Exceptional Opportunity to Lead an Alberta Environmental Organization

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Northern Alberta chapter (CPAWS
NAB) is seeking a dynamic, creative, results-oriented Executive Director to build
on its growth and success. Learn more... View the PDF job posting

AB Conservation Groups Appeal to Obama for Help

February 17, 2009 Sixteen Alberta Conservation Groups that have been working on conservation issues for decades, are sending a letter to President Barack Obama in hopes that he will attempt to influence Canada and Alberta to implement more sustainable tar sands development. Read More | View Letter

Alberta's Plan for Parks Veers Off Track

The province’s protected area watchdogs are sounding the alarm because the current draft Plan for Parks does a poor job in accommodating what the majority of Albertans say they want for parks: protection.

A recent Goversurvey, conducted to inform the Plan for Parks states: “Albertans feel the top priority for Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation should be to set aside more land and leaving it in an undisturbed state.” Yet the Plan for Parks is seriously weak on even these fundamentals—it dilutes the protection mandate, it is ominously vague about setting aside more land, and it fails to give the Ministry the authority to create new parks.

Read More: Feb 4, 2009 Press Release and Backgrounder

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Alberta's Land-Use Framework Announcement Marks Start of Critical Phase

New report provides implementation checklist for "making it real"

December 3, 2008 -- Today, Sustainable Resource Development Minister Ted Morton released the final version of Alberta's new Land-Use Framework (LUF) and committed to introduce implementing legislation in 2009. If the LUF is implemented effectively, it could become one of the government's most important initiatives in decades. Read CPAWS and Pembina's News Release.

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Our Mission

CPAWS Northern Alberta is a citizens’ voice for maintaining wilderness and biodiversity in Alberta through collaboration, research and community outreach.

Our Boreal Forest

Canada's boreal forest is one of the largest remaining forest ecosystems in the world.  CPAWS Northern Alberta is working hard to protect the boreal in Alberta.  We have initiated two conservation projects that will maximize protection of Alberta’s remaining wilderness and protect species threatened by industrial disturbance such as woodland caribou, grizzly bears and forest songbirds. The projects are the Athabasca Heartland campaign in northeastern Alberta, a world-class conservation opportunity, and the Chinchaga Wilderness campaign in Alberta's Foothills Natural Region. Find out more about our boreal campaign.

CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter

The CPAWS Northern Alberta Chapter sees itself as a voice for all individuals who value and are concerned about the maintenance of biodiversity and wilderness in Alberta. Our efforts focus on the northern two-thirds of the province. We work in cooperation with the Calgary/Banff chapter, which operates primarily in southern Alberta, and with other local and international conservation groups.