CPAWS Wildlands League is a small environmental group with a high impact. we've been around for 45 years and represent over 5,000 members in Ontario. Our mission is to protect wilderness through the establishment of protected areas and through the promotion of natural resource use that is sustainable for nature, communities, and the economy. We have extensive knowledge of land use in Ontario and a history of working with government, communities, scientists, the public, and resource industries on progressive conservation initiatives. We have specific experience with the impacts of industrial development on boreal forests and the wildlife that depend upon them. We helped create and usher in new groundbreaking legislation such as the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, the Endangered Species Act, Mining Act Modernization and Far North Act more... See more text