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    <title>Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society News</title>
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    <dc:creator>hpostlethwaite@cpaws.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2012</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2012-02-09T15:18:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Federal approval of Glacier Discovery Walk threatens Jasper National Park</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ottawa -- The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is disappointed that Parks Canada has approved a proposal by Brewster Canada Ltd. for the controversial Glacier Discovery Walk in Jasper National Park. 

The development will result in a 300-metre walkway and massive glass-floored "skywalk” along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park, replacing a highway pullout where park visitors can currently park their vehicles and enjoy the free view. 

Since the project was first made public, CPAWS has opposed this development proposal, as have many other organizations and individuals from across Canada.  “We’re opposed to this massive development because the long-term impact it may have on wildlife in the area, including mountain goats and other sensitive species, is simply not known,” says Éric Hébert-Daly, CPAWS National Executive Director, based in Ottawa.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-09T15:18:34+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Royal Society report underscores need for Canada to speed up marine protection</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vancouver -- The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes the release today by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) of a major new report called Sustaining Canada’s Marine Biodiversity:  Responding to the Challenges Posed by Climate Change, Fisheries, and Aquaculture. The report echoes concerns that CPAWS has voiced that Canada has much work ahead to catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to marine conservation and sustainability]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-02T18:02:06+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>2011 CPAWS J.B. Harkin Conservation Award Recipient</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/2011-cpaws-j.b.-harkin-conservation-award-recipient</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is pleased to confer the J.B. Harkin Medal for Conservation on Nikita Lopoukhine for his lifetime of commitment to promoting scientific discussion and conservation within Parks Canada and for promoting Canadian conservation and park values globally.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-02-01T21:18:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CPAWS welcomes step forward towards re-introducing bison to Banff National Park</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/cpaws-welcomes-step-forward-towards-re-introducing-bison-to-banff-national</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today, Federal Minister of Environment, the Honourable Peter Kent announced the launch of public consultations for the re-introduction of plains bison to Banff National Park.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-01-27T20:09:51+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Long-time Ottawan to be honoured with prestigious national conservation award</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/long-time-ottawan-to-be-honoured-with-prestigious-national-conservation-awa</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is pleased to be honouring Nikita (Nik) Lopoukhine with its J.B. Harkin Conservation Award for his lifetime contribution to protecting Canada’s parks and wilderness  at a  reception on February 1, 2012 at 7 PM at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-01-25T17:38:48+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CPAWS’ applauds new protected area of Manitoba Boreal Forest</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/cpaws-applauds-new-protected-area-of-manitoba-boreal-forest</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is cheering the protection of a huge area of Manitoba's Boreal Forest announced today.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-01-11T19:49:08+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Theme park-like attraction doesn’t belong in Jasper National Park</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/theme-park-like-attraction-doesnt-belong-in-jasper-national-park</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[(Calgary, AB) – A massive theme park-like attraction proposed for Jasper National Park is drawing large-scale opposition from individuals who have just learned about it. In the past 24 hours, more than 1,300 people have sent letters to Parks Canada in opposition to the "Glacier Discovery Walk" being proposed by U.S.-owned Brewster Travel Canada.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-12-15T16:05:49+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CPAWS concerned about news on Prairie Creek Mine</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/cpaws-concerned-about-news-on-prairie-creek-mine</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Yellowknife – In response to news released on December 8th that the Mackenzie Valley Review Board is recommending that the federal government approve operations for the Prairie Creek Mine, located on the border of Nahanni National Park Reserve, CPAWS has issued the following statement from Kris Brekke, Executive Director of CPAWS’ Northwest Territories chapter.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-12-09T21:38:36+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CPAWS welcomes an important step forward on new marine protected areas in Quebec:</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/cpaws-welcomes-an-important-step-forward-on-new-marine-protected-areas-in-q</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ottawa -- CPAWS welcomes today’s announcement by the federal and Quebec governments that they will jointly launch a feasibility assessment for a new marine protected area in les îles de la Madeleine. The last marine protected area the two governments jointly created in Quebec was the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park -- established 13 years ago in 1998.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-12-05T15:20:38+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>CPAWS welcomes agreement to expand public land base in Nova Scotia</title>
      <link>http://cpaws.org/news/cpaws-welcomes-agreement-to-expand-public-land-base-in-nova-scotia</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[HALIFAX – The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) welcomes today’s announcement by the Nova Scotia government that it will purchase significant land holdings from Resolute Forest Products in southwestern Nova Scotia.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2011-12-02T18:34:04+00:00</dc:date>
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