By Kelly Cryderman, Calgary Herald October 29, 2010 Common fireweed wildflowers grow on a slope near Rock Isle in Banff National Park’s Sunshine Meadows. Photograph by: Courtesy, Krista Edwards Banff and Yoho national parks are considering a plan to allow climbing paths with ladders, metal rungs and bridges mounted into the rock — now that  [ Read More ]

New initiative supports bison return to Banff Photo and story by Rob Alexander | Rocky Mountain Outlook   Colin Wallace  A bull plains bison suns itself in Elk Island National Park. If bison are reintroduced to Banff National Park, photographs such as this could be taken in the Rocky Mountains. To help Parks Canada move  [ Read More ]

by Monica Andreeff Executive Director, Association for Mountain Parks, Protection and Enjoyment Oct. 13, 2010, BANFF, AB. ? Canadian Pacific and Parks Canada will form a five-year partnership to reduce grizzly bear deaths on the railway tracks through Banff National Park, underscored by $1 million earmarked for scientific research. “We are in a position to  [ Read More ]