In recent months, we’ve explained how the convoluted definitions of Critical Habitat, the flawed Species at Risk permitting process, and lobbying by the forestry industry … Read More
Changes to Alberta’s Wildlife Act lack evidence of effectively reducing human-bear conflict
The Government of Alberta has reinstated hunting as a management tool for ‘problem’ grizzly bears.
Key Pieces Missing from Environmental and Protected Areas, and Forestry and Parks Ministry Letters
“The ministry mandate letters do little to reassure us that Alberta will take the necessary actions to reverse biodiversity loss and address the climate catastrophe”
Media Statement: Critical Trout Habitat Damaged Without Consequence
Media StatementMay 6, 2020 Two years ago, at the end of April 2018, when the snow melted in the Rocky Mountains, a forestry road crossing … Read More
Two More Alberta Native Trout added to Species at Risk List
Calgary Alberta, August 23, 2019For Immediate Release Albertan conservationists welcome the federal listing of two native trout as species at risk. On August 21, the … Read More
Human Wildlife Coexistence in the Bow Valley
Living With Wildlife Living with and near wildlife has been an ongoing conversation in Alberta, particularly in the Bow Valley where people and wildlife concentrate … Read More
Park Closures: Vexing but Necessary
So you have been waiting all week for the weekend to get out onto the trails in Banff or K-Country. You poured over your maps … Read More
How to be safe in bear country
When enjoying the glorious wilderness places of Southern Alberta, having the awareness that we share all this land with the beautiful Alberta wildlife is essential in … Read More
Bears, and the importance of being prepared
There is nothing better than those early season excursions to the Rockies. Shades of green awaken the landscape, spans of vibrant shooting stars grace the … Read More
CPAWS SAB and NAB support listing grizzly bears as a species at risk
The Grizzly Bear is a cornerstone species found in some of the most iconic landscapes in the country. CPAWS supports listing grizzly bears as a species of risk.