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The Bow Valley is the most important wildlife corridor in the Central Rockies, and also contains rare montane and wetland landscapes. It is also the source of the City of Calgary’s drinking water.

The Bow Valley is facing rapid growth in human facilities and intensity of use. The main priority of CPAWS in the Bow Valley is to maintain these wildlife corridors and key habitat patches.

Over the years, CPAWS has been involved in several key decisions to protect wildlife movement in the Bow Valley

• 1993 NCRB decision regarding the critical importance of maintaining functional wildlife movement corridors through and across the Bow Valley



• 1995 decision of the Alberta Government to establish Bow Flats Natural Area and Bow Valley Wildland Park



• 2002 decision to construct a wildlife underpass as part of the legacy from the G-8 meetings in Kananaskis Country.