Power To Be is a non-profit organization that creates access to nature for youth, families, and adults living with cognitive, physical, financial, and social barriers. They are one of the many organizations we are lucky to partner with and have challenged and supported us over the years to do more to make BC Parks more …
Eva is one of BC Parks’ former student rangers who is now working as a park ranger, based in Goldstream Park. Eva was a Goldstream-based student ranger crew lead for three years, from 2019 to 2021 and did a co-op placement with the Indigenous relations team outside of the summer seasons in 2019 and 2020. …
Daniel is one of BC Parks’ former student rangers who is now working as a park ranger. He worked his first season in 2019 as the student ranger crew lead for the Sunshine Coast, returning to that position in 2020. After finishing his degree, Daniel went to work as a park ranger for the Sunshine …
We try to feature as many conservation stories as possible on this blog. Conservation is, after all, integrated into every aspect of our work at BC Parks – our mission reflects on our work “protecting and managing for future generations a wide variety of outstanding park lands which represent the best natural features and diverse …
It’s no secret that British Columbia has an incredibly beautiful coastline. Two hundred and seventy-four coastal protected areas exist within the traditional territories of many First Nations. The coast includes a diversity of beaches, inlets, and islands, providing incredible opportunities such as wildlife viewing, boating, swimming, and coastal hiking. Over the years, we have seen …
In the past year, BC Parks established a program of ongoing design research that provides direct access to feedback from the people who use our services. This blog shares the newest part of that program, and what we’ve learned so far. So far, our research has covered four public service areas: In this post, we …
When a colony of bank swallows was discovered nesting in a sloped sandy bank in Windermere Lake Provincial Park two years ago, Amanda Weber-Roy was tingling with excitement. The number of bank swallow colonies has been declining in Canada at an alarming rate. Discovering a few pairs of threatened species in a park meant the …
Lead Researcher: Brenda Beckwith (Plant Ecology) Additional Research Team: Janice Arndt (Lepidoptera), Valerie Huff (Restoration Botany) ‘Building Climate Resilient Butterfly Habitat’ is a three-year project with the Kootenay Native Plant Society, Selkirk College and BC Parks. This project is part of the Pollination Pathway Climate Adaptation Initiative, a program of the Kootenay Native Plant Society. …
We had another incredible season with our 52 student rangers. We had a chance to catch up with a few of them at the end of their terms to learn about a few of the projects they accomplished. The Student Ranger Program, now in its fifth year, is made possible through funding from the BC …
Across the province, $180,000 has recently been allocated from the Park Enhancement Fund (PEF) for community BC Parks projects to be completed by March 31, 2023. Over the years, BC Parks has funded community groups to lead projects that greatly enhance BC Parks and enrich the public’s enjoyment of parks, while protecting cultural and conservation …