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Alberta’s Parks and Protected Areas New Brunswick Environmental Network Workshop Heather Lazaruk, Sr. Systems Planner Feb 22, 2016 Alberta’s Parks and Protected Areas Classification # Total ha Governing Legislation National Parks 5 5,406,315 Canada National Parks Act National Wildlife Areas 4 45,382 Canada Wildlife Act Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuaries 2 11,955 Migratory Birds Convention Act 11 5,463,653 Wilderness Areas 3 100,988 Ecological Reserves 15 26,843 Natural Areas 139 129,942 Heritage Rangelands 3 46,366 Provincial Parks 81 222,746 Wildland Provincial Parks 44 3,022,612 Provincial Recreation Areas 220 139,120 1 459,671 Wilmore Wilderness Act 506 4,148,290 6.26% of Alberta Total Federal Wilmore Wilderness Park Total Provincial 1887 – Banff National Park 1932 – 1st 8 Provincial Parks 1949 – Richardson Migratory Bird Sanctuary 1953 – 1st Natural Area 1959 – Wilmore Wilderness 8.25% of Alberta WAERNAHR Act Provincial Parks Act 1965 – 1st Wilderness Area 1968 – 1st National Wildlife Area 1982 – 1st Provincial Recreation Area 1987 – 1st Ecological Reserve 1995 – 2001 – Special Places Program 2003 – 1st Heritage Rangeland 3 Establishing Protected Areas 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Global Reputation and Environmental Leadership Growth of the Industrial Economy Land Use Framework – Regional Plans Plan for Parks – Strategic Plan Parks System Frameworks 4 conservation people System Frameworks Conservation Framework Recreation Framework Natural Region Natural Region Sub-region Park Setting Natural Landscape Types Activity Type Natural Landscape Components Activity Subtype Natural Features Individual Experience Parks Classification Class Purpose Differentiating Uses Objective Provincial Recreation Areas Established to provide or facilitate outdoor recreation opportunities (typically facility based). Often provide support facilities or access to lakes, rivers, reservoirs and adjacent crown land for outdoor recreation pursuits. Front-country facility based recreation; staging areas • • Recreation Local Tourism Provincial Parks Established to protect natural (and cultural) heritage of provincial significance or greater, where nature-based recreation, tourism and learning objectives are also significant and are dependent on / compatible with conservation objective Front country facilities + natural environment recreation opportunities • • • • Conservation Recreation Learning Provincial Tourism Natural Areas Established to preserve natural or near natural sites of local significance and provide self-guided nature-based recreation opportunities (largely small, remnant natural spaces, surrounded by modified landscapes) With no regulations, recreation has been difficult to manage toward the class intent • • Conservation Recreation Wildland Provincial Parks Established for the protection of large, undisturbed wilderness landscapes while providing opportunities for compatible backcountry recreation and traditional activities Backcountry; Hunting, trapping allowed; OHVs on trails • Wilderness Conservation Wilderness Recreation Established for the protection of the natural heritage and wilderness of Willmore Backcountry; Hunting, trapping allowed; no OHVs; disposition-free • Willmore Wilderness Park • • Wilderness Conservation Wilderness Recreation Heritage Rangelands Established for the preservation of representative areas of Alberta's prairie grasslands, using traditional grazing / ranching to maintain the grassland ecology. Backcountry; access only with permission of grazing lease-holder; hunting • Grassland Conservation Ecological Reserves Established for the strict preservation of natural heritage in an undisturbed state primarily for scientific research /education (NB – scientific objective largely un-achieved – role subsumed by large areas established during Special Places) Foot access only; No hunting; dispositionfree • • • Scientific Research Conservation Learning Wilderness Areas Established for the strict protection of wilderness, where visitors can experience solitude and non-consumptive, nature-based wilderness opportunities on foot Backcountry foot access only; no hunting; disposition-free • Strict Wilderness Conservation 11