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(cover photo: Boya Lake / Destination BC)
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BC Parks and the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup: 2016
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2016 was BC Parks’ fifth year partnering to support the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup as a Conservation Supporter. We are happy to report that it was a successful year with community groups as well as BC Parks’ staff organizing and hosting cleanup events in many of our Provincial Parks. These events are a great way…
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Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park – making the shoreline more resilient to climate change
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If you go to Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park’s main parking lot area and follow the trail to the beach you may be surprised to learn that just a few months ago, there was a 650 m long, >1 m high concrete seawall along the shoreline. The seawall was built in 1971 to prevent logs from…
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The salmon run has begun in BC Parks
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Ah autumn – cooler weather, brilliant colours, shorter days and the heady scent of the earth as it prepares itself for winter. The change in seasons brings with it the chance to witness one of nature’s more poignant spectacles – the salmon run. Each year, in rivers and waterways across BC, thousands upon thousands of…
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Measuring Change in BC’s Parks
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In 2011, BC Parks launched its Long-term Ecological Monitoring, or LTEM, project. This project is designed to measure environmental change over a long period of time. Parks provide relatively pristine areas in which to do this, and can teach us a lot about how the environment responds to climate change. Our LTEM plots measure either…
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Get Your Bear-ings!
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I’ve been a Ranger for two seasons now and can’t count the number of times I’ve given my “bear aware” talk to visitors on the trails. Wildlife education is one of the greatest tools we can use to keep people safe from bears and bears safe from people. For those of us who love being…
