News about the SOSPS
What's current?Consultants say 40% of Parks Canada real estate in poor condition
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parks-canada-real-estate-1.5043533?fbclid=IwAR0P6KPtZb6kYUYgU9RehsYcX__vwnT-kIvhDcGUR950DHmIcdiU5MauP2U About 40 per cent of Parks Canada's buildings, forts, bridges and other items of real estate are unsafe or unusable, or...
B.C. approves 314 cutblocks in caribou critical habitat while negotiating conservation plans
VANCOUVER - B.C. has greenlighted the logging of 314 new cutblocks in the critical habitat of southern mountain caribou across the province in the past four months alone. The shocking discovery made by the Wilderness Committee is prompting the organization, along with...
Poll shows support for National Park decreased, majority want a referendum
The South Okanagan Similkameen Preservation Society (SOSPS) is pleased to present a newly commissioned poll regarding the proposed National Park Reserve. This contentious issue has many residents concerned about the environmental and economic impacts of a new...
CPAWS: Parks Canada, moving towards a more tourism and marketing focused agenda
For almost a decade CPAWS has observed a significant shift in Parks Canada’s approach to managing our national parks, away from their legislative first priority of protecting nature, towards a more tourism and marketing focused agenda which is putting wildlife and...
How Radical Environmentalists are Shutting Down Canada’s National Parks
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/off-limits-how-radical-environmentalists-are-shutting-down-canadas-national-parks Over the past decade, Banff has become the centre of the debate over the future of Canada's national parks policy. Environmentalists have asserted...
Looking for true impacts of National Park Reserve in Okanagan
http://oliverdailynews.com/looking-for-true-impacts-of-national-park-reserve-in-okanagan/ GRASSLANDS PARK REVIEW COALITION Response to National Park – October announcement Norton Prior to last week’s announcement, members of the Coalition were invited to meet with...
Parks Canada’s lack of transparency, inclusion has turned ‘outdoor enthusiast’ against NPR
http://www.oliverchronicle.com/parks-canadas-lack-of-transparency-inclusion-has-turned-outdoor-enthusiast-against-npr/ Parks Canada's written response to Mr. Hathaway: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4fFDYQbaRCbRDBQdlBrTnBLWkFROWI2dGFxZ2RrbFVLTWVV/view?usp=sharing...
Hunters remain wary of national park reserve
http://www.oliverchronicle.com/hunters-remain-wary-of-national-park-reserve/ As the former provincial government moved forward earlier this year with discussions over establishing a national park reserve in the South Okanagan, some hunters and off-road vehicle (ORV)...
Governments likely to draft national park reserve boundaries before public is consulted
http://www.oliverchronicle.com/governments-likely-to-draft-national-park-reserve-boundaries-before-public-is-consulted/ Parks Canada, along with provincial and First Nations partners, will likely draft proposed boundaries for a new national park reserve in the South...
Opposition to national park still strong
http://www.oliverchronicle.com/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...
Efforts heat up to create a national park reserve in the south Okanagan
https://globalnews.ca/news/3829040/efforts-heat-up-to-create-a-national-park-in-the-south-okanagan/ There was speculation the creation of a new national park in the south Okanagan would be announced Friday. Instead, the announcement is a “renewed commitment” to work...