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Bow Valley Naturalists fonds

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Part Of: Bow Valley Naturalists fonds

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to business, 1967-1982, club activities, 1967-2010; information files, 1968-2010; newsletters, environmental assessments, and miscellaneous. Accompanied by audio tape. Research value relates to the club and its affiliations; natural history activities including …

Date Range: 1967-2010

Reference Code: M186

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Part Of: Bow Valley Naturalists fonds

Description Level: 1 / Fonds

Fonds Number: M 186

Sous-Fonds: M 186

Accession Number: 1112, 1259, 1613, 1881, 2571, 2751, 2861, 2953, 3034, 3053, 3080, 3096, 3210, 3218, 3248, 3262, 3348, 3479, 5090, 8149(processed and located lower storage-boxes 35-98), 8161(unproc)

Reference Code: M186

GMD: Textual record; Organization record

Date Range: 1967-2010

Physical Description: 15 m of textual records

History / Biographical: The Bow Valley Naturalists is a natural history club based in Banff, Alberta. Its objectives are to acquire and disseminate knowledge on natural history, to work for the protection and preservation of natural areas and wildlife and to stimulate interest in the appreciation of nature. Activities include hikes and observations in the Bow Valley and the Canadian Rockies, natural area studies, bird and flower counts, and lobbying of governments on conservation issues. The club conducted intensive natural area studies in the Mount Yamnuska area in 1974, and in the Vermilion Lakes area in 1977-1978.

Scope & Content: Fonds consists of records pertaining to business, 1967-1982, club activities, 1967-2010; information files, 1968-2010; newsletters, environmental assessments, and miscellaneous. Accompanied by audio tape. Research value relates to the club and its affiliations; natural history activities including birding and flower studies; natural areas including Vermilion Lakes; conservation issues such as Village Lake Louise, Sunshine Village and proposed natural parks, the development of national parks, research related to forest management, Middle Springs Development phases, Town of Banff Community plans, National Parks ski areas, Trans-Canada Highway Twinning Phases, transportation and utilities in the National Parks, the Bow Valley east of Banff and Kananaskis Valley, and British Columbia protected areas.

Name Access: Bow Valley Naturalists

Subject Access: Environment

Access Restrictions: Some restriction/s on access; Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply

Language: Language is English

Finding Aid: Finding aids and reference tools: basic description

Creator: Bow Valley Naturalists

Category: Environment

Title Source: Title based on contents of fonds

Processing Status: Processed / Unprocessed

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Briefs, general

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Part Of: Bow Valley Naturalists fonds

Scope & Content: File consists of briefs presented by the Bow Valley Naturalists to government agencies and hearings re legislation, development proposals and environmental issues

Date Range: [1970]-1979

Reference Code: M186 / 8

Description Level: 5 / File

Part Of: Bow Valley Naturalists fonds

Description Level: 5 / File

Series: II.A. Club activities : briefs

Reference Code: M186 / 8

Date Range: [1970]-1979

Physical Description: 17 textual records

Scope & Content: File consists of briefs presented by the Bow Valley Naturalists to government agencies and hearings re legislation, development proposals and environmental issues

Title Source: Title based on contents of file

Content Details: LIST OF ITEMS:; * Submission of the Bow Valley Naturalists to the Standing Committee on Banff National Park : [submission to the provincial Government of Alberta re: the Alberta Wilderness Act, 1970, draft; * Bow Valley Naturalists submission to the Parks Planning Commission Hearings for Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho National Parks : [petition re Mountain Park Provisional Master Plan], [1971]; * Strip mining in the mountains, 1971; * A brief presented to the Canadian Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972; * Brief re Village Lake Louise, [Feb 1972]; * [Brief to the Provincial Government of Alberta re: conservation in Alberta], n.d.; * Outline of Bow Valley Naturalists brief for Eastern Slope Hearings [1973]; * The future of the Eastern Slope, June 1973; * [Brief re Four Lane Highway Study], August 1975, draft and final; * A brief presented to the Environment Conservation Authority on flow regulation of the Red deer River, November 1975; * [Comments of Eastern Slope Policy, 1975], January 1976; * Canadian National Parks: Recreation Policy Opinion Survey", September 1976; * Long range proposals for Sunshine Village, Banff National Park, September 1976; * [BVN response to Banff Mall Group], April 1978; * Lake Louise Planning Study, Interim Planning Report, April 1979; * The environmental impact statement prepared by the Department of Public Works on proposed improvements to the Trans-Canada Highway in Banff National park, East Gate to KM 13, [June 1979]; * Bow Valley Naturalists comments on proposals for the Aquacentre and Interpretive Centre, Banff National Park, December 1979