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/...

ℹ️ Our CPAWS survey guide with @cpawssab.bsky.social made it in the news. ✨ Perfect for busy folks, or those that need a starting point to fill out the Government of Alberta's Plan For Parks. 🌿 The government survey is open until July 26th! ☀️ www.rmoutlook.com/beyond-local...

CPAWS work focuses on: protecting parks & natural areas conserving wildlife & species at risk protecting national parks Supporting the development of Indigenous Protected Conserved Areas (IPCA's) Informing policy on sustainable Land Use Planning Combatting biodiversity loss and climate change

Based on the common narrative - if we were to ask you what % of Albertans are concerned about the loss of species and biodiversity, what you say? 5%? 20%? 💡Polling shows a whopping 95% ‼️ AND 72% support the creation of more parks🌲 and 78% support more protected areas for wildlife. 🐻

🌿 Phase 2 of the GoA's Engagement on its Plan for Parks is OPEN for comment until July 26th. Nearly 5,000 Albertans completed the first phase, and so much of your feedback is now in the draft plan. 📝 Get started with our survey guide (with @cpawssab.bsky.social) : cpawsnab.org/wp-content/u...

ℹ️ An excellent overview of Bill C-5 by @thenarwhal.ca summarizing what the key concerns are from the bill, what's at stake and what people across Canada think about fast-tracking projects: thenarwhal.ca/bill-c-5-can...

☀️ 🥾 With no surprise to us, our FREE walks in the North Saskatchewan River Valley have been very popular. Our next one is penned for Monday, July 14th in Terwillegar Park. ➡️ Sign up to save your spot: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1407790622...

📝 The results are in. Polling we commissioned with @cpawssab.bsky.social show protecting the province’s lands, waters, and wildlife is, in fact, a core value held by nearly all Albertans that transcends political lines. 💡: cpawsnab.org/all-news/new...

Last chance to add your voice to save Alberta's southern mountain #caribou. The GoA survey for the draft Upper Smoky Sub Regional Plan closes this Wednesday: bit.ly/4k1OPCU 📸 : by Shane Scott of the Redrock Prairie Creek herd, which may lose its entire winter range due to permitted logging.

ℹ️ Make sure to send a letter today to make some important changes to Bill C-5, this is a bill that could impact nature nationwide 🚨

We welcome the ☀️ Summer Solstice 🌿 and with that, we are excited to announce our 5th (!!!) Annual Summer Reading list 📚 : cpawsnab.org/blog/our-202... Every year, our team looks forward to highlighting these nature-centred reads that include fiction, non-fiction, children's and poetry 💭

🌲 While the Boreal Forest is fire-dependent ecosystem, experts say Climate Change leads to wildfire 🔥 conditions where it is harder for species to survive: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

☀️ Summer is right around the corner and we are looking for Parkbus Ambassadors. Parkbus is an amazing service that offers FREE public transport from Edmonton to #ElkIslandNP. 🌿 Learn more about the role here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

⭐ Happening TONIGHT: Our "Say NO To Coal" Hall Party @ Hazeldean Community League. A chance to gather, celebrate our wins and look to next steps. Tickets can still be purchased online OR at the door: www.eventbrite.ca/e/cpaws-no-t...

Thank you @albertaecotrust.bsky.social for your continued support of our work 🌲

💡 Tonight: Program Director Tara Russell "Spills the Beans" on Caribou with the Edmonton Valley Zoo 🦌 (On at 5:00 PM so you have have time to catch the @edmontonoilers.bsky.social game at 6 😉) 🔗: www.youtube.com/@ValleyZooDe...

🤔 Curious to know how the Alberta government's draft Upper Smoky Sub-Regional Plan will impact southern mountain caribou? 🎥 We have a recording available of our latest webinar with Kirby Smith and Tara Russell: youtu.be/NBBspRpQJP0

Our Executive Director caught a fish with a selenium style gill deformity in Crowsnest river a few years ago. It made her wonder...

Our Hall Party is just over a week away and we are in need of volunteers for event set-up and clean up, and volunteers who can sell food and drinks. If you are available Friday, June 13th you can sign up for a shift here: volunteersignup.org/LY8A7 🎉🎵

An oldie that was partly inspired by a conversation with the great birder Laura Erickson. The name Bufflehead actually comes from the buffalo.

🎉 We've made some small changes to our CPAWS "No to Coal Hall Party"! Tickets start at $20 with 3 incredible local folk artists 🎵 At 10 PM we pick up the pace with a House DJ 🪩 Join us for an amazing evening of good music, people, food and drink ⭐ bit.ly/4joKrxC

🙌 We're thrilled to announce the first of three of FREE River Valley Walks we will be hosting over the next few months. 🔗 Register here for our first walk June 18: bit.ly/43xTQNi

Join us and @cpawsnab.bsky.social for an important discussion on the future of #caribou in #Alberta 🦌 This #SpeciesAtRisk is facing extirpation as a result of an irresponsible plan to clearcut their habitat 🌲🪓🪵 Register at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8d6302... 🔗 #BiodiversityCrisis