Pertains to the introductions, character, cultural features and the current status and relevant issues of several Canadian National Parks. Additionally, the pamphlet contains information on Natural Areas of Canadian Significance (NACS), specifically pertaining to terrestrial NACS and marine NACS. The intent of the pamphlet was to bring public awareness to the current status and initiatives in British Columbia, while encouraging the public to get involved.
Contents
Introduction (pg. 5)
Parks Canada programs (pg. 6)
Exisiting National Parks in British Columbia (pg. 9)
Parks Canada interests in British Columbia (pg. 26)
The interaction of plants, animals, landscapes, waterways, and weather forms the enchanting backdrop for the adventures of Deirdre Griffiths as resident naturalist for more than three years in Elk Island National Park. (from University of Alberta Press website)
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Updates - "Optimizing" Alberta's Parks means losing protection where we need it most ; AWA and the Grassy Mountain coal project joint review panel hearings ; Coalspur Vista coal mine Phase II : frustration served by the Alberta energy regulator ; AWA to participate in managing the Ronald Lake bison herd
Pertains to updates on the following projects in Alberta: "Optimizing" Alberta's Parks means losing protection where we need it most ; AWA and the Grassy Mountain coal project joint review panel hearings ; Coalspur Vista coal mine Phase II : frustration served by the Alberta energy regulator ; AWA to participate in managing the Ronald Lake bison herd
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In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.3, September 2020
When National Park Warden Ben Matthews transfers from Cape Breton Highlands to Wood Buffalo, he finds himself in the middle of a controversial proposal to slaughter the park’s entire bison population. Frustrated by Park’s bureaucracy and the devious efforts of the pro-slaughter camp, Ben helps uncover the truth about the park’s bison and the mysterious disappearance of a trapper who could influence the final outcome.
Set in Canada’s largest national park and the second largest national park in the world, Wood Buffalo is a compelling story of one fight against the many forces threatening our special places
(From Good Reads website)
National Park Warden Ben Matthews expected challenges with his new posting at Cape Breton Highlands, but he got more than he bargained for. Facing a notorious poacher and the local communities who viewed poaching as a way of life, Ben and the park wardens are drawn into an intricate game of cat and mouse that takes a turn no one could have imagined. Set along the world-famous Cabot Trail, this is a gripping story about protecting one of Canada's special places.
(From McNally Robinson website)
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Involvement and environment : proceedings of the Canadian Conference on Public Participation, Banff, Alberta, October 4-7, 1977 : volume 2: working papers and case studies
"When Canada created a Dominion Parks Branch in 1911, it became the first country in the world to establish an agency devoted to managing its national parks. Over the past century this agency, now Parks Canada, has been at the centre of important debates about the place of nature in Canadian nationhood, and relationships between Canadas diverse ecosystems and its communities. Today, Parks Canada manages over forty parks and reserves totalling over 200,000 square kilometres and featuring a dazzling variety of landscapes, and is recognized as a global leader in the environmental challenges of protected places."--Pubishers description.
Contents
Governing a Kingdom : Parks Canada, 1911-2011 / Claire Elizabeth Campbell -- M.B. Williams and the Early Years of Parks Canada / Alan MacEachern -- Natures Playgrounds : The Parks Branch and Tourism Promotion in the National Parks, 1911-1929 / John Sandlos -- "A Questionable Basis for Establishing a Major Park" : Politics, Roads, and the Failure of a National Park in British Columbia's Big Bend Country / Ben Bradley -- "A Case of Special Privilege and Fancied Right" : The Shack Tent Controversy in Prince Albert National Park / Bill Waiser -- Banff in the 1960s : Divergent Views of the National Park Ideal / C.J. Taylor -- Films, Tourists, and Bears in the National Parks : Managing Park Use and the Problematic "Highway Bum" Bear in the 1970s / George Colpitts -- Hunting, Timber Harvesting, and Precambrian Beauties : The Scientific Reinterpretation of La Mauricie National Parks Landscape History, 1969-1975 / Olivier Craig-Dupont -- Kouchibouguac : Representations of a Park in Acadian Popular Culture / Ronald Rudin -- Kluane National Park Reserve, 1923-1974 : Modernity and Pluralism / David Neufeld -- Negotiating a Partnership of Interests : Inuvialuit Land Claims and the Establishment of Northern Yukon (Ivvavik) National Park / Brad Martin -- Archaeology in the Rocky Mountain National Parks : Uncovering an 11,000-Year-Long Story / E. Gwyn Langemann -- Rejuvenating Wilderness : The Challenge of Reintegrating Aboriginal Peoples into the "Playground" of Jasper National Park / I.S. MacLaren -- Epilogue / Lyle Dick.
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Partial contents include: Films, tourists, and bears in the national parks: managing park use and the problematic "Highway bum" bear in the 1970s/ George Colpitts (uses Whyte Museum image); "A questionable basis for establishing a major park": Politics, roads, and the failure of a national park in British Columbia's Big Bend country/ Ben Bradley; Banff in the 1960s: Divergent views of the national park ideal/ C. J. Taylor; Archaeology in the Rocky Mountain national parks: Uncovering an 11,000-year-long story/ E.Gwyn Langemann - which includes information and photographs on pit houses (also called house pits, housepits or semi-subterranean house sites) ; Rejuvenating wilderness: The challenge of reintegrating Aboriginal peoples into the "Playground"of Jasper national park/ I.S. MacLaren