CANADACanadian Parks and Wilderness SocietyNational Office 250 City Centre Ave., Suite 506 Ottawa, ON K1R 6K7 Canada Email: chris.henschel@cpaws.org Website: www.cpaws.org/index.php Type: NGO Scope: national Interest in Forestry: central Description The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is Canada's pre-eminent, national community-based voice for public wilderness protection. Since 1963 CPAWS has taken a lead role in establishing two-thirds of Canada's protected wild spaces -- an area over seven times the size of Nova Scotia. Our vision is to keep at least half of Canada's public land and water wild — forever. We focus on protecting many important areas of Canada's wilderness. |