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In addition to new provincial parks proper, other park-like areas were established by other government departments: the Department of Highways and Transport had network of roadside campgrounds for the new wave of automotive tourists and the Alberta Forest Service had a network of recreation areas in forested regions to divert backcountry ...
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]
There are several different departments and agencies that deal with land use in Alberta, however Alberta's provincial parks are managed by Alberta Parks, which since 2022 is part of the Ministry of Forestry, Parks and Tourism [2] whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta, as well as the Ministry of Environment and ...
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in Woodlands County , Alberta , Canada . The park is 7,903 hectares (19,530 acres) in area and was established in 1997. [ 3 ]
It is a long strip of land just east of the more famous Canadian Rocky Mountain parks, which is managed for forest and water conservation, public recreation, and industrial goals, rather than aesthetic and preservation goals, as in the Rocky Mountain parks. Forest reserves were established for "...(1) the reserving of timber supplies, (2) the ...
Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas are managed by Alberta Parks and Alberta Government's ministry of Alberta Environment and Parks whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta. As of December 2023, the province of Alberta manages 77 provincial parks and 34 wildland provincial parks.
Calling Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in Alberta, Canada.It is a boreal forest reserve located 55 km (34 mi) north of Athabasca on Highway 813, and 186 km (116 mi) north of Edmonton, on the southern shore of Calling Lake.
Alberta Forestry, Parks and Tourism La Biche River Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northern Alberta , Canada. The park was established on 6 June 2000 and had an area of 16,843.975 hectares (41,622.37 acres; 65.03 sq mi). [ 3 ]