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Parks Canada Asks Public For Input To Help Shape The Future Of The Parks. PLEASE Make YOUR Voice Heard In Support Of Buffer Zones.
The following article encouraged me to paticipate in the public forum Parks Canada has created in order to revise a new management plan for the 7 National Parks in the Central Rocky Mountains.
Please take the time to make YOUR voice heard to provide wolves and other wildlife with extra protection by establshing Buffer Zones around the Parks, as the Canadian Wolf Coalition and thousands of concerned individuals requested.
Contribute to the dialogue once it is up and going, and lets ensure that wolves and true wilderness have a healthy future within these exquisite areas. If you are having technical problems....STICK WITH IT!!! It is important to ensure that this "public discussion" is easy to access.
Most sincerely, Sadie Parr
Parks wants management plan input from the public
Posted By Larissa Barlow
| The Crag and Canyon Newspaper |
By Larissa Barlow
Parks Canada wants the public to get involved in their management review process.
Banff National Park superintendent Kevin Van Tighem spoke to council May 25 giving an update on the management plan process.
This will be the first time Canada’s seven mountain national parks are working together to update their management plans.
Parks is working on a short timeline for the review, as it will be tabled a year from now.
“We’re under the gun to get this thing done,” Van Tighem said.
He is encouraging the community to join the discussion and give their input into the process.
Online discussions are taking place and to join, send an email to parks.chats@pc.gc.ca and you will be sent a link to a website with a unique username and password to enter.
“It’s our chance to canvas the people of Canada and bring their perspectives into the park,” Van Tighem said.
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He said the goal is to make the plan easier to read and more accessible to the public.
He admitted the existing plan is “a very busy document” and the new one will be written with more “visual language.”
While the process is underway, Van Tighem assured Banff council that any information gathered from previous meetings or consultations with concerned groups will not be lost.
“We’re not going to lose ground on the gains we’ve made,” he said.
Items like advisory groups, cell tower placement and backcountry lodges in declared wilderness areas will be discussed. The plan will also be updated to include the new regulations on the Banff airstrip.
Coun. John Gibson asked if the proposed closure of the Bow Valley Parkway was a done deal. Van Tighem said that was not the case and every proposal will be thoroughly looked at.
“We’re not going to do anything that’s going to jeopardize the interests of our stakeholders, especially local businesses,” he said.
A draft management plan will be put out in the fall for consultation.
“At the end of the day, this is possibly the most visionary attempt of wiring a plan I’ve ever seen,” Van Tighem said.