As BC Parks and protected areas cover approximately 14.7% of the province’s land base, what role do we play in helping prevent wildfires? For decades, BC Parks has been working on wildfire prevention projects both inside and outside of parks and protected areas. Since 2018, a permanent and specialized BC Parks team of forest and …
To celebrate the UN’s International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, we’re highlighting Karl Ricker, a member and volunteer of the Whistler Naturalists. Karl has measured the shrinking Wedgemount Glacier in Garibaldi Park every year since 1973 until his retirement in 2023. He documented 700 metres of recession on Wedgemount Glacier over his 50 years of surveys. …
Over the past few years, BC Parks has seen an increase in extreme weather events that have significantly impacted several parks. The atmospheric river in fall 2021 left long-lasting impacts in parks that we are still working to repair. Coquihalla Canyon Park, home to the Othello Tunnels, is one of those parks and work continues …
Since 2022, BC Parks has been rebuilding the Berg Lake Trail, after a major flood washed out part of the trail and damaged other facilities like bridges and picnic tables. We have a three-phase plan to rebuild and reopen the trail, which is set to be completed in 2025. We’re working with experts and partners …
Coquihalla Canyon Park, home to the Othello Tunnels, experienced extensive damage during extreme rain and flooding in November 2021. Since then, the park has remained closed as structures such as bridges and tunnels have been compromised, rendering them unsafe for public access. Read on to learn more about why the park remains closed and unsafe …