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Government of Alberta quietly lifts restrictions protecting endangered Greater Sage-Grouse

Katarina GravesOctober 15, 2026News & Updates

Provincial habitat protections for the endangered Greater Sage-Grouse have been removed

Implementation Pathways for Sustainable Tourism in Alberta 

Laura MorelOctober 6, 2026Blog, News & Updates

Tourism proposals should consider cumulative effects, wildlife movement, species at risk, human-wildlife coexistence, and impacts throughout the entire project lifecycle.

Six Guiding Principles for Sustainable Tourism in Alberta 

Laura MorelSeptember 22, 2026Blog, News & Updates

Not every landscape can accommodate the same level of use — nor an ever-increasing level of use

Silvertip Gondola All-Season Resort Area Designation Undermines the Future of Provincial Parks

Laura MorelSeptember 17, 2026Blog, News & Updates

This decision removes protected land from Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, allowing private development in an essential area for wildlife movement and ecological connectivity in the Bow Valley.

No Net Loss? The Questionable Logic for Destroying Critical Habitat in the Highwood and Loomis Creek

Laura MorelSeptember 14, 2026Conservation Campaigns, News & Updates

How ‘offsetting’ is being irresponsibly used to justify the destruction of critical habitat.

New protected area in the grasslands of Southern Alberta a cause for celebration

Katarina GravesSeptember 3, 2026News & Updates

The government has proposed a new protected area and, what’s more, it’s in the grasslands! 

Can there be too many people on the land? 

Katarina GravesAugust 30, 2026Blog, News & Updates

Not every landscape can accommodate the same level of use — nor an ever-increasing level of use

Tourism growth needs landscape-level planning

Laura MorelAugust 18, 2026Blog, Land Use Planning, News & Updates, Parks and Protected Areas, Wildlife

Alberta is working to rapidly grow its tourism sector, but one key piece is still missing.

Why conservation makes me mad and motivated

Katarina GravesAugust 13, 2026News & Updates

A guest post by Lorne Fitch

The latest on Loomis Creek: Logging in Highwood to move ahead

Katarina GravesAugust 6, 2026Conservation Campaigns, News & Updates

The latest information about the planned logging in Loomis Creek.

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CPAWS Southern Alberta acknowledges that they work in the traditional territories of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy), comprised of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, and Amskapi Piikani First Nations; the Tsuut'ina First Nation; the Îyârhe Nakoda, including the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations; the Ktunaxa Nation; and the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation of Alberta. Today, southern Alberta is home to Indigenous people from all over North America.

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