Written by: Jennifer Scott, National Communications Manager

We couldn’t be prouder of the team of CPAWS-ers we have across the country and all the things we’ve been able to accomplish in our five decade-long history!

2018 was a big year for CPAWS and nature in Canada as a whole. Below are the news stories from across the country where CPAWS has been featured.

Rocky Mountain Outlook – CPAWS celebrates 50 years in southern Alberta
Alternatiives Journal –  The Tree Whisperer
The Globe and Mail – Senators, MPs call for $1.4-billion in conservation funding from federal government
The Narhwal – Is Canada Fudging the Numbers on its Marine Protection Progress?
The Coast – City buys 200 acres of land for Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes park
Troy Media – Lessons from a contemplative life
The Chronicle Herald – HRM Regional Plan Lauded
Canada’s National Observer – Quebec and federal governments urged to stop Montreal port expansion from endangering rare frog and fish
CTV News – Environmental groups seek to halt Port of Montreal expansion
North Country Public Radio – Algonquin wolf population declines due to multiple threats
Lethbridge Herald – New park recommended for central Alberta
Red Deer Advocate – Rumours around future of Bighorn Backcountry worry ATV users
Red Deer News NOW – Packed house for ighorn Backcountry Town Hall
CBC News – Conservation bid would protect area bigger than Banff National Park, but offroaders are fighting it
The Narwhal – Canada commits to historic $1.3 billion to create new protected areas
ParrySound.com – Conservation trumps climate in budget
Ottawa Citizen – Whales, wings and wetlands, oh my: Feds boost conservation funding in budget
Rocky View Weekly – Documentary studies Upper Elbow clearcut impact
The Narwhal – The New Battle of Alberta
CBC News – Environmental groups pinning hopes on major spending for conservation in budget
Ottawa Citizen – Federal budget looks ready to help protect more lands, inland waters and oceans
CTV News – From birds to belugas feds boost conservation funding in budget
Huffintong Post – Canda Budget 2018 Boosts Conservation Funding
The Globe and Mail – Amid Trans Mountain backlas, budget makes major investment in conservation
Climate Action Programme – Canada pledges over $1 billion to protect nature and wildlife
Click Lancashire Independent News – Gallant says Trudeau Liberals tabled a ‘nothing budget’
iPolitics – The Rebel to Rabble Review: Post-budget special
Rabble.ca – Federal budget makes a play for NDP voters but falls short on child care
Yukon News – Federal budget offers goodies for the Yukon, but few specifics
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Sentiments split on Games bid
Calgary Herald – Ottawa to consider three new marine conservation areas off Nova Scotia’s coast
CTV News – Nova Scotia could get three new marine conservation areas
Global News – Federal government to consider 3 new marine conservation areas off Nova Scotia’s coast
Lethbridge Herald – Conservation plan gathers support
Prince Alberta Daily Herald – Reducing funding for climate change initiatives makes no sense, Meili says
Castanet – Fight over caribou grounds
Yukon News – Gwich’in, allies vow resistence as U.S. readies ANWR drilling leases
CityNews – “We can’t give up”: First Nations to fight Alaska drills on caribou calving land
The Narwhal – Gwich’in Call on Canadians to Speak Out Against Trump’s Arctic Drilling Push
Wisconsic Gazette – Reactions as Trump administration prepares for lease sale in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
CBC News – Liberals, Indigenous leaders among those to set rules for marine protected areas
The Packet – Port Bandford Citizens Against Clearcutting receive support from advocacy group
The Narwhal – Ancient Glass Sponge Reef Smothered by Salmon Farm Waste in BC
CBC News – Liberals, Indigenous leaders among those to set rules for marine protected areas
Canadian Geographic – Parks Canada to take “nature first” approach to managing national parks
Pique News Magazine – Pemberton awards contract for Friendship Trail Bridge
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Ecological integrity top priority for Parks
EcoLog.com – CPAWS drops lawsuit, Ottawa agrees to report on critical habitat protection
Lake Country Calendar – Kelowna outdoor store donates to Okanagan Rail Trail
CTV News – Environmentalists concerned about fragile fish habitat in creek west of Calgary
Victoria News – Saanich MP calls for marine conservation reserve
Global News – Danielle Smith: Government policy on grizzly cubs is shoot first, makes excuses later
Whitehorse Daily Star – Territory loses celebratec conservationist
Victoria News – MP calls for marine conservation area
Kelowna Now – The world’s largest protected boreal forest is now in Alberta
Pique News Magazine – Province says no to dogs in Joffre Lakes Provincial Park
The Province – Protect Canada’s parks from being “loved to death” says study co-author
660News – Report finding old-forest cut indicates need for reform in Nova Scotia: critic
The Georgia Straight – BC government honours unsung heros who make provinvial parks and hiking trails so spectacular
The Red Deer Advocate – Bighorn Backcountry ATV users in wait-and-see mode on future of West Country access
The Squamish Chief – Squamish trail builder honoured
The LaRonge Now – Wildlife in national park could help dwindling bison herd
Vancouver Sun – BC Parks needs more funding to keep up with demand
Global News Wire – Winner: Grand Chief Herb Norweigan awarded Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
TVO Current Affairs – Ontario’s political climate: How the four parties stack up on the environment
Sault Online – NWT Grand Chief Herb Norweigan awarded Prestigious Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize
CTV News – Report from environment groups pans Liberals for fossil fuels, parks management
The Globe and Mail – Federal government to increase monitoring of threatened species habitate on provincial land
CityNews – Liberal government still plans to eliminate fossil fuels subsidies, McKenna says
Cision News Wire – The Government of Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society reach an important agreement on species at risk reporting
iPolitics – Feds to step up monitoring of threatened species habitat on provincial land
CBC News – Environment Canada settles court case over threats to caribou habitat
Saskatoon Star Phoenix – Ottawa to step up monitoring of threatened species habitat on provincial land
The Tyee – Concern and Hope for Future of Glass Sponge Reefs
Benzinga.com – The Government of Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society reach an important agreement on species at risk reporting
Niagara Falls Review – Minister recommits Parks Canada to ecological integrity
Calgary Herald – Parks Canada promises to take hard look at commercialization in Banff and Jasper
CBC News – Ecological integrity to be top priority for Parks Canada: environment minister
The Herald – OPINION: Marine Protected areas must work for people and wildlife
Ottawa Citizen – Wilderness group “very frustrated” as environment minister misses deadline on national parks management
Regina Leader Post – Wilderness group “very frustrated” as environment minister misses deadline on national parks management
CityNews – Environment Minister misses deadline on parks management: wilderness group
CTV News – Recovery of dwindling caribou herds hampered by provincial agencies
Cabin Radio – Dehcho Grand Chief Herb Norweigan wins conservation prize
Calgary Herlad – Fate of Bear 148 sad example in report on reducing human-wildlife interactions in Bow Valley
Cision News Wire – GEARLAB Athlete Alex Martin Plan First Solo Circumnavigation of Lake Winnipeg
CanadianManufacturing.com – Canadians sign letter opposing U.S. Arctic drilling in Alaska wildlife sanctuary
Times Colonist – Canadians sign letter opposing U.S. Arctic drilling in Alaska wildlife sanctuary
Labradorian – Inspired by Gander, ‘Come From Away’ spreads kindnes to Newfoundland and Labrador
CBC News – Parks Canada wants your thoughts on the future of Sunshine Village
The Chronicle Herald – Canadians support protected marine land areas
The Georgia Straight – Indigenous and environmental groups want feds to assess impact of Site C dam on UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Hill Times – Ministers meeting marks Canada’s return to conservation leadership
Prince George Citizen – Canadians want half of country as park land, study shows
Prince George Citizen – UNBC Associate Professor Part of Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Study
Edmonton Journal – Federal report calls for reforms, new funding in nature protection
Troy Media – Revisiting Gwaii Haanas, a hallowed and reborn place
CBC News – ‘Game-changer’ court ruling gives federal government right to protect Western chorus frog
The Chronicle Herald – Get on with protecting lands, says wilderness protection group
CBC News – Mayor of Saguenay village vows to stop logging along Péribonka River
The Globe and Mail – Lake under threat
CBC News – Nova Scotia goverment has no timeline for completing its protected land goal
CBC News – New Brunswick loiters at back of the pack in wilderness protection, report shows
The Edmonton Star – Wilderness group urges government to protect more land in Alberta
CBC News – P.E.I has lowest percentage of protected land in Canada, report says
CBC News – Not using your piece of P.E.I.? The province is looking for land donations
The Province – Letter warns UNESCO about Olympics impact in Banff National Park
VOCM Local News NOW – Puffin/Petrel Patrol Readys for This Year’s Rescue
MPA News – Canada to designate 1,000km² MPA
CBC News – Annual rescue of pufflings – baby puffins -underway in Witless Bay
Smithsonian.com – Newfoundland’s Volunteer Puff Patrol Helps Save Hundreds of Baby Seabirds Confused by Light Pollution
Pique News Magazine – Canada, B.C. need action to protect biodiversity
Mother Nature Network – Why these baby puffins need a helping hand
VOCM Local News NOW – Puffin Patrol Catches Attention Of the Smithsonian
CBC News – Liberals 11th-hour forest strategy a product of talks – here and there
The Province – Banff’s Sunshine ski resort upset with proposed guidelines from Parks Canada
The Telegram – Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society condemns Western Brook Pond trail project in Gros Morne
Montreal Gazette – Environmenal protection fund for municipalities gets provincial funding
Lady Freethinker – The ‘Puffin Patrol’ is saving hundreds of birds from death by light pollution
CBC News – Puffin & Petrel Patrol pauses public participation
VOCM Local News NOW – World Spotlight on Puffin Patrol Bringing Some Ups and Downs for Volunteers
Ottawa Citizen – ‘Loved to death’: What happens when a natural paradise beomes a social media darling?
Whitehorse Daily Star – Long-term grizzly bear plans issued for Yukon
Global News – Teenager completes solo kayak trip around Lake Winnipeg
Calgary Herald – As review of public access nears, Banff National Park needs holiday from humans, say conservationists
Red Deer News NOW – Y2Y rallies for Bighorn Wildlife Provincial Park
The Telegram – Rocky Harbour’s Michael Burzynski urging political pressure to reverse Western Brook trail project
CBC News – Environment not a top-of-mind issue in provincial election, say environmentalists
Global News – Shell Canada gives up exploration permits to make way for protected area in B.C.
CTV News – Shell Canada gives up B.C. exploration permits to make way for protected area
Digital Journal – Shell Canada gives up exploration permits for protected area
The Chronicle Herald – Teck Resources takes $20.6B Frontier oilsands mine project to joint hearing
The Globe and Mail – Outdoorsman Juri Sass Peepre worked hard to protect Yukon’s Peel watershed
The Narwhal – Parks in the Dark
The Globe and Mail – Across Cnada, caribou are on course for extinction, a prominent expert warns. What happens after that?
CBC News – Support Peel watershed protection ‘one last time,’ say Yukon environmental groups
East Kootenay News Online Weekly – Wilkie honoured with Conservation Leadership Award
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Banff ‘bursting at the seams’ as tourism soars
CBC News – Sask. program gathering donated deer meat for food bank
CBC News – Quebecers give thansk to nature, hug trees across province
Prince Albert Daily Herald – Community partners on the hunt for  donated deer meat
The Guardian – ‘Crowds, congestion, no parking’: should Canada limit visitors to its majestic parks?
CBC News – Kananaskis clear cutting should concern urban and rural Albertans, adovcate says
CTV News – Banff ‘bursting at the seams’: Ecologists urge cap on park visitors
Truro News – Province announces creation of Wentworth Valley Wilderness Area
CBC News – Nova Scotia protects 2,000 hectares of ‘incerdible landscape’
The Province – Alberta planning eight new parks for land protection and recreation
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Province announces plan to officially protect Bighorn Country
Gloabl News – Alberta proposes 8 new Rocky Mountain parks for land protection and recreation
The Globe and Mail – Alberta planning eight new parks for land protection, recreation
The Western Star – Groups work to implement conservation licence plates in Newfoundland and Labrador
Whitehorse Daily Star – Pop-Up Art Shop
Vue Weekly – Conservation Groups Weigh in on the Decline of Albertan Wildlife Populations, in Light of Worrying WWF Report
660News – Environmental concerns about Olympic bid
Undercurrent News – Marine Harvest’s 2.2m smolt expansion in Newfoundland under fire
The Week (UK) – Trump unveils plan to drill for oil in Alaska wildlife refuge
CBC News – Vuntut Gwitchin fear for the future in the face of oil and gas development
CTV News – More talk than action on increasing caribou protection: federal report
The Globe and Mail – Protected waters exploited by industrial fishing even more than unprotected areas, scientists find
Rocky Mountain Outlook – Award-winning mountain film showing at fundraiser
Keremeos Review – Public invited to comment on South Okanagan-Similkameen national park
CBC News – Want to go camping on Sable Island? Parks Canada is considering it