Boreal resources
Forestry
Ontario’s Timber Harvesting Levels
Science or wishful thinking? A surprising look at how little sustainability is accounted for in forest modeling. (August 2007)
(PDF, 847.1 KB)Out of Balance
A revealing look at how public forests are managed in the Whiskey Jack Forest of Ontario.
(PDF, 811.0 KB)A cut above
A look at alternatives to clearcutting in Canada's Boreal Forest (2007)
(PDF, 1.3 MB)Logging to save the planet?
“Woody bioenergy” and climate change (2007)
(PDF, 778.4 KB)More than trees
A citizen’s guide to making conservation a bigger part of forest management
(PDF, 4.9 MB)
Conservation Planning
Roads: More than lines on a map
How roads impact wildlife and wilderness (2006)
(PDF, 2.0 MB)A Peak into the Future
Potential landscape impacts of gas development in northern Canada (June 2005)
(PDF, 1.5 MB)Endangered Boreal Forests
Rocky Mountain Foothills of Alberta
(PDF, 1.2 MB)Conservation plan for the Peel watershed, Yukon
CPAWS' conservation goals in the Peel watershed. (April 2006)
(PDF, 566.6 KB)
Economics and Wilderness
Remoteness Sells
A report on resource-based tourism in northwestern Ontario
(PDF, 7.2 MB)Economics and Environment in the Peel Watershed
A fact sheet on the Yukon's Peel River area.
(PDF, 2.5 MB)Economic Benefits of Protected Areas
The case for completion of a protected areas network in Canada's northwest
(PDF, 327.3 KB)Wood, jobs and wilderness
The future of Ontario's forests
(PDF, 853.8 KB)
Oil and Gas
Alberta by design
A blueprint for effective land use in the province
(PDF, 1.2 MB)Response to the Mineable Oil Sands Strategy
CPAWS responds to the Alberta government's strategy in the oil sands (December 2005)
(PDF, 745.3 KB)Death by a Thousand Cuts
Impact of in-situ oilsands development on Alberta's Boreal Forest (August 2006)
(PDF, 3.9 MB)A Peak into the Future
Potential landscape impacts of gas development in northern Canada (June 2005)
(PDF, 1.5 MB)
