Gitanyow celebrates the return of salmon as B.C. inches toward recognizing the nation’s protected area
Two years after the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs declared 54,000 hectares of land and water off-limits...
On National Indigenous Peoples Day, remember to thank the caretakers of the place you call home
Much of Indigenous histories and resilience is embedded in the lands and waters that sustain...
The future of conservation in Canada depends on Indigenous protected areas. So what are they?
Canada’s climate commitments rest in Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas — often called IPCAs. While...
‘Why didn’t they stop this fire?’ Métis community reeling after planned protected area goes up in flames
For years, residents of Île-à-la-Crosse have been fighting to protect huge swaths of boreal forest....
‘It is so beautiful’: rare inland rainforest in B.C. declared Indigenous protected area
In a race to conserve the largest intact, unprotected watershed in southern B.C., the Simpcw...
Meet Michelle Cyca, The Narwhal’s newest editor
She joins the team to deepen our reporting on Indigenous-led conservation
War for the Woods: behind the scenes of a new CBC documentary based on Narwhal reporting
Nuu-chah-nulth people have famously defended their territory from old-growth logging for decades. Their story of...
‘Legacy of bold resistance’: how the Tla-o-qui-aht declared 100% of their territory protected
Fighting American colonizers in the 1800s. Setting the foundation for Canada’s first major anti-logging action....
‘A century in the making’: Canada adds federal protection to Indigenous-declared marine refuge
When the Mamalilikulla First Nation unilaterally declared an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in their...
