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News about issues affecting Boreal woodland caribou

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• Canadian wildlife need big connected parks or species will disappear: Report (cpaws.org)
  Ottawa –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).Download the report...
  July 9, 2010
• CPAWS proud partner in new Boreal forest leadership agreement (cpaws.org)
  Following two years of negotiations, CPAWS and sister conservation organisations have reached an historic agreement with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). CPAWS played a leadership role in achieving...
  May 18, 2010
• Can the Federal Government save Canada's Boreal woodland caribou? (cpaws.org)
  This commentary by Eric Hebert-Daly, CPAWS' National Executive Director, appeared in The Hill Times on April 26, 2010.It’s 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity. The seven-year old federal Species At...
  April 28, 2010
• CPAWS presents views on Federal Species at Risk Act (cpaws.org)
  Éric Hébert-Daly, National Executive Director of CPAWS, and Aran O’Carroll, National Manager of Legal and Regulatory Affairs, presented the organization's views on the Federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) to...
  April 28, 2010
• Colourful events marking Earth Day highlight need to protect Boreal woodland caribou (cpaws.org)
  OTTAWA – 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...
  April 21, 2010
• Groups back Manitoba decision on boreal protection (cpaws.org)
  Canadian, Manitoban and U.S. organizations have joined together in an action alert to urge the Manitoba Government to stand firm on its commitment to not construct the BiPole III hydro...
  March 17, 2010
• CPAWS welcomes today's announcement of new parks for Mealy Mountains, Labrador (cpaws.org)
  Happy Valley-Goose Bay – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society welcomes the announcements today by the Governments of Canada and Newfoundland-Labrador that they will establish a new national park reserve...
  February 5, 2010