The range of challenges faced by individuals and their caregivers within the disability community is so striking that some park administrators feel the challenges are too great and it is too expensive...

Parks Victoria was established in 1997 by bringing together a number of different park management agencies responsible for protected areas, urban parks and waterways. This significant decision ...

The panel discussion, at the 2009 Parks Conference hosted by Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, on Children & Nature included professionals from a wide range of fields, with each associated...

Wetlands are critical habitat for numerous aquatic and semi-aquatic species and provide important services such as flood control, water purification and recreational opportunities such as wildlife-wat...

Jurisdictional complexity has long been recognized as a barrier in managing natural resources and ecological integrity across regional ecosystems. The Crown of the Continent Ecosystem (CCE) is centre...

RV travel is a growing market but remains largely understudied. More and more visitors to National Parks choose to travel by RV. The goal of the study discussed here is to investigate the environmenta...

We often hear that organizational partnerships,community engagement and meaningful volunteer stewardship are the cornerstones for successful programming. This presentation from the 2009 Parks Conferen...

This presentation from the 2009 Parks Conference hosted by the Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, outlines the history of of the Harvie family’s involvement in the Bow River valley between Coch...

This presentation, from the 2009 Parks Conference hosted by Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, provides highlights of ARPA’s draft discussion paper that will be forwarded to the Alberta G...

In a time of rapid environmental and social change it is crucial that the value of parks be fully recognized. Parks Victoria’s Healthy Parks, Healthy People philosophy seeks to reinforce and encourage...

Despite the number of histories that examine tourism in Alberta, there are few scholarly works that consider the contributions of Aboriginal peoples to the province’s lucrative tourism industry. This ...

The Kids in the Park Pilot Project involves children in learning about Banff National Park by identifying issues in the Park and helping recognize an area they can lead in building a solution. The chi...

The idea of introducing students to different perspectives and ways of caring for the land arose a decade ago through the Waterton Biosphere Reserve. For the past five years, students and teachers hav...

Across North America, there is a wide diversity of landscapes that have important natural ecosystems and, as is now widely recognized, many of these places have been influenced by the interaction of ...

Social scientists in the mountain national parks are collecting data on how humans use the landscape they share with ‘species at risk’. At this stage, the research primarily focuses on areas inhabite...

The Big Wild is a Canadian conservation initiative founded by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC). Our vision is to keep at least half of Canada’s pub...

The Lutsel K’e Dene First Nation (LKDFN) has historically resisted the creation of a new National Park in the East Arm of Great Slave Lake (Thaidene Nene). Recently, this position has changed. Improve...

The advent of ambitious national trail projects in the late 1990’s awakened trail proponents and other stakeholders to the challenges in securing public and other support for long distance routes con...

Conservation planning for Alberta’s municipalities is a new field. Municipalities interested in conservation planning don’t have a provincial conservation framework to fit into. Non-governmental ...

Assigning World Heritage status to a natural or cultural site can bring both positive and negative impacts to that site and the region in which it is situated. Using case studies from around the world...