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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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2016/17 Park Enhancement Funding Now Available
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$240,000 is now available for BC Parks volunteer projects taking place in 2016/17. Each of BC Parks’ five regions have been allocated $20,000 to support conservation projects, and $20,000 to support recreation projects. There is also $40,000 for multi-regional projects. To access this funding for a specific park, please contact your local BC Parks staff…
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Horseback Riding in BC Parks
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With the onset of spring, visitors are coming back into our provincial parks to enjoy the amazing recreation opportunities that BC Parks have to offer. One very popular recreation opportunity is horseback riding! Pristine wilderness, old-growth forest, secluded lakes and rivers, snow-dusted mountain peaks, these are the types of vistas visitors may encounter while in…
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Invasive Species Action Month in BC
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Aggressive, swarming ants that deliver a painful sting? Highly competitive and toxic plants that produce up to 100,000 seeds? Mussels that could severely deplete the food supply of native salmon? These invasive species – European fire ants, giant hogweed and zebra/quagga mussels – are just three of the 320 species that threaten BC’s environment, economy…
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A Place to Write Home about: Mountain Biking in the North Okanagan
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BC Parks guest blog post by Dudley Coulter, North Okanagan Cycling Society Hailing from the flatlands of Ontario, it was hard to imagine a place like this existed; a place that not only recognizes trail building as an invaluable asset to the community, but encouraged it. Mountain biking is not only alive in the Greater…
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White Nose Syndrome: A Serious Threat to Bats in BC
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White nose syndrome is a devastating disease in bats. It is caused by a white fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans) that grows on a bat’s nose and wing membranes. It was first discovered in North America in 2006, in Eastern New York, and has since spread across the east to 28 states and 5 provinces. White nose syndrome…
