitoba government to account on plummeting moose populations, and encouraging them to fix the problem by addressing the root cause of the decline: industrial activity in our wildlands. Continue reading Logging and mining hurting moose populations in Manitoba
Toronto – Leading conservation organizations are concerned that the McGuinty government has placed woodland caribou and its own North American-leading species legislation at risk by exempting a swath of industries from accountability under Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA). Continue reading Ontario fails to protect threatened caribou
Ottawa – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is pushing the power of the Internet for not-for-profit organizations by unveiling a new video game on Youtube. Designed to spread awareness of woodland caribou threats and entertain, the game challenges players to become a Caribou Ninja as they’re matched up against caribou-seeking villains.
Edmonton (CPAWS Northern Alberta) – For the first time in 10 years, the Alberta government is giving the green light … Continue reading Alberta opens door to first new protected wilderness in a decade – CPAWS
