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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
Okanagan Small Mammal Inventory Project
Categories: BC Parks News
By Sabina Pereira Last summer I was employed with BC Parks and Thompson Rivers University working on the Okanagan Small Mammal Inventory Project. The goal of the project was to identify which...
BC Parks Volunteer Funding available for 2020/21
Categories: BC Parks News | Community Engagement | Conservation | Volunteer
Each year, BC Parks invites volunteers and community partners to apply for project funding from the Park Enhancement Fund (PEF). This regional PEF funding is intended to support community...
What Are We Protecting In Our Provincial Parks?
Categories: BC Parks Licence Plate Program | Conservation
More than 14 million hectares of provincial parks and protected areas in B.C. have been established in large part to help protect the province’s stunning biodiversity. Of all the provinces and...
Do Fish Mind Snotty Rivers?
Categories: Conservation | Education
Written by Niall Clancy Imagine someone has sneezed over all the rocks in your local stream. If you’ve ever seen Didymosphenia geminata, it shouldn’t be too difficult to imagine what...
BC Parks Made me a Citizen Scientist!
Categories: Community Engagement | Conservation | Volunteer
Written by Crystal Mason In 2019 my partner and I volunteered for the BC Parks Citizen Science Wildlife Monitoring Program to install and monitor a trail camera in the Coquihalla area. The...