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Ottawa, July 9, 2010 – The health of wildlife and biodiversity is uneven in Canada’s national and provincial parks, says a new report prepared by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS).

In some cases species are at risk of dying out and biodiversity is faltering because habitat has not been adequately protected. In others, good progress has been made to protect wildlife.

Ottawa, April 21 2010 – On the eve of Earth Day, human-sized herds are converging in downtown locations across Canada today to highlight the need to protect the iconic yet nationally threatened woodland caribou’s remaining habitat in Canada’s Boreal forests and wetlands.

Reinstatement of 459 hectares in the National Park of Mont-Orford

Montreal, March 24, 2010 - It is with great satisfaction that CPAWS welcomes Quebec’s Bill 90 concerning Mont-Orford National Park, which provides, notably, reinstatement of 459 acres taken from the park in 2006. CPAWS Quebec congratulates Minister Beauchamp for the filing of this bill. Not only does it correct a historical error, but also the final recognition of the importance that Quebecers give to the protection of their natural environments.

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CPAWS and other Conservation Groups Make Case to UN World Heritage Committee

Calgary, Alta—Leading conservation groups briefed reporters at 1 p.m. today in Calgary, before heading to Fernie, B.C., to advise UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee mission on threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. The media briefing provided reporters with an advance look at the case being presented to these international experts, exposing alarming mining and energy proposals in the adjacent Flathead River Valley in British Columbia.

Ottawa, June 9 - The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is celebrating the historic announcement today by Environment Minister Jim Prentice and DehCho First Nations Grand Chief Gerald Antoine of the final boundaries for the greatly expanded Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories.

Ottawa, June 9 - The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is celebrating the historic announcement today by Environment Minister Jim Prentice and DehCho First Nations Grand Chief Gerald Antoine of the final boundaries for the greatly expanded Nahanni National Park Reserve in the Northwest Territories.

Nemaska, April 30 2009 - The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS – Québec) are jointly demanding an immediate halt in forestry development in the habitat of vulnerable woodland caribou, until their common concerns can be addressed by Québec. The call comes following last week’s release of the provincial woodland caribou recovery strategy, published three years behind schedule by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF).

Montreal, November 24th - A dozen environmental organizations have released responses to a joint questionnaire on the environment sent to all of Quebec's political parties. The parties differed greatly on their responses to the 25 yes or no questions asked: the Green Party of Quebec (GPQ) and Québec Solidaire (QS) responded with 25 favourable answers each, the Parti québécois (PQ) responded with 16, the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) with 8, and the Liberal Party of Quebec with 5.

Montreal, November 24th - A dozen environmental organizations have released responses to a joint questionnaire on the environment sent to all of Quebec's political parties. The parties differed greatly on their responses to the 25 yes or no questions asked: the Green Party of Quebec (GPQ) and Québec Solidaire (QS) responded with 25 favourable answers each, the Parti québécois (PQ) responded with 16, the Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) with 8, and the Liberal Party of Quebec with 5.

Montreal and Quebec City, November 19, 2008 - Wilderness preservation has emerged as a key priority for both the Liberals and Parti Quebecois (PQ) in the upcoming Quebec provincial election.

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7% of Québec’s territory (17,800 km2) will be protected, primarily in the north

Quebec, September 17, 2008 - In its upcoming “Northern Plan”, the Québec government should look to Ontario for inspiration and include protection and conservation measures covering at least 50% of its northern territory.

Quebec, May 15 2008 – The CPAWS-Quebec chapter -- known in French as “SNAP-Quebec” -- welcomes the province’s announcement today of over 18,000 km² of new protected areas, including 1,450 km2 of the Dumoine River watershed and nearly 1,000 km2 in the Vallée des Montagnes Blanches.

Ottawa , January 28 2008 -- In the face of climate change that is already harming forests, oceans and wildlife, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is calling on Canada’s premiers at their January 29th meeting in Vancouver to adopt an adaptation strategy that will set aside at least half of Canada’s public land and water in protected areas.

Ottawa, August 29 2007 - As the lead conservation organization in the effort to protect the NWT's entire South Nahanni watershed within an expanded national park reserve, CPAWS welcomes Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement last week that the federal government has protected nearly 29,000 km2 of land until October 2008 for the purposes of park expansion.

Quebec, November 2nd 2006 - Dr. John O’Driscoll, president of CPAWS-Quebec, has been named recipient of the 2006 Environmental Health Award by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), and of the 2006 Nicole Bruinsma Award of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE). The two awards will be conferred at a ceremony in Quebec City tonight.

Clearcutting causes ecological harm

• Clearcutting destroys old growth forests.

• Clearcutting removes most habitat features in a forest because no trees are left standing.

• Clearcutting negatively impacts species requiring old, diverse forests.

• Clearcutting may reduce long-term soil fertility and it leads to major shifts in forest species composition.

For more information: http://www.cpaws.org/boreal/english/vision/forestry.html

Quebec, April 12, 2006 – Two months after launching the “sleeping like a log!” outreach campaign, with actress Sophie Cadieux as the spokesperson, the groups partnering in the Aux arbres citoyens! Initiative - the Réseau québécois des groupes écologistes (RQGE), Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS), Nature Québec / UQCN and World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) – are today submitting to the Quebec National Assembly the petition to protect the Boreal Forest bearing 171,522 signatures, a hitherto unequalled statement of citizen environmental concern.