MAJOR CAMPAIGNS

What We Do

We are a non-profit conservation organization working to promote thriving, healthy, and diverse lands and waters in Alberta. Since 1967, CPAWS Southern Alberta Chapter has led conservation efforts to protect areas in Banff National Park, Kananaskis, the Whaleback and the Castle. Our chapter is also a leader in environmental education, offering award-winning programs to help build the next generation of environmental stewards.

Thriving ecosystems support biodiversity, provide natural solutions for climate change impacts, and promote a healthy, wild Alberta. Not only do healthy ecosystems benefit our landscape, but they benefit us. They provide us with clean water, support our communities and economy, supply us with food, protect us from natural disasters, and allow us to recreate and enjoy Alberta’s landscape. When nature thrives, we thrive.

We're committed developing relationships across all sectors, non-profit, businesses, and government, and Indigenous partners to ensure everyone’s values are respected. Join us in bringing Albertans together to fight for a resilient landscape. 

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Coal Mine Free Alberta

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Defend Alberta Parks

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Forest in Alberta

Sustainable Forestry

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Education

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Native Trout

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National Parks

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Before Coal Mining


After Coal Mining

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Protect the Eastern Slopes

Write your letter TODAY to ensure that the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains see greater protections in the Rocky Mountains and policies keep the region safe from coal mining.

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A Legacy of Impact

Our vision is to see an Alberta landscape which has a growing abundance of parks, protected areas and wilderness, where nature thrives because of the conservation efforts of and for all Albertans.

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Canada joined several countries in September 2020 to commit to protecting 30% of its land and oceans by 2030.
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Parks

Prevented 175 provincial parks and recreation areas from being removed from Alberta’s park system through the Defend Alberta Parks campaign
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Years

CPAWS has been protecting our Canadian Wilderness since 1963. The Banff / Calgary Chapter (now CPAWS Southern Alberta) was one of the first to be established.

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Albertans Engaged in Nature Education.

Our award-winning environmental education programs have been delivered to Calgary and surrounding areas since 1997.

 

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Defending Alberta Parks

Parks and protected areas make Alberta resilient. They provide us with places to escape the everyday, connect with nature, and feel refreshed and peaceful. On top of the individual mental and physical health benefits of parks, they also provide us with clean drinking water, store carbon in their trees, soils and grasses, and provide homes for the wildlife that many of us admire and depend on for food.

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