News Releases
Here you'll find official news releases from CPAWS ov. Clicking on a link will you take to the chapter's website.
May 11 12
Ottawa Valley Treasure ~ Eagle’s Nest Lookout
Imagine being an eagle - soaring on your great, powerful wings across a cool, clear, spring sky. Below you see a quiet, lush pond surrounded by trees as your eye scans in all directions. From below, humans stand quietly watching you fly by.
May 10 12
Campaign Chronicles - Spring comes to the Dumoine River watershed
While spring treats us city-dwellers to bird calls, butterflies and blooms, it means the end of hibernation and the return of biting hunger for some wildlife in northern Quebec.
May 07 12
Campaign Chronicles - Gatineau Park: Mothers
Appreciate Mother Nature in all her springtime glory by taking a springtime hike along one of the Gatineau Park trails.
May 06 12
Campaign Chronicles - A2A Species at Risk
Did you know that there are over 50 species at risk in the Ottawa Valley? CPAWS-OV participated in the Eastern Ontario Species at Risk (SAR) Stewardship Forum that took place, February 29th, 2012 in Manotick.
Apr 23 12
Press Release / Communiqué de presse
Today, the Ottawa Valley Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-OV) congratulates Hull-Aylmer MP, Nycole Turmel, for following through with her campaign promise by outlining her plan to introduce legislation to protect Gatineau Park.
Apr 16 12
Ontario Budget threatens species at risk and parks
The Ottawa Valley Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS-OV) has for more than forty years worked for the protection of Ontario’s parks, wilderness and other natural areas.
Apr 15 12
Campaign Chronicles - Parks Management
The Parks Management Committee has been dealing with a handful of issues on its' plate this month. While the committee continues to be diligently working to sustain the Rapids Clubtail dragonfly and Gray Rat Snake population, it is also trying to tackle some more other immediate threats.
Apr 06 12
Campaign Chronicles - A2A Species at Risk
In March 2012 CPAWS provided comments to the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources on proposed amendments to the Endangered Species Act. These comments include a recommendation that the Act establish a program to protect each of the Species at Risk identified in the Algonquin to Adirondacks (A2A) Region, especially the Rapids Clubtail dragonfly and the Gray Ratsnake.
Apr 06 12
Ice Breaking on the Rideau
You truly know that spring is here when one can hear and see a gaggle of Canada Geese moving across the blue sky. When sap starts to drip from the maple trees and resilient annuals start to poke their heads out from their long winter slumber… For those living in the central/east area of Ottawa, another sign signifies the end of winter: the demolition of ice on the Rideau River.
