New Management Plan For Fort Rodd Hill And Fisgard Lighthouse
Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites has a new management plan.
- By NPT Staff - December 21st, 2022 7:53am
News in the Parks
Canadians To Weigh In On National Roundtable On Parks Canada
The 2023 Minister’s Round Table on Parks Canada is slated to run in January and February so that all Canadians can weigh in on how the federal agency is doing and discuss the future of national heritage places.
- By NPT Staff - December 21st, 2022 7:54am
Graffiti In Jasper National Park Leads To Hefty Fine
A Jasper National Park visitor who was spotted vandalizing boulders and rock with spray paint along the Whistlers Summit Trail this summer has pleaded guilty in court and been fined $4,000 (2,970 USD).
- By NPT Staff - December 21st, 2022 7:58am
Canada Signs On For Global Forest Restoration Challenge
Canada has pledged to join the Bonn Challenge, a global initiative aimed at bringing 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes under restoration by 2030.
- By NPT Staff - December 14th, 2022 2:45am
Cape Breton Highlands National Park Aims For Co-Management With The Mi'kmaq
Parks Canada is working towards sharing management of Cape Breton Highlands National Park with the Mi'kmaq, who consider the Nova Scotia park a place of cultural and spiritual significance.
- By NPT Staff - December 12th, 2022 3:00am
Negotiations Continue For Proposed South Okanagan Park Reserve
In-person negotiations for the proposed South Okanagan-Similkameen National Park Reserve in British Columbia have resumed after lengthy delays caused by the pandemic and 2021 wildfires and floods.
- By NPT Staff - December 11th, 2022 2:45am
Prince Albert National Park Hosts Annual Christmas Tree Harvest
Parks Canada invites visitors to cut down a Christmas tree until Dec. 23 in Prince Albert National Park and protect the Waskesiu community from potential wildfire.
- By NPT Staff - December 5th, 2022 2:45am
Forillon National Park Gets Funding To Tell Expropriation Story
Forillon National Park is getting a $9.8-million ($7.4-million USD) funding boost to restore and present the heritage houses of Grande-Grave’s expropriated families — an iconic sector of the Quebec park.
- By NPT Staff - December 4th, 2022 1:59pm
Banff National Park Considers Next Steps For Bison
Parks Canada is recommending that bison remain in Banff National Park "in a controlled and measured form.”
- By NPT Staff - November 28th, 2022 2:45am
Jasper National Park Provides 2022 Bear Update
As snow settles in for winter, so do bears across Jasper National Park. Parks Canada saw frequent bear activity in the Municipality of Jasper in 2022, with about a dozen bears drawn to town by attractants in yards and non-native fruit trees.
- By NPT Staff - November 27th, 2022 2:45am
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