The Alberta government plans to create the largest contiguous protected boreal forest area in the world by expanding the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland in the northeast part of the province. Under the plan, the wildland area would be expanded by 143,800 hectares, Premier Jason Kenney said Thursday at a news conference. The expanded area of the park is located between the Birch River Wildland Provincial Park and existing Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland, south of Wood Buffalo National Park. The proposed expansion area appears in striped blue. The wildland area overlaps with the Red Earth Caribou range, making the expansion key to maintaining that threatened species, Nixon said.

Source: CBC News February 11, 2021 20:29 UTC