Our Mission

CPAWS envisages a healthy ecosphere where people experience and respect natural ecosystems.
We will achieve this by:

• protecting Canada's wild ecosystems in parks, wilderness and similar natural areas, preserving the full diversity of habitats and their species;
• promoting awareness and understanding of ecological principles and the inherent values of wilderness through education, appreciation and experience;
• encouraging individual action to accomplish these goals;
• working co-operatively with government, First Nations, business, other organizations and individuals in a consensus-seeking manner, wherever possible.

CPAWS believes that by ensuring the health of the parts, we ensure the health of the whole, which is our health too.

Working in cooperation with the Edmonton Chapter of CPAWS, we at the Calgary/Banff Chapter are dedicated to the preservation of Alberta’s natural ecosystems and human experience of wilderness.

Our goal is to secure the components necessary to maintain or restore ecological integrity on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. This requires the completion of a proper network of protected areas, set within a properly managed working landscape on which wildlife may thrive, and through which wildlife can move.

We strongly believe an informed public, active in public debate, is one key to achieving this goal.

Our education programs help to assure that upcoming generations understand and appreciate the natural heritage we seek to leave to them.