Opposition to national park still strong

by | Apr 4, 2018 | SOSPS_news

Opposition to national park still strong In recent weeks and months supporters of a national park reserve (NPR) in this area have asserted that opposition has waned. We beg to differ. None of the negative impacts imposed on stakeholders by a NPR have been resolved....
British Columbia Wildlife Federation on NPR

British Columbia Wildlife Federation on NPR

by | Feb 23, 2018 | Lifestyle

The BCWF feels betrayed by the joint Federal-Provincial announcement that a National Park is going to be established in the south Okanagan despite considerable public objection. After 15 years of rancour and debate the two levels of government and First Nations are...

Can Markets Save Canada’s National Parks?

by | Feb 21, 2018 | Agriculture, Lifestyle

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/CanMarketsSaveNationalParks.pdf Snippet: With less than 15% of Parks Canada’s budget covered by internally generated revenue that may be reinvested directly into park services and facilities, the federal agency...

Ecological Integrity in National Parks

by | Feb 21, 2018 | Environment

http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_cesd_201311_07_e_38677.html#hd5q Assessing the impacts of adjacent land use 7.61 Parks Canada’s (the Agency’s) 2011 State of Canada’s Natural and Historic Places report identifies adjacent land use—such as industrial...