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Critical Chance to Save Woodland Caribou

Feature story | December 15, 2009 at 17:00

The woodland caribou in Ontario’s Boreal forest is threatened with extinction because of the long history of forest destruction allowed by the Ontario government in the southern Boreal forest, the enormous area of the province where most logging,...

Kleenex gets “E” grade on environmental scorecard

Press release | October 22, 2007 at 17:00

Kleenex brand tissue products and its manufacturer Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) scored a failing grade of “E” on a tissue product scorecard released in the United Kingdom last week. Kimberly-Clark was cited for failing to use recycled fibre in...

Federal recovery strategy for woodland caribou gets a failing grade

Blog entry by cgrant | October 17, 2011

The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) has released a detailed analysis of the federal government’s recovery strategy for woodland caribou. Recovery strategies must be compiled for all species listed under the Species-at-Risk...

Woodland Caribou in the Boreal Forest

Image gallery | March 27, 2012

Forest Defenders Expose Premier McGuinty's Mismanagement

Blog entry by Shane Moffatt | May 31, 2011

Greenpeace volunteers broke the news to Toronto commuters this morning – Premier Dalton McGuinty has broken his 2007 promise to protect Ontario’s woodland caribou and put this iconic species on a countdown to extinction. Volunteers...

Woodland caribou “have fallen through the cracks” in our national parks

Blog entry by Catharine Grant - Forest Campaigner | November 15, 2010

An article in the Edmonton Journal last weekend (November 14) reports that woodland caribou are rapidly disappearing from Canada’s national parks. The last of Banff’s caribou died in an avalanche last year, and only a small number...

Federal government taken to court AGAIN over refusal to protect caribou

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | February 23, 2012

Alberta conservation groups and First Nations filed a court order today to force Environment Minister Peter Kent to issue an emergency order to protect imperilled woodland caribou herds in Alberta. This is the second time the Minister...

No public controversy over Alberta’s wolf-kill?

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | November 16, 2011

More than 500 wolves have been shot in Alberta, and many more poisoned, in a misguided attempt to preserve woodland caribou. Alberta could target the real culprit in caribou decline – the expansion of tarsands and forest...

Does the Ontario Government Care About Caribou?

Blog entry by Catharine Grant, Forest Campaigner | June 2, 2011

Two months ago, Greenpeace sent a letter to Minister of Natural Resources Linda Jeffrey asking her to scrap her proposal to exempt industry from the Endangered Species Act in the habitat of woodland caribou. We believe that, if it...

Provinces Failing Caribou

Blog entry by Catharine Grant - Forest Campaigner | February 23, 2011 1 comment

Stan Boutin, a scientist with the University of Alberta, is criticizing the Alberta government for not bumping up the status of woodland caribou from “threatened” to “endangered.” He says that population data shows that the species is...

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