An overview of the Northern Gateway decision report The proposed Northern Gateway Project (the “Project”) consists of two pipelines and a marine terminal. The pipelines are anticipated to follow a 1...
Grousing about the value of species or “how much for that caribou in the window?” The first emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act was issued last week...
Optimistic policy is not what Woodland Caribou need The federal Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal population, in Canada was posted recently and the outlook remains bleak...
The one-two punch for Alberta's Woodland Caribou Within the past 7 days the federal and provincial governments published documents that may result in Alberta’s Woodland Caribou going down for the count. ...
Emergency order: Court wonders why some caribou herds need not survive A recent decision of the Federal Court has resulted in the setting aside of the federal Minister of Environment’s decision...
Grass, sky, gone. The latest ecosystem status and trends report for Canada, released last fall, indicates rapid decline of native grasslands. Grasslands are among the most endangered ecologies in the world...
End of the line for Caribou in Jasper - Maligne Lake Road Despite the declines of caribou in Jasper, and the extirpation of caribou from Banff, still no plans to close...
International Year of Biodiversity Closes on a depressing note The 193 UN parties to the 1993 Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) are meeting in Japan this month, including Canada. This coincides with...
Current plans, even if implemented appear to aim to keep the species in a perpetually threatened and in a declining habitat, without a truly viable wild population in its former...
Alberta’s Woodland Caribou – Can laws alone protect species at risk? In the wake of two major species at risk victories in the Federal Court of Canada in 2009 it is...