BC Parks Foundation
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Thank You for the Best Summer Ever!
August 26, 2025This summer, Discover Parks Ambassadors connected with more people than ever before—over 175,000 visitors across BC’s provincial parks! From nature walks and amphitheatre programs, to Jerry’s Rangers graduations,...Continue reading… -
Connecting Millions to Nature: BC Parks Foundation Partners with Vancouver International Airport
August 26, 2025“YVR is British Columbia's gateway to the world, so when people arrive at our airport, we want them to feel the beauty of this spectacular place from the very first step.” —Richard Beed, Vice President People and Culture at...Continue reading… -
Youth Climate Corps BC Begins Conservation Work at Morrison Headwaters with BC Parks Foundation
August 26, 2025Morrison Headwaters—715 acres of wetlands, streams, and forests—was saved from logging in 2023 after thousands of British Columbians rallied to crowdfund more than $375,000 in just two months. Now, youth are working to...Continue reading… -
Icy Initiative offers a new way for visitors to help monitor Canada’s glaciers in national and provincial parks
August 7, 2025Icy Initiative offers a new way for visitors to help monitor Canada’s glaciers in national and provincial parksContinue reading… -
A Legacy of Adventure and Stewardship: Gibbons Whistler Joins Sea to Sky Legacy Fund
July 30, 2025"The places that move you should move you to protect them." — Sam Coutts, Director of Experiences, Gibbons Whistler A Legacy of Adventure and Stewardship:...Continue reading… -
Have Fun, Get It Done: Honouring Bill Merilees (1940–2025)
July 29, 2025Bill at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo in 2011, a conservation area he spent decades helping to expand. Have Fun, Get It Done: Honouring Bill Merilees...Continue reading…
“BC's parks are quite simply wonders. They are places of majesty and beauty. They are gathering places for families and communities. They are engines of our economy in attracting millions of tourists to our province. And they are sanctuaries to millions of plants and animals, creating the biodiversity that gives British Columbians the clean air and clean water so vital to our healthy existence.
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