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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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How research guided our enhancement of park search on the BC Parks website
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BC Parks runs a program of ongoing design research that allows us to learn continuously from the people who use our products and services. In this blog, we share the findings of that research and how it influences what we do. Earlier this year, we launched the new BC Parks website. But reaching the launch…
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S3 – Students, Squirrels, and Science!
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Blog and photos by Natasha, Community Liaison Officer – North Coast Skeena Region The air was warm on Tuesday morning as we slowly walked the forested trail, stopping every few steps to make notes on our data collection sheets. We placed a check mark for each squirrel seen, a squirrel vocalization heard, or the many…
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Five improvements we made to better your camping experience in 2023
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We know people in B.C. love to camp, and we hear a lot of feedback about what you like and what improvements you’d like to see. In 2023, we made a number of improvements to camping in BC Parks based on this feedback, and we thought we’d take this opportunity to summarize the changes made…
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The Flat Lake Fire – One Year Later
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Guest blog by John D. Reynolds (iNaturalist lead from Simon Fraser University). John visited Flat Lake in late summer 2022 and observed significant impacts from recent wildfire impacts. In August 2021, a wildfire burned much of Flat Lake Park, located 27 km southwest of 100 Mile House. Flat Lake features a mosaic of lakes popular…
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Delivering an inclusive first camping experience: the power of partnerships in parks
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By: Guest blogger Jade Szymanski – Learn-to Camp Coordinator Since 2019, Parks Canada’s Learn-to Camp program has partnered with BC Parks, the Canucks Autism Network, Mountain Equipment Company, and Power To Be to deliver a first camping experience for individuals on the autism spectrum and their families. This year, 10 families from the Canucks Autism…
