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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
BC Parks Made me a Citizen Scientist!
Categories: Community Engagement | Conservation | Volunteer
Written by Crystal Mason In 2019 my partner and I volunteered for the BC Parks Citizen Science Wildlife Monitoring Program to install and monitor a trail camera in the Coquihalla area. The...
Top 3 Reasons to Become a Student Ranger
Categories: BC Parks Licence Plate Program | Our People
Picture this, you’re a new hire to the 2020 Student Ranger Program and are about to meet your crew for the first time. After introductions, you all load into the BC Parks truck and set out to the...
The Evolution of the Raven Lake Cabin
Categories: BC Parks News
Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Provincial Park, a local Prince George treasure, was established in 1999 to protect the old growth cedar, hemlock, spruce forests and sweeping alpine meadows. With nearly 24,000...
How to Become a BC Parks Student Ranger
Categories: BC Parks Licence Plate Program | Our People
Are you… a Canadian Citizen, permanent resident or individual granted refugee status in Canada; between 18 and 30 years old; a fulltime student within the past six months; inspired to...
Researchers Investigate how Vegetation is Changing at Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park
Categories: Conservation
The 26 kilometre-square lava plain left by the Tseax Volcano in the Nass Valley is an impressive central feature of the Nisga’a Memorial Lava Bed Park north of Terrace, B.C. The volcanic eruption...