Spying another busy season for Alberta, the government has decided to increase fees slightly for campsite users, but officials say there s nothing secret about the move.
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has yet to release details on how it will "optimize" the province's parks by getting other people to run them.It's bee.
Alberta Expands World’s Largest Protected Boreal Forest – February 11, 2021
At a news conference in Edmonton, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney announces his government is planning a 143,800-hectare expansion of the protected forest in the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland and turning it into a provincial park. The forest is the largest contiguous protected boreal forest area in the world.
The premier also responds to questions about Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout. He is joined by Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon, Chief Peter Powder of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, and Rob Broen, president and CEO of the Athabasca Oil Corporation.
EDMONTON Alberta, home to the world s largest protected area of boreal landscape, is moving to expand and turn it into a provincial park. Government officials announced on Thursday a 143,800-hectare expansion of protected area connecting the Birch River Wildland and Richardson Wildland provincial parks in the Alberta s northeastern corner. The Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland will become a provincial park if a 30-day public consultation period goes well. Most people think of mountains and prairies when they think of Alberta, however, the boreal region within our province s north half is vast and remarkably important, Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon said. The region s wetlands and forest also serve as the lungs of the province, and its waterways connect with the continental network of others, making its preservation critical.