Written By: Jennifer Scott, National Communications Manager
We couldn’t be prouder of the team of CPAWS-ers we have across the country and all the things we’ve been able to accomplish in our 50+ years, and 2017 was no different!
It was a big year for CPAWS and we’ve been featured in news stories all over the country.
Below you’ll find most of those articles.
Globe and Mail – Conservationists concerned about free entry to Canada’s national parks in 2017
CBC News – ‘Crazy busy’ year anticipated in Jasper with free park passes
Waterloo Region Record – Join our national park party
CBC News – Why you still need a parks pass this year despite free entry
Western Wheel – Free parks passes great for Canadians
Jasper Fitzhugh – Price tag for Icefields Trail Project jumps to $86.4 million
Truro Daily – Environmental assessment all wet
Calgary Herald – Public to weigh in on proposed bike trail from Jasper to Columbia Icefield
Global News – Alberta to expand Castle area parks, phase out off-highway vehicles
Rocky Mountain Outlook – CPAWS Director launches 2017 naturalist series
CBC News – Nearly half of national park ecosystems rate as fair or poor in Parks Canada report
CTV News – Will free passes be bad for Canada’s national parks?
Macleans – Free Parks Canada pass in 2017 worries conservationists
570 News – Conservationists concerned about free entry to Canada’s national parks in 2017
Castanet – Worried about parks
Toronto Star – Conservationists worried free entry to Canada’s national parks in 2017 could affect ecological integrity
Global News – Parks Canada preps for tourists during free Canada 150 year, conservationists concerned
Huffington Post – Canadian national parks free entry in 2017 worries conservationists
Brand Channel – De Beers woos millennials with personalized experience
Whitehorse Daily Star – Liberals reaffirm stance on Peel’s management
Yukon News – Yukon government files its Peel arguments with the Supreme Court of Canada
CBC News – Alberta expands Castle area parks, plans to phase out off-highway vehicles
Pincher Creek Echo – Province unveils new park boundaries for Castle
Toronto Star – Keep our national parks healthy: editorial
Wildsight – Selenium in our water: wildsight calls for halt to new miles in the Elk Valley
Toronto Star – End moose calf hunt, Ontario government urged
North Bay Nugget – Groups calls for end to calf hunt
Sault Star – Spare moose calves from hunters, says group
Weather Network – Here’s who’s worried about free access to Canadian parks
Cape Breton Post – Marine protected area proposal confuses Cape Breton crab fishers
Whitecourt Star – Environment minister meets with stakeholders, local mayors to discuss caribou conservation
Globe and Mail – Federal government’s reef-conservation plan irks BC fisherman
CBC News – Fisheries minister to announce protection for ancient glass sponge reefs
News 1130 – Northern BC glass sponge reef gets federal protection
Edmonton Journal – Opinion: new off-road limits a gutsy but visionary move
DeSmog Canada – Battle to protect Northern Yukon, home of Pristinte Peel Watershed, from industry heads to Supreme Court
Pique News Magazine – The national park system is under severe threat
Coast Reporter Howe – Sound report a ‘blueprint’ for continued recovery
CBC News – Castle-area ATV ban battle heats up as thousand weigh in
CBC News – Tiger project ‘unsustainable’ without new road, company says
Crag and Canyon – Conservation groups ask province to include green infrastructure investments in spring budget
Global News – Government of Alberta seeks public input on conservation plan for castle area
Jasper Fitzhugh- Parks releases Icefields Trail map
Crag and Canyon – Open house for proposed trail between Jasper and Columbia Icefield on March 17
Metro Toronto – Conservation award to honour slain environmental activist Glen Davis
CP24 – WWF-Canada announces conservation award in honour of slain philanthropist Glen Davis
Toronto Star – Conservation award to honour slain philanthropist
Huffington Post – The Peel: intact wilderness is a hedge against our ignorance
Rabble – Defending Indigenous land in the far North
Crag and Canyon – Management of national parks to focus on ecological integrity: Environment Minister
CBC News – Peel Watershed dispute before Supreme Court of Canada this week
Rabble – Yukon Supreme Court case will set a key precedent for all First Nations
Whitehorse Star – Many travel to Ottawa for Supreme Court of Canada hearing
Winnipeg Sun – Rallying support to protect Lake Winnipegosis island
Times Colonist – Dozens of new campsites to open at Island parks
Global News – Protesters rally against Alberta’s proposed phase-out of off-highway vehicles in Castle area
SF University – Taking a stand for conservation
CTV News – Unhappy trails? Parks documents show concerns with Icefield Highway bike path
CP24 – Parks documents show concern with Icefield Highway bike path
Calgary Herald – Parks documents show controversy over planned Icefeilds Parkway bike path
Global News – Parks docs show concerns with proposed bike trail between Banff and Jasper
Jasper Fitzhugh – Parks documents reveal aggressive timeline to build paved bike trail
Cochrane Times – Y2Y encourages new approach to forestry
CTV News – Documents show tight timelines for Icefield Parkway bike path
National Post – Money is driving the project: Parks Canada appears to be rushing ahead with Icefields bike path, docs suggest
CBC News – Parks Canada documents suggest tight timelines for Icefields Parkway bike path
Calgary Herald – Travel notes: celebrate Earth Day and Canada’s outdoors; win a camera or an eco-lodge resort stay
Osoyoos Times – Restored national park sign vandalized again in Osoyoos location
Jasper Fitzhugh – Internal docs suggest Icefields Trail could lead to more development
Globe and Mail – Charity files suit against Environment Minister over lack of reports on endangered caribou
CTV News – Alleged lack of protection for caribou prompts lawsuit against McKenna
National Post – Environment minister being sued for failing to protection boreal woodland caribou
CBC News – Environmental group sues Catherine McKenna for failing to report on efforts to save caribou habitat
Toronto Star – Wilderness group sues environment minister over boreal woodland caribou protection
Metro Toronto – Lawsuit accuses environment minister of failing to protect caribou
Radio Canada International – CPAWS – Charity group sues government over caribou
Yahoo News – Activists sue to force Canada to protect caribou
National Observer – Lack of protection for caribou leads to lawsuit against Catherine McKenna
CKLB 101.9 – Minister of the Environment taken to court over boreal caribou habitat protection
CBC News – Quebec to send threatened woodland caribou to zoo for protection
The Hill Times – How one lobby campaign won support of mining, environment, indigenous groups and MPs from all parties
Jasper Fitzhugh – Lobbying group behind mysterious Icefields Trail website
Treehugger – Cycling trail in Canadian Rockies is a brilliant idea, so why the big fuss?
The Current – Environmental group rejects proposed bike path through Jasper National Park
Globe and Mail – Expedition to rare glass sponge reefs in BC to be livestreamed
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Raising a glass for caribou
Kelowna Capital News – Free Wills Month this May makes it easy to leave your legacy
CBC News – Rare glass sponge reefs on BC coast to star in live streamed expedition
Winnipeg Free Press – Debate still rages over proposed national park
Prince Albert Daily Herald – The plan to save the Mossy River Plain
The Telegram – Environment groups sue over drilling in Gulf of St. Lawrence
Radio Canada International – BC conservationist wins $10,000 award
Calgary Herald – “Residents, environmentalists sound alarm over clear cutting in Kananaskis Country”
Toronto Star – 10 years after the murder of philanthropsist Glen Davis divded a family, his widow recalls a man of adventure and legacy
Truro Daily – DNR proposes clearcuts on boundary of Gully Lake Wilderness Area
Vancouver Sun – Opinion: BC’s marine heritage must be protected
CTV News – In Canada, parks thrive but conservationists cry foul
Now Toronto – Greenpeace’s battle royal over the boreal
Mother Nature Network – Why Canada’s summer of fee-free national parks is making conservationists anxious
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Bringing back the bison
CBC News – Grizzly bears near Calgary prompt wildlife groups to install electric fence
Radio Canada International – World Oceans Day: Canada announces a new marine protected area
National Post – Federal government using fishery closures to count toward promised 5% marine conservation target
CBC News – Whitehorse artist draws historic houses for colouring book
Winnipeg Free Press – Pallister government adds two new provincial parks
The Guardian – Island group calls for donations to support court against against offshore oil
Globe and Mail – Experts seek place to dissect right whales to determine cause of death
Radio Canada International – Environmental groups slam government plans to allow oil and gas drilling in proposed marine protected area
Globe and Mail – Trudeau government proposes opening St Lawrence marine protected area to oil exploration
Rabble – Environmental law review recommends changes to Fisheries Act, National Energy Board
Crag and Canyon – Local earns spot on national environmental panel
Times Colonist – Feds plan extra protection to critical island ocean sites
National Post – Marine scientists alarmed by ‘double standard’ and lack of transparency in ocean protection
CBC News – Province creates new parks on Lake Winnipegosis, but leaves out island with mining potential
CBC News – Plans to log in Kananaskis riles locals, environmental groups
CBC News – 3 groups call on Ottawa to update plan for Rouge National Urban Park
CBC News – Canada trails G7 in protecting land, parks advocates say
Radio Canada International – Canada lags in protecting nature: report
Globe and Mail – Canada lags in conservation efforts
Kelowna Now – Canada last among world leaders in protecting land and water
Winnipeg Free Press – Land, water protection lagging: wildlife group
Toronto Star – Canada must protect its biodiversity
Metro – We really should be caring: Group calls for more protectednatural areas in Alberta
Our Windsor – Toronto Star’s View: Canada must protect its biodiversity
Montreal Gazette – While you were sleeping: parking wars and protected lands
CBC New – NB ranks 2nd-last in Canada in efforts to protect nature, group says
Financial Post – Protecting Canadians from fake eco news
Whitehorse Star – We’ve still got some progress to make’: CPAWS
Osoyoos Times – A national treasure worthy of protection
Osoyoos Times – South Okanagan park an easy win for Horgan government, group says
EcoLog – Canada last in land protection: CPAWS
Journal de Montreal – Le Quebec a la traine pour la protection du territoire
La Presse – Aires protegees: le Canada dernier du G7, tire vers le bas par le Quebec
Le Devoir – Aires protegees: le Canada traine de la patte
CBC News – Canada trails G7 in protecting land, parks advocates say
NationTalk – “Canada lags the world in land protection. New Brunswick needs to step up.”
Nova Scotia Forest Notes – CPAWS report says we lag in land protection nationally and in Nova Scotia but sees signs of change
DeSmog Canada – Industry sways feds to allow offshore drilling in laurentian channel marine protected area
Winnipeg Free Press – Riding Mountain National Park doesn’t expect hike in violations despite free entry
DeSmog Canada – Fort Nelson First Nation files legal challenge to gas pipeline claiming it will threaten caribou habitat
Global News – Alberta communities weigh in on plans to protect caribou, express economic concern
Toronto Star – Environmental group demands greater transparency of federal caribou plan
National Post – Federal caribou plan doesn’t meet legal requirements: environmentalists
The Globe and Mail – Ottawa announces plan to protect boreal caribou after legal action taken
CTV News – Feds announce plan to protect caribou after legal action taken
National Post – Federal government announces plan to protect caribou after legal action taken
CTV News – Federal caribou plan doesn’t meet legal requirements: environmentalists
Insider Monkey – 11 best climate change charities in US, Canada, UK, and Australia
Montreal Gazette – Timber harvesting threatens forest in Laurentians, coalition says
CBC News – Centuries-old forests on Laurentians mountain face cutting – again
Wood Business – FSC Canada considers formal comments on caribou plan
Lawyers Daily – Suit against environment minister won’t be dropped until report on caribou released
National Post – Rethink caribou plan, says forest industry
CTV News – Rethink caribou plan, says forest industry
Metro News – Satellite shots show logging in moratorium areas: environmentalists
National Post – Satellite shots show logging in moratorium areas: environmentalists
Troy Media – Barring the gates is no long-term solution for our parks
Wood Business – Have environmentalists lost sight of what they’re fighting for?
Times Colonist – Trudeau takes in Island, kayaking at Sidney Spit and visiting Tofino
The Globe and Mail – Canadian forestry indsutry urges Ottawa to rethink plan to protect caribou
National Observer – Quebec energy giant casts shadow over Magpie River
CBC Radio – How much do we value Canada’s national parks?
The Packet – Nine-year-old helping record shorebirds on Random Island
Toronto Star – Logging took place in Canada’s protected caribou habitat, environment group says
Castanet – Logging moratorium fails
Outdoor Hub – Young and female – the changing face of hunting in America
Whitecourt Star – Whitecourt Chamber of Commerce hosting forum on upcoming caribou range plan
DeSmog Canada – Canada has 3 years to increase protected areas by 60% and, um, it’s not going to be easy
Hakai Magazine – Proposed amendment could actually protected marine protected areas
DeSmog Canada – 3% of the world’s endangered right whales died this summer, mostly in Canada’s unprotected waters
The Tyee – The desperate fight to save the right whale from dying off
The Rossland Telegraph – Op-ed: We need to stop killing endangered right whales
Edmonton Journal – Clash over caribou, jobs in Whitecourt
Edmonton Sun – Jobs, caribou debated at Whitecourt
Whitecourt Star – Environmental, forestry groups debate Caribou Range Plan
National Observer – Hydro Quebec abandons dam project on majestic Magpie River
Western Producer – Planning it right: Albertans collaborate on the best use of public lands
Castanet – Protecting Canada’s land
Whitecourt Star – Caribou range plan looms over region
Huffpost Blog – Canada’s climate groups need a kick in the butt
Whitehorse Star – Plan may spur “environmental fragmentation”: conservationist
National Observer – Hydro-Québec abandons dam project on majestic Magpie River
The Reminder – National park proposal not a concern for mining company
CBC News – Students spend week in the wild to cultivate connection to colour-changing lake
Winnipeg Sun – Province take to task over caribou
CBC News – Proposed clearcut near pending expansion of protected wilderness area sparks concern
Whitecourt Star – What to do about Caribou?
Mayerthorpe Freelancer – Alberta misses deadling for caribou range plan
Terrace Standard – Contemplative Creek: Remembering Bruce Hill
InsideToronto.com – Ontario officialy hands over 1,600 acres of Rouge Valley parkland
Castanet – Digital learning in nature
CBC News – Woodland caribou continue to decline as provinces fail to meet protection deadline
CBC News – Wildlands Leadues says it gave Ontario a plan to protect boreal cairbou habitat – 5 years ago
Osoyoos Times – Thompson Okanagan becomes first destination to in Americas to receive Biosphere Destination certification
Yukon News – CPAWS petition to protect Porcupine caribou breaks 5,000 signatures
New York Times – Canada legal fight may ‘destroy the faith’ in First Nations treaties
Vancouver Sun – Opinion: Full public inquiry examining health impacts of fracking and LNG in BC needed
The Globe and Mail – Red flag raised about the state of Wood Buffalo National Park
Summerland Review – Biosphere designation boosts national park drive
JWN – Forget liquids, a dry gas asset is ARC Resources’ most profitable: This Week’s best quotes
Toronto Star – The federal government says it has protected almost 8% of Canada’s oceans. Here’s why its math is questionable
Yukon News – U.S. Tax bill passes, opening ANWR to oil exploration
DeSmog Canada – How Canada is Driving Santa’s Reindeer Toward Extinction
CBC News – Lukewarm response to Alberta’s draft caribou range plan
The Globe and Mail – Canada adds eight sites to list of candidates for UNESCO world heritage status
Fort McMurray Today – Alberta plan to help endangered woodland caribou criticized
National Observer – Emails reveal internal government dispute in Quebec over hydro expansion
Financial Post – Charities of the year: Our annual picks of Canada’s most efficient and accountable charities
CTV News – SCC rules against Yukon government in watershed protection case (VIDEO)
National Observer – High court sides with First Nations, environmental groups in Yukon dispute