Nature News Room http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca daily 1 2009-12-07T12:39:23Z April 19, 2010 Expansion of Sir Winston Churchill Provincial Park http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/alberta-nature-network/lac-la-biche-birding-society/news/april-19-2010-expansion-of-sir-winston-churchill-provincial-park No publisher mel 2010-04-19T14:43:25Z News Item Suffield National Wildlife Area – Conservation Makes Economic Sense http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/alberta-nature-network/nature-alberta/na-news/suffield-national-wildlife-area-2013-conservation-makes-economic-sense As shale gas discoveries greatly expand already abundant reserves of natural gas, the economics of EnCana‟s application to drill an additional 1,275 gas wells within Suffield National Wildlife Area are becoming ever more questionable. No publisher vbijelic Alberta 2010-03-12T16:25:49Z News Item Recommended Conservation Approach for the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/alberta-nature-network/nature-alberta/na-news/recommended-conservation-approach-for-the-lower-athabasca-regional-plan The regional land use planning process is the best chance this generation has to re‐balance land uses in Alberta’s Lower Athabasca region to ensure boreal forest ecological values are sustained. The Regional Advisory Council can create a wonderful legacy by recommending conservation areas for half this region. It is also crucial that, outside these protected areas, intensive oil sands in situ and mining operations are kept to the Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) recommended active lease areas of no more than 15% of the landscape at any time, and that other land uses such as forestry and motorized access are carefully managed to sustain ecological values. No publisher vbijelic 2010-02-25T21:05:19Z News Item Nature Alberta (Federation of Alberta Naturalists) Comments on the Draft Banff Management Plan http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/alberta-nature-network/nature-alberta/na-news/nature-alberta-federation-of-alberta-naturalists-comments-on-the-draft-banff-management-plan On behalf of the people of Canada, we protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada’s natural and cultural heritage, and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that ensure their ecological and commemorative integrity for present and future generations. No publisher vbijelic Alberta 2010-02-25T20:55:48Z News Item Wings of Spring: The Spring Bird Count 2009 Summary http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/alberta-nature-network/nature-alberta/na-news/wings-of-spring-the-spring-bird-count-2009-summary The number of species was up in 2009: from 271 in ‘08 to 280; the number of individual birds also went up: from 211,229 to 269,851. In 2008, the most numerous species was Tree Swallow (13,085); second was Red-winged Blackbird (12,625) and third was Franklin’s Gull (11,740). In 2009, Franklin’s Gull moved to first spot, with 37,211. Second was Canada Goose with 13,347 and Red-winged Blackbird dropped to third, with 13,266. No publisher vbijelic Alberta Birds 2010-02-25T19:23:24Z News Item On-line Alternative Energy Series http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/alberta-nature-network/nature-alberta/na-news/on-line-alternative-energy-series Northern Lakes College in Slave Lake is offering a series of LIVE online courses this winter/spring in the area of Alternative Energy & Energy Efficiency and Permaculture Courses. No publisher vbijelic 2010-02-25T17:01:06Z News Item Groups applaud Ottawa's plans to protect island, but caution against public access http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/national-network-community/nature-canada/nature-canada-news/groups-applaud-ottawas-plans-to-protect-island-but-caution-against-public-access The protection of Sable Island No publisher AZedan 2010-02-09T20:46:14Z News Item Environmental Groups Call for a More Comprehensive Review of Northern Gateway Project http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/national-network-community/nature-canada/nature-canada-news/environmental-groups-call-for-a-more-comprehensive-review-of-northern-gateway-project The Northern Gateway Project No publisher AZedan 2010-02-09T21:10:34Z News Item Nature Canada Hails Establishment of National, Provincial Parks in Labrador http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/national-network-community/nature-canada/nature-canada-news/nc-news-release Mealy Mountains National Park to be largest in eastern Canada No publisher AZedan 2010-02-09T19:11:52Z News Item NC Newsletter http://canadiannaturenetwork.ca/workgroups/canadian-nature-network-community/national-network-community/nature-canada/nature-canada-news/nc-newsletter Nature Canada Conservation Department Newsletter No publisher AZedan 2010-01-26T17:47:20Z News Item