by Province of British Columbia on Tuesday Jun 15 2021 George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy said the pilot program, as part of a comprehensive strategy, protects nature and improves managed access to parks and trails in places like Joffre Lakes Provincial Park. — Parks BC photo Better protection for the environment and new, expanded measures for British Columbians to access nature are coming to BC Parks this summer. To address the surge in visitors in five of the province’s most popular parks, new and revised initiatives are being introduced this season as part of the continued free day-use pass pilot program.