‼️ Alberta's subregional plans are leaving caribou recovery behind. ICYMI the Government of Alberta released the draft draft South Athabasca Sub-Regional Plan (SRP) which abandons previous commitments to caribou recovery and doubles down on industry: cpawsnab.org/all-news/alb...

💡Curious to know more about Jasper's caribou conservation breeding program? This is an incredible look into the program and its impact: www.cbc.ca/player/play/... CPAWS Northern Alberta's Tara Russell comments on what other measures will be needed for caribou recovery in the province. ℹ️

⭐As many are setting goals, intentions and (gasp) resolutions for 2026, we hope that the new Federal Government will commit to renewed funding for Nature as the budget left many questions unanswered. Read here for some comments from @cpaws-snap.bsky.social national : www.cbc.ca/news/science...

ICYMI: Elections Alberta has approved a citizen-led petition by Corb Lund to ban new coal mining in Alberta's Eastern Slopes. 🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ℹ️ Free Webinar Dec. 17 with @cpawssab.bsky.social and guest speaker Dr. Nicolas Mansuy: "Turning Biomass at Risk of Wildfire into Bioenergy", a fascinating topic with important implications for Indigenous and remote communities. 🔗 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7136d6...

Permission to appeal GRANTED — read our joint news release with @cpawsnab.bsky.social here: albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...

Good news. The Alberta Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal in this matter. www.canlii.org/en/ab/abca/d... #abpoli #ableg @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social

PST: if you aren't able to attend our event this week... we have a cash raffle going, open until the 27th. MUST be 18+ to participate and an Alberta resident 🔗: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/cpaws...

We're just over a week away from our Winter Event ✨"Shimmering Creeks and Rivers" ✨ , celebrating Alberta's Rivers and highlighting Alberta's conservation issues. The evening will include button-making, painting, letter-writing and CPAWS programming. Tickets here: cpawsnab.org/event/shimme...

ℹ️ ICYMI: We are in court today with @albertawilderness.bsky.social. This is the first step in a legal challenge to the unprecedented and unilateral decision made by the AER’s CEO to cancel a public hearing for Summit’s Mine 14 coal mine. 🔗 Tune in at 9:30 AM: cpawsnab.org/all-news/adv...

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Tomorrow, we're going to court.🧑‍⚖️ Along w/ @cpawsnab.bsky.social, we're seeking permission from the Alberta Court of Appeal to challenge the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator's decision to cancel the public hearing for a coal mine. Join us virtually here: albertawilderness.ca/media-adviso...

⚠️ Coal poses SERIOUS financial and Environmental risk to the Alberta taxpayer. ℹ️ ICYMI: The Alberta government has paid out nearly $240 million in settlements to coal companies such as Evolve Power and Atrum Coal. This a BAD deal for #Albertans. ➡️ Send your letter: action.cpaws.org/page/180640/...

💡Reminder: our (Haunted) Nature Trivia is happening TOMORROW @ 6:30 PM at Elements Outfitters in South Edmonton Common. Sign up solo or with a team 🔗: www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-kno...

Tomorrow!! Join MCFN in Fort Mcmurray (#YMM) standing up against treat and release tailings into the Athabasca River. 💧 Please share with your network in the area ➡️

🚨Joint News Release w/ @cpawsnab.bsky.social: Mine 14 Approvals Granted After Public Hearings Cancelled, ENGOs Continue to Move Forward With Appeal albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...

PST: Our Third Annual Nature Trivia Night hosted with Elements Outfitters has a spooky twist this year! Come get acquainted with the more mysterious side of Alberta's nature 🌙 Get your Ticket for Thursday Oct. 23 ($5/each) : www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-kno...

Another good read leading up to the #yeg municipal elxn. Local elections are key in tackling a host of topics, including conservation and nature protection in our "backyard". 🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act. Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

Insurers are taking climate risk seriously, and this article highlights existing gaps between the actionable data available to insurance companies and what is available to the public 🔗 cbc.ca/news/science... Wildfire continues to be a growing threat to many communities across the country.

There is * a lot * going in right now in our local, provincial and global world right now. and sometimes it feels like the GIF below. Voting in your municipal election is one action you can take not only for nature, but many other intersecting topics!

Here's my effort w David Luff & Neil Kathol to hold the GoA's feet to the fire when it comes to its commitment to protect Alberta's water sources (& those of downstream users) from coal-related selenium contamination #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social @cpawsnab.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social

Today we and @albertawilderness.bsky.social filed an appeal to the Alberta courts to challenge the decision that was made to CANCEL a public hearing for a coal mine in Alberta. 🔗: cpawsnab.org/all-news/env... We argue that the AER's CEO, who made the call, did not have the authority to do so.

Mad about Mine 14? Meet the Blackstone Mine. New blog out now, giving you a backgrounder on this mine that could go forward (without a fair process or the involvement of Albertans) in the eastern slopes: cpawsnab.org/blog/mad-abo...

Great op-ed by professional biologist Lorne Fitch in the @edmontonjournal.com : edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... "The AER, its leadership, and its political masters have forgotten who they serve. They need to be reminded."

To unlock Canada’s full potential for critical minerals, governments and industry must treat Indigenous rights as central pillars—not afterthoughts—in mining development. Read more from Saga Williams, the Institute’s Marisa Beck and Tamara Krawchenko ⬇️ www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

➡️ Back by popular demand: We are teaming up with the Northern Forestry Centre and Parkbus for a special guided trip to Elk Island National Park! Sign up for this FREE programming during Forest Week 🌲: www.parkbus.ca/destinations...

Wondering what exactly the AER's CEO decision means to cancel a hearing that would address whether or not a coal mine should move forward? @jemphatically.bsky.social presents excellent context on WHY this is so concerning for the Alberta public.

While we welcome the news that the Government of Alberta will be developing standards to take on the unmitigated risk of tailings - the solution must be science-backed while ALSO prioritizing the environment and the concerns of downstream communities. 🔗 : www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

🐍🐍🐍 Love em' or hate em' 🐍🐍🐍 watch out for snakes on the move towards their hibernacula (habitat for winter) if you are heading east of #Edmonton! www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

As heatwaves intensify, millions of workers face rising risks. Sectors like farming, construction and fishing are especially exposed to heat stress. A new @who.int and @wmo-global.bsky.social report offers guidance to protect workers and economic stability: www.who.int/news/item/22...

“You'll be speechless when you first go to core and [see] how beautiful it looks.” – Jonathan Rickard, peat core technician, Moose Cree First Nation "Beneath Our Feet" is an audio production exploring Indigenous-led carbon monitoring in the Hudson & James Bay Lowlands: https://youtu.be/d2PT1fgyyiw

Research demonstrates that young secondary forests are the best at removing carbon from the atmosphere — up to 8x faster per hectare than newly planted forests. But there’s a catch.

Weakened protections in bylaw wording will accelerate the current loses of green spaces within the City of Edmonton. Read more here: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Gobsmacked by a decision (August 21) of the new CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator to overrule a hearing panel's decision on a matter under the panel's active consideration. I have news for Mr Morgan. He is not god and he does not have the "absolute discretion" he claims to have. #ableg #abpoli

CEO of the AER 🤝 Summit Inc. (coal company behind Mine 14) ℹ️ AER CEO claims unprecedented power to cancel public hearing for coal mine : cpawsnab.org/all-news/aer... "This decision will further erode the credibility and public trust in the AER." - Tara Russell, CPAWS Northern Alberta

Commentary (and criticisms) from the effects of the 🍁 Canada Strong Pass, offering free admission and discounted campsites in National Parks until Sept 2: www.cbc.ca/news/busines... Congestion, Record Attendance and increased Visitor Management are listed as key areas of concern.

"The penalty is appropriate and should not be changed." ‼️ CNRL will be fined $278,000 for its failure to prevent birds from nesting on an island that formed in its tailings pond: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... The company appealed to reduce its fine, which the Alberta Energy Regulator rejected.

🌿 Conservation in the Edmonton river valley can't wait for a National Urban Park. With the national urban initiative hitting a roadblock in the region what are other avenues for permanent protection? 💡 Find out in our newest blog: cpawsnab.org/blog/protect...

💀 "Loving our parks to death?" ☀️ Visitor Management was a top concern in #ElkIslandNationalPark's new Management Plan. With Free Entry to the park until September, Parks Canada has had to turn disappointed folks away as capacity is met. globalnews.ca/video/113174...

So you've sent a letter, and you are telling your friend and family about your concerns with new coal development in Alberta. Want to go a step further? YOU can volunteer to distribute the WCSC Petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

✋5 spots opened up for our FREE River Valley Walk happening next week! We will meet at Kinsmen Park @ 6:30 PM ☀️ 🔗 RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/river-vall...

#ICYMI A study shows that regulations and current reclamation standards for coal mines in Alberta are inadequate (surprise, surprise!) ⚠️ High levels of selenium and other contaminants prove to have dangerous impacts on aquatic species and birds: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/albe...

FREE upcoming event at Elements Outfitters 🐟 August 14 at 6:30 PM 🍿 Showing the film, "From The Smallest Streams, the Patagonia Film". 🎬 RSVP HERE: www.eventbrite.ca/e/film-night...

Canada’s State of the Forests report leaves out the truth: old-growth logged, caribou habitat vanishing, biodiversity ignored. The consequences are devastating. Our shadow report exposes it all 👉 StateOfTheForest.ca #StateOfTheForests #ForestsNotFiction #Cdnpoli

The coal saga dates back to 2020, and through it all; Albertans have kept speaking out against coal development in the eastern slopes. Read here for an abbreviated timeline: cpawsnab.org/blog/updated...

Claire Morrison, our summer intern, wrote an op-ed for the @edmontonjournal.com highlighting the importance of the #PlanForParks survey. "Alberta’s parks are not only scenic backdrops to our summers, they protect crucial ecological functions with wide-ranging benefits." 🔗 : bit.ly/419TqMF

‼️ DECADES in the making, 186,000 hectares of boreal forest are now PERMANENTLY protected under Alberta's Gipsy Gordon Wildland Provincial Park 🎉 So little human disturbance in the region, that photos are exceptionally rare and hard to come by! 🔗: cpawsnab.org/all-news/cpa...

Slow progress, bureaucracy and delayed action. Is Wood Buffalo National Park slipping through the cracks? ℹ️ The World Heritage Committee's 47th session wrapped up yesterday in Paris and, once again, Wood Buffalo was on the agenda. 🔗 Read More about WBNP: cpawsnab.org/our-work/nat... 📸 : Lake Claire

"We're here — there's no trees, there's nothing but we are here." says visitor on changed landscape in Jasper National Park. This week marks a year of the devastating destruction the park saw from extreme wildfire conditions. 🔗: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...