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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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Visitor management at BC Parks – the Mount Seymour Provincial Park story
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If you’ve spent time at Mount Seymour Provincial Park, you’ve experienced its incredible splendor – an opportunity to experience forests, wetlands and alpine and a wide variety of recreation activities only kilometres from downtown Vancouver. Due to its proximity to the city, this park is no stranger to crowds. Mt Seymour is a popular park…
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Preventing human-goat conflicts in Valhalla Park
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Making sure attractants are secured is a common practice for many people when venturing into the great outdoors. But in Valhalla Park near Slocan B.C., an unsuspecting attractant is causing problems with local wildlife. Known as a scenic area perched in the high alpine of the Selkirk Mountains, a backcountry campground and rock climbing area…
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Kokanee Glacier Melt
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Since 2013, Brian Menounos’ team at UNBC has been doing research on the Kokanee Glacier just outside of Nelson in southeastern B.C. This work began as part of a five-year study of the cryosphere (frozen environments) in the Canadian portion of the Columbia River Basin. This project was carried out by the Canadian Columbia River…
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Camping Reservation Service: First Come, First Served
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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. We regularly share what we learn from our research sessions on this blog. In December 2022, we conducted usability testing with people who volunteered to take part in design…
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BC Parks Reservation Service: Myth Busting
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We love hearing your questions and comments about our reservation service. Sometimes we hear questions that make us realize we need to communicate better about some of the myths that have popped up over the years, and this blog aims to do just that. We want everyone to have a positive camping experience from your…
