Here are just a few of the many conservation successes in which we played a key role:
- 2011 Nova Scotia moves forward in estblishing 12% protection goal
- 2010 Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area created
- 2009 Nahanni National Park Reserve expanded to six times its original size, following a 10 year campaign by CPAWS working closely with Dehcho First Nations.
- 2009 CPAWS plays a key role in the permanent protection of Sahoyue ehdacho in the Northwest Territories.
- 2008 The premier of Ontario commits to protecting 50% of the province's Boreal forest
- 2007 One of the finest marl lakes in the world, Little Limestone in Manitoba, becomes a park reserve.
- 2006 Ontario gets a new Parks Act that makes ecological integrity the top priority.
- 2003 Canada gains a Species at Risk Act, its first Marine Protected Area, and greater protection for the Nahanni River watershed.
- 2002 Canada's National Marine Conservation Areas Act passes.
- 2001 We worked with other conservation groups to support Canada's new National Parks Act, enshrining ecological integrity as the the first priority in national parks.
- 1999 CPAWS led a campaign resulting in sweeping federal commitment to limit development in national parks.
- 1998 Muskwa Kechika Management Area established in northern BC.
- 1993 BC's Tatshenshini wilderness, 1 million hectares of pristine wilderness protected
- 1992 We successfully sued to end logging in Wood Buffalo National Park
- 1972 Nahanni National Park Reserve announced