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CPAWS Northern Alberta
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We are a non-profit dedicated to protecting public lands, waters and nature in Alberta. Species at Risk, Parks, the Boreal Forest and much more 🌿🌲 https://cpawsnab.org/
ℹ️ ICYMI: We are in court today with @albertawilderness.bsky.social. This is the first step in a legal challenge to the unprecedented and unilateral decision made by the AER’s CEO to cancel a public hearing for Summit’s Mine 14 coal mine. 🔗 Tune in at 9:30 AM: cpawsnab.org/all-news/adv...
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚠️ Coal poses SERIOUS financial and Environmental risk to the Alberta taxpayer. ℹ️ ICYMI: The Alberta government has paid out nearly $240 million in settlements to coal companies such as Evolve Power and Atrum Coal. This a BAD deal for #Albertans. ➡️ Send your letter: action.cpaws.org/page/180640/...
October 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
💡Reminder: our (Haunted) Nature Trivia is happening TOMORROW @ 6:30 PM at Elements Outfitters in South Edmonton Common. Sign up solo or with a team 🔗: www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-kno...
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Tomorrow!! Join MCFN in Fort Mcmurray (#YMM) standing up against treat and release tailings into the Athabasca River. 💧

Please share with your network in the area ➡️
October 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
PST: Our Third Annual Nature Trivia Night hosted with Elements Outfitters has a spooky twist this year! Come get acquainted with the more mysterious side of Alberta's nature 🌙

Get your Ticket for Thursday Oct. 23 ($5/each) : www.eventbrite.ca/e/nature-kno...
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
➡️ Back by popular demand: We are teaming up with the Northern Forestry Centre and Parkbus for a special guided trip to Elk Island National Park! Sign up for this FREE programming during Forest Week 🌲: www.parkbus.ca/destinations...
September 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Weakened protections in bylaw wording will accelerate the current loses of green spaces within the City of Edmonton.
Read more here: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
So you've sent a letter, and you are telling your friend and family about your concerns with new coal development in Alberta. Want to go a step further? YOU can volunteer to distribute the WCSC Petition: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
✋5 spots opened up for our FREE River Valley Walk happening next week! We will meet at Kinsmen Park @ 6:30 PM ☀️

🔗 RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/river-vall...
August 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
FREE upcoming event at Elements Outfitters 🐟 August 14 at 6:30 PM 🍿 Showing the film, "From The Smallest Streams, the Patagonia Film". 🎬

RSVP HERE: www.eventbrite.ca/e/film-night...
August 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The coal saga dates back to 2020, and through it all; Albertans have kept speaking out against coal development in the eastern slopes. Read here for an abbreviated timeline: cpawsnab.org/blog/updated...
July 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
‼️ DECADES in the making, 186,000 hectares of boreal forest are now PERMANENTLY protected under Alberta's Gipsy Gordon Wildland Provincial Park 🎉 So little human disturbance in the region, that photos are exceptionally rare and hard to come by!

🔗: cpawsnab.org/all-news/cpa...
July 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Slow progress, bureaucracy and delayed action. Is Wood Buffalo National Park slipping through the cracks? ℹ️ The World Heritage Committee's 47th session wrapped up yesterday in Paris and, once again, Wood Buffalo was on the agenda. 🔗 Read More about WBNP: cpawsnab.org/our-work/nat...

📸 : Lake Claire
July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
CPAWS work focuses on:
protecting parks & natural areas
conserving wildlife & species at risk
protecting national parks
Supporting the development of Indigenous Protected Conserved Areas (IPCA's)
Informing policy on sustainable Land Use Planning
Combatting biodiversity loss and climate change
July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Based on the common narrative - if we were to ask you what % of Albertans are concerned about the loss of species and biodiversity, what you say? 5%? 20%?

💡Polling shows a whopping 95% ‼️

AND 72% support the creation of more parks🌲 and 78% support more protected areas for wildlife. 🐻
July 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🌿 Phase 2 of the GoA's Engagement on its Plan for Parks is OPEN for comment until July 26th. Nearly 5,000 Albertans completed the first phase, and so much of your feedback is now in the draft plan. 📝 Get started with our survey guide (with @cpawssab.bsky.social) : cpawsnab.org/wp-content/u...
July 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
☀️ 🥾 With no surprise to us, our FREE walks in the North Saskatchewan River Valley have been very popular. Our next one is penned for Monday, July 14th in Terwillegar Park. ➡️ Sign up to save your spot: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1407790622...
June 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Last chance to add your voice to save Alberta's southern mountain #caribou. The GoA survey for the draft Upper Smoky Sub Regional Plan closes this Wednesday: bit.ly/4k1OPCU

📸 : by Shane Scott of the Redrock Prairie Creek herd, which may lose its entire winter range due to permitted logging.
June 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
☀️ Summer is right around the corner and we are looking for Parkbus Ambassadors. Parkbus is an amazing service that offers FREE public transport from Edmonton to #ElkIslandNP. 🌿 Learn more about the role here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
June 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Our Hall Party is just over a week away and we are in need of volunteers for event set-up and clean up, and volunteers who can sell food and drinks. If you are available Friday, June 13th you can sign up for a shift here: volunteersignup.org/LY8A7 🎉🎵
June 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Among good company!! Doors are now open ✨ Music starts at 6, film starts at 6:30 🎬 Last minute tickets can be purchased at the door 😊
April 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
NEW REPORT with @albertawilderness.bsky.social and #ACTWS is a detailed analysis of how the Government of Alberta's draft Upper Smoky Sub-regional Plan that will indefinitely impact the Redrock-Prairie Creek and Narraway caribou if implemented: cpawsnab.org/wp-content/u...
April 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This weekend was #WorldWaterDay and its theme? Glacier Preservation, a topic especially prevalent for the prairies as much of #freshwater for ecosystems and communities is glacier-fed.

ℹ️ on climate change concerns in Alberta: cpawsnab.org/our-work/cli...

📸 : Angel Glacier, Jasper National Park
March 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🌱 Spring is here! With its arrival, the boreal forest seems to awaken with critters of all shapes and sizes even with plenty of snow cover left. There's no shortage of sightings on the Dene Tha' First Nation's wildlife cameras in the sleepy winter but spring is when many come out of hiding. 🪶
March 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
✏️ Don't forget - "Dry Horizons" a film by @cpawssab.bsky.social is coming to the Garneau Theatre here in Edmonton Friday, April 25th. Tickets are on a sliding scale here: cpaws-southernalberta.org/dry-horizons...
March 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM