‘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...
Canada is set to make a massive protected area official — and it’s underwater
The Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is marine protected area will be 133,000 square kilometres, covering underwater mountain ranges and...
Blueberry River First Nations beat B.C. in court. Now everything’s changing
New agreements between the province and Treaty 8 nations are a first step towards healing...
Some feared the Gitanyow’s plan would hurt forestry. But land is protected — and industry is thriving
Ten years on, the Gitanyow’s land-use plan has helped protect vital ecosystems and set the...
