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 …
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 …
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 …
Across the province, $360,000 has been allocated from the Park Enhancement Fund (PEF) for community led BC Parks projects to be completed by March 31, 2024. Revenue from the sale …
Guest blog by Finn McGhee Beginning in 2019, the BC Parks iNaturalist Project has employed teams to conduct biodiversity surveys throughout the province, focusing on protected areas including provincial parks, …
Everyone working in, partnering with, and visiting the 1,000+ parks and protected areas in B.C. plays a role in the conservation of these incredible places. Within BC Parks, we are …
As part of our BC Parks team, we have eight amazing conservation specialists who work as park biologists across B.C. We asked 3 of them – Erica, Lori and Kirk …
Last spring, we shared details about parks that were impacted by extreme weather and flooding in 2021. Parks are still dealing with lasting impacts We wanted to take this opportunity …
In March 2022, BC Parks and the Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Recovery Project released a record 5,400 Taylor’s Checkerspot butterfly larvae in Helliwell’s coastal bluff meadow over a three-week period. There …
The BC Parks Living Lab Program has been supporting researchers to monitor climate change impacts on local plant phenology – the timing of seasonally reoccurring events such as bud break, …