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The Cree Nation Government and Parks Canada announce the completion of the feasibility assessment for the proposed Wiinipaakw Indigenous protected area and national marine conservation area and have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to move towards the protection of these waters.

Home of the Crees, the proposed Wiinipaakw (James Bay) Indigenous Protected Area and National Marine Conservation Area (IPA-NMCA) is in offshore areas of Eastern James Bay, aligned with the mouth of Chisasibi-Big River south to the Québec-Ontario border. This large seascape is home to species-at-risk such as Polar Bears, includes … Continue

Protected and connected habitats provide species with safe havens and ways to move freely between them. Understanding how, when and where species are moving is key in helping them safely access what they need to survive in a changing climate.

Join Parks Canada and Trent University in Thousand Island National Park as they radio collar White-Tailed Deer to learn about their movements. This research is helping Parks Canada and partners to better connect habitats, and to prepare for the possible movement of species in response to climate change.

It can feel … Continue

Join Parks Canada scientists and a team of Mi’kmaq Earth Keepers as they venture to Sable Island National Park Reserve to research the endemic Sable Island Sweat Bee. A vital pollinator for the island, the bee is found nowhere else in the world and is classified as threatened under Canada’s Species at Risk Act.

Parks Canada is working with partners—including the Sable Island Institute, the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, the University of Manitoba and Brock University, and the Mi’kmaq Earth Keepers—to better understand the biology of the bee. And … Continue