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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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Biocleaning station installed at Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park
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To protect bats against the spread of the deadly White Nose Syndrome (WNS), BC Parks has installed a biocleaning station at Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park. Believed to be the first of its kind in Canada, the biocleaning station helps remove fungal spores from the virus that causes WNS. Visitors walk along an astroturf mat…
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New name for provincial park a welcome change
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Looking at the signs with the new Indigenous name for Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, Chief Oliver Arnouse of the Little Shuswap Lake Indian Band cannot help but feel proud. It has been at least 10 years since the band initially approached BC Parks about changing the name to the Secwepemc name Tsútswecw (pronounced choo-chwek) to…
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Salute to the Sockeye draws crowds from near and far
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Soichi Okano couldn’t believe what he was seeing when he went to the sockeye salmon run at the Adams River 24 years ago. Walking beside the turbulent water, the aspiring photographer from Japan tingled with excitement as he watched thousands of crimson-red salmon return home to spawn. That moment has prompted the 51-year-old to return…
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Adaptive recreation equipment changing lives in BC Parks
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Enjoying a sunny day on a sandy beach, paddleboarding on a pristine lake with friends, and exploring the mountains in B.C.’s provincial parks are something Debra McDonald never thought she’d do again once she got her wheelchair. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in 1997, it took 13 years before the outdoor enthusiast from Revelstoke wound…
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Student rangers end first summer on a high note
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Looking back at her first summer spent working as a BC Parks student ranger, Emma McGrath has a list of projects that fill her with pride. On one occasion, McGrath and her crew hopped into a helicopter and flew to Wedgemount Lake in Garibaldi Provincial Park to spend four cloudless days rebuilding part of the…
