A "Free for All" as Mining Claims More than Double in Carbon-rich Ecosystems

Public Interest Groups Call for Land Withdrawals to Ease Pressure

December 14, 2009 - Toronto - A rapid increase in exploratory mining activities, including staking, drilling and clearance of vegetation in the heart of Ontario's Boreal Forest, one of the world's most carbon-rich ecosystems, has become a "Wild West" free for all, warn public interest groups. CPAWS Wildlands League, Ecojustice and Mining Watch Canada are concerned that development in an area known in the industry as the 'Ring of Fire' in Ontario's Far North is exploding due to inadequate control under an antiquated Mining Act.

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Baring it all for Polar Bears

December 13, 2009 - TORONTO - Today students, moms, dads, sons and daughters joined CPAWS Wildlands League and Celebrity Swim Marshall George Smitherman for a polar bear swim in Lake Ontario.

Smitherman got participants all fired up with tales from his past summer trip where he actually saw Polar Bears, "I paddled the Sutton River in northern Ontario with Wildlands League and saw a young male Polar Bear on the ridge. His coat was a magnificient creamy colour and he blew me away."

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On Thin Ice The Natural Solution

Opening Tuesday, March 23
6:30-9:00pm
with special guest George Smitherman
@*Hotshot, 181 Augusta Avenue, Toronto

Opening gala celebration, On Thin Ice school presentations, AGM and more. Click for details.

New Threat to Caribou

Hydro One is planning to build a 430km transmission line from the Lake Nipigon area to Pickle Lake, alongside Wabakimi Provincial Park in northwestern Ontario (view map). As a new permanent linear corridor, this is a known threat to caribou and healthy intact Boreal Forests. CPAWS Wildlands League is asking Hydro One to propose alternative routes for the line – along existing paved roads or railways in already fragmented areas.

Read our backgrounder here.
Read what scientists are saying.
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Noopemig Blog February 23, 2010

Read John's latest blog entry here, called "Noopemig - Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)".

Through Noopemig, a new blog by John Cutfeet, he shares stories about the people and the forest of Ontario's Far North.

Wildlands supports Intl report

Experts say: "Don't neglect natural solutions to climate crisis."

Read the release, full report and open letter.

See Anna Baggio on BNN

Catch Anna Baggio, Wildlands League's Director of Conservation Land Use Planning, in conversation about the "Ring of Fire" dispute, with Andrew Bell of the Business News Network (January 21, 2010).

Great new WL YouTube video!

Follow Janet on Twitter

Janet Sumner is the Executive Director of Wildlands League. Stay up to date with the course of wilderness by following her on twitter.

New: Forest Biomass paper

Read "Increasing pressures to use forest biomass: A conservation viewpoint" by Trevor Hesselink, CPAWS Wildlands League Forest Program Director, recently published in The Forestry Chronicle.

Report on Caribou Range

Read Wildlands League's report: A snapshot of caribou range condition in Ontario, July 2009.

CARIBOU - Holding The Line

Adopt Peat the Polar Bear!

Purchase a plush polar bear and support our work in preserving Ontario's carbon-rich northern Boreal region!

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