Operation Unplugged Parks Canada has partnered with HLP+Partners, Glassbox TV, and Via Rail to produce Operation Unplugged, a six episode documentary-adventure series that will air on the Travel+Escape channel starting February 21, 2012. Operation Unplugged follows eight young urbanites as they trade-in their “techno-dependent” lifestyles for an “unplugged” summer in Canada’s national parks, national historic sites  [ Read More ]

Although it is voluntary this year, in 2013 the travel restriction will become mandatory from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. For wildlife habitat security reasons, Parks Canada plans to install gates to keep out hikers, cyclists, and cars until June 27th, every year. AMPPE plans to work closely with Parks Canada to ensure that visitor  [ Read More ]

Government of Canada Announces Decision on Glacier Discovery Walk Proposal Environmental Assessment Ottawa, Ontario, February 9, 2012 – Today, the Honourable Peter Kent, Canada‟s Environment Minister and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the decision to move forward with negotiations with Brewster Travel Canada‟s proposal for a Glacier Discovery Walk project on the Icefields Parkway  [ Read More ]

The Globe and Mail Update                       Written by:  Dawn Walton Calgary, Alberta – February 1, 2012 – Parks Canada has delayed making a decision on a controversial multi-million dollar tourist attraction proposed for Jasper National Park in order to digest the flood of public comments it has received. The Rocky Mountain park’s superintendent, Greg Fenton, was  [ Read More ]

The Globe and Mail             Written by: Dawn Walton Calgary, Alberta – January 30, 2011 – Glacier Discovery Walk is imagined as a 400-metre interpretative trail that meanders along a Rocky Mountain cliff-side leading to a glass-floored observation platform, which juts 30 metres out, and 280 metres above, the Sunwapta Valley in Jasper National Park. The  [ Read More ]

Peter Kent, the Minister of Environment, was in Banff National Park  Jan, 27 to announce plans for the re-introduction of plains bison. Although the old Banff Buffalo Paddock was removed in the late 1990s after the Banff Bow Valley Study, the goal in the bison restoration project is to return the hairy herbivores to free-range across lands they historically inhabited  [ 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.  

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 ]