whooping cranes

The greatest value of the McClelland wetland complex is its paleoecological record, which scientists can study to unlock the secrets of its resilience to climate change over the last 10,000 years.

Alberta's energy regulator says it won't reconsider approvals for Suncor to expand an oilsands mine into a wetland once considered for environmental protection.

Alberta's energy regulator is reconsidering a project it approved months ago after receiving a critical report on Fort Hills Energy's plan to mine oilsands from a unique carbon-storing wetland.

A United Nations body that monitors some of the world's greatest natural glories is in Canada again to assess government responses to ongoing threats to the country's largest national park, including plans to release treated oilsands tailings into its watershed.

“Whoopers” are the world's rarest cranes. There are about 500 birds in the natural flock, which was down to 15 in 1941.

Canada's largest national park is now so threatened by upstream development and divided governance that it likely meets the criteria to be placed on the list of World Heritage sites in danger.

The status of Canada's largest park as a World Heritage Site remains wobbly after a United Nations body expressed grave doubts about a federal plan to rescue it.

A narrow, snow-covered gravel road winds its way to a hidden gate that opens to a parcel of land on the southern tip of Calgary.