https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/avon-river-windsor-mikmaq/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=121701 A provincial emergency order has kept Lake Pisiquid filled for more than 16 months. It’s also blocked the passage of fish, jeopardized Mi’kmaq Rights — and put a local fisherman, who had his truck keyed, at the centre of a hostile campaign Moira Donovan and Darren Calabrese On the ground conservation fisheries Indigenous Rights Nova Scotia Science https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-housing-wetland-policy/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=62746 Despite the devastation Hurricane Hazel wrought on Doug Ford’s own neighbourhood, his overhaul of Ontario’s housing policy weakens protections for flood-mitigating wetlands Emma McIntosh Analysis Bill 23 conservation Ontario protected areas water Photo: Globe and Mail An archival photo of homes in Toronto destroyed during Hurricane Hazel. https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-deer-hunting-griffith-island/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:57:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=61449 Griffith Island is owned by an exclusive, expensive hunting club. The Ontario government won't explain why it extended the club’s deer hunting season Emma McIntosh In-Depth conservation environmental law Ontario Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. Satellite image: Apple Maps A satellite view of Griffith Island, run through a filter to make it look like a surveillance camera https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-2030-conservation-goals/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:35:51 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27767 Doubling the country’s protected areas would help conserve biodiversity and store carbon, but with competing land uses like agriculture and natural resource extraction, we’ll need innovative solutions to make it happen Matthew Mitchell Opinion biodiversity conservation Indigenous protected areas nature-based climate solutions Naxginkw Tara Marsden Meziadin Lake https://thenarwhal.ca/in-conversation-with-robert-bateman-on-his-90th-birthday/ Sun, 24 May 2020 14:00:45 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=19009 Iconic Canadian artist and naturalist reflects on his life and his work Raina Delisle Profile conservation protected areas Robert Bateman wildlife Robert Bateman, Sandhills on the Platte https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-conservation-protected-areas-species-climate-change-roadmap/ Tue, 12 May 2020 17:19:15 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=18522 Mapping key areas for conservation can help us make informed decisions to best protect plants and animals from the effects of climate change Diana Stralberg Opinion climate change conservation protected areas wildlife Roads in the boreal forest Ontario Trevor Hesselink https://thenarwhal.ca/how-a-resurgence-in-indigenous-governance-is-leading-to-better-conservation/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:58:23 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15309 Far from the old mentality of ‘fortress conservation’ that deemed only empty landscapes as adequately protected, a new era of Indigenous-led conservation is not only better at protecting wild places but embraces the communities and cultures that have stewarded these lands since time immemorial Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood In-Depth conservation DFO Heiltsuk First Nation Indigenous Indigenous guardians Indigenous-led conservation Indigenous-led conservation Guardian Watchmen Bella Bella Louise Whitehouse The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca/thaidene-nene-heralds-new-era-parks/ Sat, 12 Oct 2019 15:56:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14448 For decades, establishing a park in Canada meant removing Indigenous people from their traditional territories. In Canada’s newest national park — Thaidene Nëné National Park Reserve — the Łutsel K’e Dene will hunt and fish, work as guardians of the territory and show off their land to tourists Jimmy Thomson On the ground arctic Catherine McKenna conservation Dene Dene Nation ecotourism Indigenous Indigenous protected areas Lutsel K'e national parks nature united Parks Canada protected areas Ethan Rombough looks over the lake https://thenarwhal.ca/canadas-major-parties-on-all-things-environment-explained/ Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:03:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13833 Canadians are more concerned than ever about the environment — it's emerged as a top issue in the upcoming federal election. So what are the country’s leadership hopefuls promising? Jimmy Thomson Explainer carbon tax climate change conservation Conservative Part of Canada Endangered Species environmental issues in Canada Green Party Liberal Party of Canada Canada federal parties environmental platforms https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-bans-deep-sea-mining-oil-and-gas-drilling-in-marine-protected-areas/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:26:20 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=11101 The decision, which also prevents waste dumping and bottom trawling, helps inch Canada closer to its international commitment to protect 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas by 2020 James Wilt News Aichi targets conservation marine protected areas Oceans Offshore Drilling protected areas solutions Mackenzie River Delta https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-has-some-of-the-worlds-last-wild-places-are-we-keeping-our-promise-to-protect-them/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 21:07:28 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8382 To meet one of its most critical conservation targets by 2020, Canada must protect a massive amount of land — roughly the size of Alberta — over the next year and a half. So where will this protection occur and can it be done in a way that actually benefits biodiversity? Gloria Dickie In-Depth Aichi conservation Convention on Biological Diversity protected areas Target 1 wildlife Mount Edziza Provincial Park