Canada Protects Over 25 Million Acres of Boreal Forest Wilderness: One of Largest Conservation Actions in North American History

Map of Protected Lands

Today the Government of Canada announced one of the biggest land conservation agreements in North American history, protecting 25.5 million acres in the heart of the Canadian Boreal Forest, an area approximately equal in size to 11 Yellowstone National Parks.  The lands to be protected include:

• 3.7 million acres reserved for a future national wildlife area along the Mackenzie River near the town of Fort Good Hope under the Northwest Territories Protected Area Strategy;
  
  
• 8.3 million acres identified for a new national park (6.5 million acres of new protection) on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, and
  
  
• 15 million acres between the new East Arm National Park and an existing wildlife refuge to be managed for conservation and appropriate development by local tribes under a pending treaty agreement.

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Media Coverage:

	The New York Times: Canada to Announce Vast New Park
	Calgary Herald: Harper earns green stripes by protecting vast areas of northern land
	The Washington Post: Canada Sets Aside Vast Northern Wilderness
	National Post: Foresters Applaud Land Protection
	The Vancouver Sun: New northern protected areas draw applause
	The Canadian Press: Feds create two huge new conservation areas in the North
	MSNBC: Canada creates huge protected forest reserves
	CTV: Baird announces new national park in NWT
	Government of Canada: [Press Release] Government of Canada Takes Landmark Action to Conserve Canada's North

Resources:
Advisory [HTML] >
Advisory [Word] >
Map [PDF] >
Video >
Media coverage >

Background:
Akaitcho [PDF] >
Ramparts [PDF] >

Links:
Boreal Framework >
IBCC web site >
CBI web site >
BSI web site >