Clearwater River, in northeastern Alberta
Credit: Garth Lenz

While somewhat overshadowed by the Kimberly-Clark announcement last week, which I blogged about in a previous post, another potentially positive story came out of Canada recently. Last week the Alberta government, the province home to the infamous tar sands, announced the possibility that it might support protecting important areas of Boreal Forest in the northeastern corner of the province. Specifically, the province suggested it might consider protecting at least 20% of the region, which includes the area where tar sands developments occur. The area under consideration is home to some of the last remaining caribou herds in Alberta, which have been experiencing significant declines in recent decades, and to hundreds of species of birds.

 To read more, check out this article in the Chronicle Herald:
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