https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/spotted-owl-emergency-order-documents/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=84247 An internal government document reveals how B.C., citing ‘significant impacts’ on forest sector jobs and provincial revenue, aims to prevent Ottawa from stepping in to save a species on the cusp of Canadian extinction Sarah Cox Investigation B.C. biodiversity species at risk Trans Mountain Pipeline Photo: Northern Spotted Owl Breeding Program spotted owl https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-greenbelt-parks-canada/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:45:37 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=65614 A letter reviewed by The Narwhal shows Parks Canada is warning Ontario’s plans to build houses in the Greenbelt could harm wildlife, ecosystems and agriculture Emma McIntosh News Greenbelt Ontario protected areas species at risk Photo: Yankech Gary / Flickr Ice and snow cover trees and part of a river https://thenarwhal.ca/lake-superior-caribou-conservation/ Sat, 03 Sep 2022 11:45:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=58462 Facing hungry wolves and a shrinking habitat, Lake Superior’s last caribou were airlifted to island sanctuaries in 2018. But they can’t stay there forever Emma McIntosh In-Depth caribou climate change Great Lakes Ontario species at risk wildlife Photo: Christian Schroeder A caribou with small antlers stands in grass at the edge of the water, looking into the camera https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-biodiversity-targets-ecojustice-report/ Thu, 20 May 2021 22:59:34 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=28995 A decade after Aichi biodiversity targets were set by Canada and other nations, a new report looks at how B.C. measures up, finding the province has failed to protect nature in the midst of a growing global ecological crisis Sarah Cox News B.C. species at risk wildife Photo: David Moskowitz https://thenarwhal.ca/dfo-steelhead-scientists-emails/ Sat, 15 May 2021 18:03:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=28775 More than 2,600 pages of government documents shed new light on allegations Fisheries and Oceans Canada ignored scientists when forgoing protections for disappearing Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood In-Depth B.C. DFO salmon species at risk steelhead wildlife Photo: Taylor Roades / The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-conservation-wildlife-2021-audit/ Tue, 11 May 2021 23:52:40 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=28516 An audit of the province’s conservation program shows how B.C. is failing to address a biodiversity crisis, including monitoring and enforcement gaps and a lack of collaboration with First Nations Matt Simmons News B.C. protected areas species at risk wildlife Photo: TJ Watt https://thenarwhal.ca/logging-deferred-bc-valleys-spotted-owls/ Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:03:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=26296 In the absence of endangered species legislation in B.C., the provincial and federal governments have announced a new ‘nature agreement’ that includes pilot projects to protect at-risk species. It starts with logging deferrals in habitat where the existence of a pair of breeding spotted owls, thought extinct in Canada, was made public in 2020 Sarah Cox News forestry Indigenous solutions species at risk spotted owl wildlife Photo: Bill Stevenson / Cavan A Northern Spotted Owl, wings pointed downward, swoops through a forest in Washington State https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-extinction-caribou-coal-mining-ccpa-report/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:56:30 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=24373 The destructive impacts of three coal mines on critical caribou habitat were justified by promised economic benefits that a new analysis finds were ‘grossly exaggerated’ Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood News B.C. caribou coal Corporate Influence mining species at risk wildlife First Nations guardians caribou calf pen https://thenarwhal.ca/supreme-court-rejects-trans-mountain-legal-challenges-so-whats-next/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 19:37:22 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17264 Cases regarding the pipeline’s impacts on endangered killer whales and Indigenous rights won’t be heard, but opponents of the project say its future is far from certain Ainslie Cruickshank News environmental law Indigenous species at risk Trans Mountain Pipeline wildlife Trans Mountain pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-partners-with-first-nations-to-create-new-park-in-habitat-for-endangered-caribou-herds-threatened-species/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:59:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=17005 A new deal signed by the federal and provincial governments and West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations will see the creation of a new Indigenous Guardians program that will monitor six at-risk caribou herds in the Peace region, which is ground zero for resource development in the province Sarah Cox News caribou Indigenous Indigenous guardians protected areas species at risk wildlife B.C. Peace Protected Area Tristan Brand https://thenarwhal.ca/canadas-reindeer-at-risk-of-extinction/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 19:11:55 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=16099 As governments drag their feet on caribou habitat protections, the iconic species engraved on the Canadian quarter is winking out across the country. The year 2019 saw alarming declines and local extinctions of a species Indigenous peoples hold sacred Sarah Cox In-Depth caribou Indigenous species at risk wildlife Mountain caribou Hart Ranges