April. 22, 2013 – Calgary Herald Editorial Staff. Just think of the benefits: No puzzling over which tent pole goes where, no snapping at the kids as your half- erected shelter tips perilously sideways, no embarrassment as it collapses in the middle of the rainy night. Parks Canada deserves kudos for its proposal to erect  [ Read More ]

  Photograph by Parks Canada, Handout. Calgary Herald. Story by Colette Derworiz. April 16 2013.  Parks Canada bringing oTENTik to Banff and Kootenay by July. Think you might enjoy camping but prefer the comforts of home too much to live out of a tent for the weekend? Parks Canada has another option for you. Twenty oTENTik  [ Read More ]

Story by CBC Jasper National Park plans to ban backcountry skiing in high elevation areas from Nov. 1 to March 1 in an effort to protect woodland caribou from predators. Caribou are a threatened species. The animals move to higher elevations in the winter and the restrictions are necessary to protect them, according to John  [ Read More ]

Photo: Woodland caribou in Jasper National Park (Supplied , Alberta Wilderness Association) Story by Alexandra Zabjek, Edmonton Journal March 2, 2013 – EDMONTON – A plan to close vast swaths of Jasper National Park in hopes of preserving winter caribou habitat is meeting resistance from backcountry skiers, who say the proposal is being rushed through  [ Read More ]

Cathy Ellis, Rocky Mountain Outlook. January 17, 2013 Cross-country ski enthusiasts are setting tracks to open up new ski trails near the Banff townsite, including at Tunnel Mountain Campground. The Town of Banff, Parks Canada and the Association for Mountain Parks Protection and Enjoyment (AMPPE) are in talks on proposed new trails – but officials  [ Read More ]

(Photo by Canadian Press) Calgary Metro News, Jan. 9, 2013 – Story by Robson Fletcher. Parks Canada’s plan to privatize its hot springs continues to be controversial in Alberta’s mountain parks, particularly Jasper. The union representing hot springs workers expected 100 people to attend a meeting in Jasper Wednesday night on the privatization of the park’s  [ Read More ]

By Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald December 1, 2012 Mount Norquay will give up 40 per cent of its lease and bring in mitigation plans for traffic and wildlife in exchange for summer use at the historic ski resort in Banff National Park, according to its draft long-range plan. The plan, released Thursday at a public  [ Read More ]

Calgary Herald -  Story by Colette Derworiz – November 10, 2012 From playing baseball with a dead pigeon, trying to ride a deer in the Banff townsite and luring a grizzly bear with meat from a tour bus, visitors have been rough on wildlife in the national parks over the past year. But a planning  [ Read More ]

Rocky Mountain Outlook – Story by Cathy Ellis – September 27, 2012 Traffic jams and parking chaos caused by thousands of hikers wanting to admire golden larch trees near Moraine Lake have re-ignited calls for cash-strapped Parks Canada to fund public transportation to tourism hotspots in Banff National Park. Mounties and park law enforcement staff  [ Read More ]

Rocky Mountain Outlook – Story by Cathy Ellis – September 20, 2012 Parks Canada is trying to get word out to hikers about alternatives in the Lake Louise area for viewing spectacular larch trees turning colour in a bid to avoid chaos experienced at Moraine Lake last year. Parks is also working with the RCMP  [ Read More ]

Rocky Mountain Outlook – Story by Cathy Ellis – August 16, 2012 – Parks Canada is looking for a contractor to do a major facelift at Vermillion Lakes. The tender for the project is listed on Merx, Canada’s leading electronic-tendering service. An optional site visit for interested contractors was scheduled for last week and the  [ Read More ]

CTV Calgary – Kevin Fleming talks to Parks Canada – Published Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 - An alarming number of bears are being killed on highways in Banff National park and in many cases it is the drivers who are to blame. To watch the CTV Broadcast click here: http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/bruins-getting-bashed-on-alberta-highways-1.917698 So far this year, 14 black  [ Read More ]

Rocky Mountain Outlook – Story by Cathy Ellis - August 16, 2012 – Construction is underway on Brewster Travel Canada’s controversial commercial tourist attraction on the Icefields Parkway – and conservationists are raising concerns for mountain goats there. Conservationists, who point to the fact there’s been no long-term research on goats in that area to accurately  [ Read More ]

In a story on CBC-TV Aug. 13th, questions were raised by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) about the impact that the GranFondo cycling event will have on wildlife. This broadcast includes commentary from Banff visitors, who see cycling as the best possible way to explore the park; Parks Canada’s plan to manage human-wildlife interactions; and AMPPE Executive  [ Read More ]

Story by Eric Plummer, The Hinton Parklander, May 4, 2012 Jasper National Park is cutting back on its services as a result of reductions in federal funding. The positions of 41 of the park’s 340 employees will be affected by $6 million worth of cutbacks from the 2012 federal budget. Eighteen jobs within the park are  [ Read More ]

Story by Ed Struzik, Edmonton Journal, May 7, 2012  (This article also appeared in the Ottawa Citizen and the Calgary Herald) EDMONTON – More than one in eight of Jasper National Park’s 340 employees will lose their jobs or be invited to apply for other positions in the coming months to deal with massive cutbacks  [ Read More ]

Cathy Ellis – Rocky Mountain Outlook – May 3, 2012 Parks Canada was one of the hardest hit agencies in the federal government’s latest round of job cuts – and the mountain national parks have not been spared, including flagship Banff. The federal agency issued 1,689 notices to employees across the country on Monday (April  [ Read More ]

Cathy Ellis – Rocky Mountain Outlook – May 3, 2012 Parks Canada plans to privatize the operations of its famed hot springs in the mountain national parks, including the Upper Hot Springs in Banff National Park. The federal agency will invite private sector proposals to take over operation of the Canadian Rockies Hot Springs, which  [ Read More ]

Story by Cathy Ellis, The Rocky Mountain Outlook. The Harper government has slashed Parks Canada’s budget by $29 million over the next three years, including a $6 million cut this year, drawing swift fire from both environmental and business lobby groups. What the cuts mean for the mountain national parks, including Banff, is not yet  [ Read More ]

The Fitzhugh              Written by: Robson Fletcher Jasper, Alberta – February 09, 2012-  A species of shy and elusive waterfowl continues to be a source of controversy between Parks Canada and a tourism advocacy group. For more than a decade now, the mid-Maligne River has been closed to commercial rafting and other recreational boating as a  [ Read More ]

On January 27, 2012 “The Current” CBC Radio Show considered issues facing Canada’s national parks today.  The focus of discussion was on the Brewster Glacier Discovery Walk and the need to balance increasing visitors to our Banff National Park with ecological integrity. AMPPE board member David Bayne provides some comments along with Andrew Campbell, Vice President of  [ Read More ]

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.