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Conservation Voices Needed at Calgary Public Meeting Monday, March 29, 2010 - Help protect the Nahanni Headwaters

Last June, after years of working hard on the Nahanni Forever campaign, CPAWS and our supporters celebrated the monumental success of the expansion of Nahanni National Park Reserve. Now Parks Canada is conducting public consultations on boundary options for a new park that will protect the area around the Nahanni headwaters.

Called Nááts´ihch´oh [pronounced Nah-tseen-cho], this proposed National Park Reserve is being established in collaboration with the local Sahtu Dene and Métis in the Northwest Territories. The result will be two connected national parks that will protect the globally renowned Boreal wilderness of the South Nahanni watershed. The Nahanni Watershed is a place of deep cultural significance to local First Nations. It is also a spectacular recreational destination for canoeing and hiking, and provides critical habitat for woodland caribou, grizzly bears and other wildlife species.

Share your views on the proposed Nááts´ihch´oh National Park Reserve boundary options by attending the upcoming Parks Canada Open House in Calgary (including presentations, information displays, handouts, and comment forms). Please help spread the word through your networks and invite them to attend.

Date: March 29, 2010
Time: 3:00 – 9:00pm
Scheduled Presentations: 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Place: W.E. Castell Library – Auditorium, 616 MacLeod Trail.

For more information, or if you cannot attend the session:

• See CPAWS' comments on park boundary options;
• Learn more at the Parks Canada website; and/or
• Submit your comments to Parks Canada (PDF).

Hope to see you there!

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