Flathead Valley
The Flathead River Valley in the southeast corner of B.C. is one of the most biologically...
Category Archives: Terrestrial
South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park
Nestled in the heart of British Columbia’s southern interior lies a golden treasure waiting to be...
St. Raphael Provincial Signature Site
The 153,000 ha St. Raphael Signature Site is an incredibly beautiful area of intact boreal forest...
One-Four Cooperative Wildlife Management Area
The One-Four Research Farm comprises 17,000 ha of dry mixed-grass prairie, of which 70 per cent...
Dinaga Wek’ehodi National Wildlife Area
Approximately 790 square-kilometers of the globally significant North Arm Great Slave Lake Important Bird Area have...
Suffield National Wildlife Area Expansion
The Suffield complex of three community pastures on 41,000 ha are adjacent to the current Suffield...
Creston Valley National Wildlife Area
Creston Valley Important Bird Area is located in south-central British Columbia on the floodplain of the...
Thelon Game Sanctuary Expansion
The Thelon Game Sanctuary (52,000 sq km) straddles the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Thelon is...
North French River First Nations Protected Area
The North French River watershed encompasses hundreds of square kilometres within the Moose Cree First Nation...
Southwest Manitoba Mixed Grass Prairie Migratory Bird Sanctuary
This Important Bird Area (IBA) includes important habitat for grassland specialist birds such as Sprague’s Pipit,...
James Bay Southern Coast WHSRN Site
The extensive beaches, salt marshes, gravel ridges and offshore habitat along the James Bay southern coast...
Manawagonish Island National Wildlife Area
The land portion of the Manawagonish Island Important Bird Area is a protected Nature Preserve, protecting...
Brier Island and Offshore National Marine Conservation Area
Known as a premiere destination for whale watching and ecotourism at the mouth of the Bay...
Wentworth Valley Wilderness
The Wentworth Valley Wilderness Area contains a large tract of intact forest in the Cobequid Hills....
Medway Lakes Wilderness Area expansion
The Nova Scotia government recently established the Medway Lakes protected wilderness area; an area of extensive...
Govenlock, Nashlyn and Battle Creek Community Pastures
Canada’s prairies are one of the world’s most endangered ecosystems, facing more threat than the Amazon...
Saskatchewan River Delta
The Saskatchewan River Delta is the largest inland Delta in North America, at 10,000 hectares. It...
Pimachiowin Aki
Meaning ‘The Land that Gives Life’ in Ojibwe (Anishinaabe), Pimachiowin Aki is an un-fragmented landscape at...
Polar Bear Provincial Park
With polar bears facing an uncertain future as climate change alters their winter sea ice hunting...
Kusawa Territorial Park
Kusawa Park is an area with a diverse natural landscape. It is a rich First Nations...
The Bighorn
The Bighorn is a 5000km squared are of beautiful alpine, subalpine and montane wilderness in central...
Peel River Watershed
The Peel Watershed is a land of pure waters, rugged mountains and taiga forests, far in...
