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Coalition Seeks to Protect Wolf Lake Old Growth Forest in the Temagami Region
Coalition Seeks to Protect Wolf Lake Old Growth Forest in the Temagami Region

The forest in the vicinity of Wolf Lake on the Chiniguchi River comprises the largest area of old-growth red pine in North America. CPAWS-OV is part of the growing Wolf Lake Coalition that is demanding that the government fullfill the promises made in Ontario's Living Legacy to keep the Wolf Lake Lands as a Forest Reserve until mining leases expire and that it then incorporate the lands into the Chiniguchi Waterway Park.

---CPAWS-OV's comments on the Ministry of Natural Resources proposal to downgrade the Wolf Lake Lands from Forest Reserve to General Use Area. [ PDF ]

---Toronto Star article from Dec 12.

To voice your concerns, write to:
Michael Gravelle
Minister of Natural Resources
minister.mnr@ontario.ca

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Clearcutting in Gatineau Park to Begin
Clearcutting in Gatineau Park to Begin
Clearcutting is set to resume this fall for the extension of Highway 5 through Gatineau Park. If not stopped, 88 hectares of forest within the only legal boundaries of the park will be cut. Remarkably, Gatineau Park does not have legal protection, but is managed at the discretion of the National Capital Commission (NCC). CPAWS-OV continues to fight for the legal protection of Gatineau Park, while pressing the NCC to protect the ecological integrity of the park well it is in their care. Take action today and contact the NCC to ask that they put a stop to the planned highway extension through the park.
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Save the Snapper from extinction
Save the Snapper from extinction

Ontario's largest freshwater turtle needs your help! Please take a moment now to send a message to the Ontario government, asking them to end the legal hunt for Snapping Turtles.

Snapping Turtles are an important component of freshwater aquatic ecosystems in ways that are still poorly understood. Their populations have already been greatly reduced and further losses will surely have a significant effect on these aquatic ecosystems.

Photo by: Ashley Hockenberry

Petition: End the hunting of Snapping turtles

Click here [PDF] if you would like to sign a petition calling on the province of Ontario to remove the snapping turtle from the Ontario Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act hunted species list.

Please have your friends and co-workers sign as well, then mail the petition to the address found at the bottom of the form.

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