How AI could help conservation work
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at how AI could help protect important ecosystems; get an update on offshore wind in the U.S.; and find out why Parks Canada is connecting with social media influencers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/what-on-earth-ai-conservation-9.7165676?cmp=rss

Parks Canada works with social media influencers to shape visitor behaviour in Banff
Banff National Park staff attended Travel Alberta’s influencer event in Canmore for the first time. Parks Canada says with more visitors relying on social media instead of its own information, it’s turning to influencers to help deliver safety messaging before people arrive.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-national-park-social-media-9.7162400?cmp=rss

44 Elk Island wood bison sent to Alaska as part of conservation efforts

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11799538/elk-island-wood-bison-alaska-conservation/

Parks Canada staff gear up for fire season in P.E.I.
Fire season has already started, and Parks Canada is getting ready. Crews were in Cavendish this week doing training so they're ready if they get the call. CBC’s Connor Lamont went to check it out.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7159867?cmp=rss

Motor boats allowed to return to Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park
Parks Canada is lifting a ban on motorized boats in a western Manitoba lake popular with tourists.
#Environment
https://globalnews.ca/news/11770610/motor-boats-allowed-to-return-to-clear-lake-in-riding-mountain-national-park/

Motor boats allowed to return to Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park
Parks Canada is lifting a ban on motorized boats in a western Manitoba lake popular with tourists.
#Environment
https://globalnews.ca/news/11770610/motor-boats-allowed-to-return-to-clear-lake-in-riding-mountain-national-park/

Future of main building at Cape Breton's Keltic Lodge Resort remains uncertain
Parks Canada says it is weighing its options for the future of a shuttered lodge in the Cape Breton Highlands after it failed a federal review that would've deemed it a heritage building.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/keltic-lodge-main-building-future-uncertain-9.7156602?cmp=rss

Parks Canada lifts boat ban on Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park
The sound of motorized watercraft will be heard on Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park this summer for the first time in three years. Parks Canada announced on Wednesday that it is lifting the boat ban that was in place for the 2024 and 2025 seasons as the government tried to prevent the spread of invas...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/boat-ban-clear-lake-riding-mountain-zebra-mussels-9.7156409?cmp=rss

Parks Canada reintroducing at-risk species of fish in Banff National Park
Parks Canada staff in its Lake Louise, Yoho, Kootenay field unit will add westslope cutthroat trout to Margaret Lake and other locations this spring.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westslope-cutthroat-trout-banff-national-park-9.7149317?cmp=rss

Parks Canada reintroducing at-risk species of fish in Banff National Park
Parks Canada staff in its Lake Louise, Yoho, Kootenay field unit will add westslope cutthroat trout to Margaret Lake and other locations this spring.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/westslope-cutthroat-trout-banff-national-park-9.7149317?cmp=rss