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For Earth Day, help make Nááts'ihch'oh a protected national park

Apr 22, 2010

During the month of April 2010, Parks Canada has been consulting Canadians on the proposed new National Park, Nááts´ihch´oh [pronounced Nah tseen cho].

Nááts'ihch'oh is the headwaters of the South Nahanni Watershed in the Northwest Territories. Besides being a spectacular area for wilderness canoeing and hiking, it contains critical calving and breeding grounds for my species, Canada’s threatened woodland caribou. It is also important habitat for other wildlife such as grizzly bears, Dall's sheep, and mountain goats.

Unfortunately, all 3 boundary options posted by Parks Canada for discussion leave parts of the watershed open to mining development. But, these are not final yet. We still have until April 30th to speak up for an option that protects the entire watershed and completes the vision of protecting Nahanni FOREVER. Please take a minute to support this option now before it's too late.

NWT residents click here to speak up!

Non-NWT residents click here to speak up!

For more information check out the CPAWS notice.

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A historic day for caribou protection in the north

Jun 12, 2009

On June 9, 2009, the federal government announced the expanded boundaries for Nahanni National Park Reserve, a World Heritage Site in the Northwest Territories. The national park reserve is now over 30,000 sq km – the size of Vancouver Island -- and protects over 90% of the South Nahanni watershed. Not only that, but this massive expansion now protects TWO woodland caribou herds that live and rely on the watershed to survive. This is a historic announcement for wilderness conservation and for the protection of woodland caribou!

Read more at www.cpaws.org/nahanni

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I’m a woodland caribou from northern BC. One day while hanging out at home in the boreal forest, I noticed CPAWS was looking to hire a social media caribou. My first thought was “What? Humans want to work with a caribou – coool!” I did some research into CPAWS and its CaribouAndYou.ca project and discovered that my species is at risk! I knew I was... (Read more)