Calgary-based adventurer and acclaimed public speaker Laval St. Germain is so passionate about nature that he’s trekked to the most extreme and far-reaching areas of the Earth … Read More

A respected scholar and founder of the Native American Studies Department at the University of Lethbridge, Leroy Little Bear has spent a lifetime advocating for Indigenous rights … Read More

MEDIA RELEASE – January 23, 2019 Edmonton, AB – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) applauds the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s announcement … Read More

MEDIA RELEASE – January 7, 2019 Edmonton, AB – A new public opinion survey shows the vast majority of Albertans support greater conservation in the Bighorn region … Read More

Dr. Harvey A. Buckmaster, April 8, 1929 – November 28, 2018 We at CPAWS Southern Alberta recently learned of the death of one of our … Read More

Area to be know as Bighorn Country | MEDIA RELEASE, November 23, 2018 Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y) and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society … Read More

Over the last year, our education team developed and piloted a climate literacy program for high school students. With funding from TD Friends of the Environment and The … Read More

On a beautiful spring day a few years ago, we ventured out early and headed to Ya Ha Tinda. After parking on the Forestry Trunk … Read More

I don’t remember having a specific “dream” growing up and there wasn’t any part me that felt particularly inclined towards following an “academic” path. Instead … Read More

Our time in nature is like a lifelong relationship.  Like family, dear friends, or pets, it grows over time through experience and memories, building a … Read More