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Alberta's system of provincial parks began with the striking of a committee on parks by then Premier J. E. Brownlee in 1929. This led to the passage of the Provincial Parks and Protected Areas Act in 1930 and the formation of the Provincial Board of Management to oversee the system.
Before the addition of Kitaskino Nuwenëné WPP, the parks protect 67,735 square kilometres (26,153 sq mi), almost twice the size of Vancouver Island. [11] Being connected to the other protected areas, the park protects the range of migratory animals: the Red Earth caribou herd and the Ronald Lake bison herd. [12]
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The Ministry of Forestry and Parks (MFP) is a creation of the Alberta government. As of July 2024, it was led by Todd Loewen and its mandate was "To grow Alberta's manufactured wood products and forestry sector, preserving and managing Alberta's public lands and provincial parks." [1] [2] [3]
Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is in Kananaskis Country about 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Calgary, along the Kananaskis Trail in Alberta, Canada. This park is within Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The park was originally named Kananaskis Provincial Park, but was renamed after Peter Lougheed, premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985, when he retired ...
Alberta Parks [5] Whitehorse Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in west- central Alberta , Canada. The park was established on 26 August 1998 and had an area of 17,439.886 hectares (43,094.90 acres; 67.34 sq mi). [ 4 ]
Alberta Parks. 14 November 2018. New Park Provides Needed Safeguards for One of Canada's 10 Longest Wild Rivers, World Wildlife Fund, 17 May 2018; Allen, Lorna; Johnson, J Derek (2007). Small Patch Communities of Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park (PDF). Edmonton: Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture. ISBN 978-0-7785-7304-3.
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism Grizzly Ridge Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta , Canada. The park was established on 14 April 1999 and has an area of 10,706.07 hectares (26,455.28 acres; 41.34 sq mi). [ 4 ]