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Rural Reconciliation Project @rural-reconcile.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Check out our digest of ‪@fhisey.bsky.social‬, Melissa Heppner, and Andrea Olive’s qualitative study on how social acceptance and material resources complicate the return of bison to the Canadian plains. Read more on how land, animals, and history intersect:

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Hisey et al.: Fears and Fences: Bison on the Canadian Prairies — The Rural Reconciliation Project

In Fears and Fences: Social and Material Barriers to Plains Bison on the Canadian Prairies , auth ors Forrest Hisey, Melissa Heppner (both Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, Univers ity of Toro...

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CPAWS Southern Alberta @cpawssab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Our Executive Director caught a fish with a selenium style gill deformity in Crowsnest river a few years ago. It made her wonder...

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 30/05/2025

Recently, two parks in B.C. announced temporarily closures so First Nations can access the land — and some people are angry about it. @michellecyca.com considers the history of public parks, their imperilled present and whether you have anything to be mad about. thenarwhal.ca/bc-parks-fir...

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Why are First Nations closing B.C. parks? | The Narwhal

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Forrest Hisey @fhisey.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

New research on Canadian conservation easements! I tracked easement legislation across Canada, finding unique opportunities from Canadian policy arenas and pressures from above & below subnational govs to increase private land conservation. www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

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Provincial diffusion, national acceptance: the transfer of conservation easement policy in Canada

Conservation easements (CEs) are a private land conservation (PLC) tool, with landowners voluntarily selling property rights to an outside entity (governmental or nongovernmental). Pioneered in the US...

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 09/01/2025

Doug Ford’s government started 2025 off by giving Ontario's minister of natural resources broad powers to overrule conservation authorities in development decisions. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/new-year-new...

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Ford government can now overrule conservation authorities | The Narwhal

The Ontario government has new rules for how and when it can permit development, overstepping conservation authorities tasked with watershed protection

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