AMPPE challenges new user fees in National Parks on Alberta Prime Time, Friday Jan 20. In a televised debate with Kelly Sloan of CPAWS and University of Calgary professor Bob Page, AMPPE Executive Director Monica Andreeff supports increased federal investment, but not new user fees, in Banff and Jasper National Parks. Click here to watch the [ Read More ]
Monica Andreeff, Executive Director of AMPPE, discusses the Brewster Glacier Discovery walk on QR77 Radio. It was broadcast in Edmonton and Calgary on the mornings of Saturday January 14 and Sunday January 15, 2012. To Listen to the broadcast, click continue button below and select QR77 Interview on the next page. Share this:
To ensure that it was meeting visitor needs and remaining relevant to Canadians, Parks Canada approved a number of new recreational activities for national parks in 2010, including those with guided interpretive elements, which includes aerial parks, canopy tours, via ferrata and zip-lines (but not as a stand-alone activity); mountain biking; hang-gliding and paragliding; community [ Read More ]
Government of Canada Announces Woodland Caribou Captive Breeding Partnering Arrangement between Parks Canada, BC Government and Calgary Zoo Innovative project a cornerstone of Parks Canada’s Conservation Strategy for Southern Mountain Caribou in Canada’s National Parks Calgary, Alberta – November 25, 2011 –On behalf of the Honourable Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister and Minister responsible for [ Read More ]
BANFF, ALBERTA, December 8, 2011 – Parks Canada has announced a suite of enhanced environmental protection, visitor experience and educational actions along the Bow Valley Parkway in Banff National Park. Once implemented, these actions will ensure that the ecologically and culturally rich Bow Valley Parkway area is a productive environment for wildlife and a world-class [ Read More ]
By Cathy Ellis, Rocky Mountain Outlook — Parks Canada is commissioning a $50,000 study to identify new revenue sources to support its existing operations and enhance visitor experience in Canada’s national parks and historic sites. The revenue-generating study comes at a time the Harper government has ordered all federal government departments to slash five to [ Read More ]
Photo by Craig Douce, story by Cathy Ellis, Rocky Mountain Outlook A 17-kilometre section of the scenic Bow Valley Parkway will be off limits to people overnight each spring to protect sensitive wildlife and critical habitat, beginning in 2013. Parks Canada last week announced a mandatory seasonal evening travel restriction on the east end of [ Read More ]
Michelle Rempel, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment, will be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 29 AMPPE fundraising dinner at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. This is the 11th annual AMPPE (The Association for Mountain Parks, Protection & Enjoyment) fundraiser, a prestigious event attended by more than 200 of the tourism industry’s [ Read More ]
“The Haunting at The Castle” – a celebration of historic ghosts of the Canadian Rockies, is the theme for the 2011 AMPPE fundraiser at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel! Join us on Saturday, Oct. 29 for spine-tingling fun in the Van Horne Ballroom, with live music and dancing to the Bow Valley’s favourite party band TR3.There’ll be [ Read More ]
Copyright – Alberta Venture | Western Business Insight – http://albertaventure.com – by Annalise Klingbeil **** Tangle Ridge Viewpoint is a pullout stretching 500 metres along the west side of the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park. It has parking for 60 vehicles, and three viewpoints where tourists take in the spectacular mountain views. If [ Read More ]
