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Live Your Best Summer in Parks with DiscoverParks.ca and Park Ambassadors!
May 27, 2025Live Your Best Summer in Parks with DiscoverParks.ca and Park Ambassadors! Are you thinking about enjoying your fabulous parks this summer? Starting June 6, BC...Continue reading… -
BC Conservation Fund Gets Rolling
May 26, 2025BC Conservation Fund Gets Rolling A first-of-its-kind initiative in the province, the BC Conservation Fund is now...Continue reading… -
Berg Lake Trail Reopens in Mount Robson Park—and Discover Parks Ambassadors will be There All Summer
May 26, 2025A hiker takes in the majestic beauty of Emperor Falls on the Berg Lake Trail in Mount Robson Park Berg Lake Trail Reopens in Mount Robson Park—and Discover Parks Ambassadors will...Continue reading… -
Neighbours, Nature, and a $50,000 Gift: Leah and Rendal’s Backyard Legacy
May 26, 2025Neighbours, Nature, and a $50,000 Gift: Leah and Rendal’s Backyard Legacy Leah and Rendal live in Kamloops, in a neighbourhood tucked against the forested...Continue reading… -
How New Trail Tools Are Helping BC Parks Visitors Understand Dynamic Landscapes
May 26, 2025How New Trail Tools Are Helping BC Parks Visitors Understand Dynamic Landscapes On a scorching day in June 2021, a massive slab of granite broke away from the...Continue reading… -
Roots, Romance, and Resolve—Roland and Anne Neave's Lifelong Commitment to Wells Gray Park
April 21, 2025Helmcken Falls, Wells Gray Park Roots, Romance, and Resolve—Roland and Anne Neave's Lifelong Commitment to Wells Gray Park In the heart...Continue reading… -
How Canada Can Ensure All Children & Youth Have Access to High-Quality & Action-Oriented Environmental Learning
April 17, 2025National Environmental Learning Forum Advisory Committee including BC Parks Foundation’s Laura Hergott, farthest left. Photo by Re-Nature Foundation. How Canada...Continue reading… -
BC Parks Foundation and Vancouver Art Gallery Partner to Promote Health Through Nature and Art
April 7, 2025BC Parks Foundation and Vancouver Art Gallery Partner to Promote Health Through Nature and Art Starting today, healthcare professionals registered with BC...Continue reading… -
New BC Parks Program Calls on Climbers for Help Solving a Big Bat Mystery
March 25, 2025BC’s endangered Little Brown Bat - Myotis lucifugus New BC Parks Program Calls on Climbers for Help Solving a Big Bat Mystery Where do...Continue reading… -
Sharman Learie: A Life Spent Outdoors, A Legacy of Protected Spaces
March 25, 2025Sharman Learie: A Life Spent Outdoors, A Legacy of Protected Spaces Sharman Learie has spent his life outside. As Co-Chair of the Adventure...Continue reading… -
A Forever Forest: A Community Unites to Protect the Puntledge Forest
March 25, 2025A Forever Forest: A Community Unites to Protect the Puntledge Forest Thanks to an extraordinary community effort, the beloved Puntledge Forest is now...Continue reading… -
You Helped BC Parks Foundation Win an International Award for Sustainability
March 24, 2025You Helped BC Parks Foundation Win an International Award for Sustainability BC Parks Foundation was founded on a simple concept: sustainability isn’t about...Continue reading… -
You Can Protect a Rare Juniper Ridge Natural Treasure!
February 19, 2025You Can Protect a Rare Natural Treasure Near Juniper Ridge! Today, you have a unique opportunity to protect an irreplaceable natural treasure forever.Continue reading… -
Celebrating Black History Month: A Day of Belonging at Peace Arch Park
February 19, 2025Celebrating Black History Month: A Day of Belonging at Peace Arch Park On a recent trip toContinue reading… -
Opening the Outdoors – Discover Parks Activities Now in American Sign Language
January 22, 2025Opening the Outdoors – Discover Parks Activities Now in American Sign Language Nature’s beauty is universal, but for many, its deeper lessons are not as easily...Continue reading… -
Design Your 2025 Nature Habit!
January 17, 2025Design Your 2025 Nature Habit! How much time do you spend in nature each week? Are you making the most of its health benefits? Research shows that just two...Continue reading… -
Let's Celebrate! Five BC Parks Foundation Highlights From 2024
December 23, 2024Let's Celebrate! Five BC Parks Foundation Highlights From 2024Continue reading… -
Halton Healthcare Makes History as the First Hospital System in Canada to Join PaRx
December 17, 2024Halton Healthcare Makes History as the First Hospital System in Canada to Join PaRx In a groundbreaking moment for healthcare and conservation in Canada,...Continue reading… -
Now You Can Explore BC Parks from Your Home
December 17, 2024Now You Can Explore BC Parks from Your Home Maybe you aren’t able to get out as much as you used to but still would love to explore parks. Or perhaps you are...Continue reading… -
Newcomers Find Hope and Home in Nature this Season
December 17, 2024Participants from REACH Community Health Centre enjoy the ferry ride to Bowen Island, ready for a day of joy and connection in nature, supported by the Spark Fund by BC Parks...Continue reading… -
Wild Is Cool: The Art of Turbo Bambi
November 26, 2024Artist Turbo Bambi poses on the shore of the Columbia River with one of her original designs for BC Parks Foundation. Wild Is Cool: The Art of Turbo BambiContinue reading… -
Success of BC Parks Foundation Highlighted on World Stage
November 26, 2024Success of BC Parks Foundation Highlighted on World Stage At the United Nation's Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Colombia, global leaders united to advance biodiversity...Continue reading… -
Funders Come Together to Protect Fragile Ecosystems on Southern Vancouver Island
November 25, 2024Funders Come Together to Protect Fragile Ecosystems on Southern Vancouver Island Over 200 acres of land—a large waterfront property in Sooke and a forested property in the...Continue reading… -
Over 1,800 Hectares of Prime Habitat Conserved for BC's Iconic Wildlife
November 25, 2024Over 1,800 Hectares of Prime Habitat Conserved for BC's Iconic Wildlife In a major step forward for wildlife conservation, over 1,800 hectares of critical habitat...Continue reading… -
Water Starts Flowing in One of the Largest Restoration Projects in Western Canada
November 25, 2024Water Starts Flowing in One of the Largest Restoration Projects in Western Canada Vancouver, BC – The taps have been turned on at Red Slough in one of the largest...Continue reading… -
“The Parks Are Part of Our Family”: Lynn Ledgerwood Protects Four Generations of Memories in BC Parks
November 25, 2024“The Parks Are Part of Our Family”: Lynn Ledgerwood Protects Four Generations of Memories in BC Parks For Lynn Ledgerwood of Squamish, BC Parks are a part of her...Continue reading… -
Run, Salmon, Run: 4 Jaw-Dropping Facts About the Chum’s Epic Journey
November 22, 2024Run, Salmon, Run: 4 Jaw-Dropping Facts About the Chum’s Epic Journey From the moment the tiny salmon fry hatches in the bed of Goldstream River, its epic journey begins, taking it...Continue reading… -
Not-So-Little Symphony: Recordings From Parks Bring Health Benefits to Those Who Need Them
October 30, 2024Peter from musical group Little Symphony records nature sounds in Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta (Photo by Aaron Reimer). Not-So-Little...Continue reading… -
Art Born From a Heatwave
October 30, 2024Art Born From a Heatwave Mussel Formations is an ongoing series by ceramic artist Clare Wilkening in response to the 2021 heatwave that devastated BC’s coastal shores....Continue reading… -
"For My Granddaughter": A Monthly Gift to Protect BC's Wild Spaces
October 30, 2024"For My Granddaughter": A Monthly Gift to Protect BC's Wild Spaces Imagine a gift that grows with each passing day, a legacy that spans vast forests, rugged mountains,...Continue reading… -
Stranger Living Things: 10 of the Spookiest Species Found in B.C.’s Parks
October 23, 2024Photo: Dog vomit slime in Naikoon Provincial Park by Jason Headley Around October we start to celebrate...Continue reading… -
From Skeptic to Believer: Celebrating One Million Nature Prescriptions with Author Misty Pratt
September 25, 2024From Skeptic to Believer: Celebrating One Million Nature Prescriptions with Author Misty PrattContinue reading… -
Researchers Make One of World’s Larger Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries in Spatsizi Park
September 25, 2024A caribou in front of the Skeena Mountains in Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park Researchers Make One of World’s Larger Dinosaur Fossil Discoveries in Spatsizi...Continue reading… -
A New Sanctuary – Rare and Pristine Forest and Creek Beside Gowlland Tod Park Now Protected Forever
September 24, 2024A New Sanctuary – Rare and Pristine Forest and Creek Beside Gowlland Tod Park Now Protected Forever Today marks a significant victory for BC’s least protected and rarest...Continue reading… -
Forever Protected: A Family's Legacy Expands Old Growth Protection Next to East Sooke Regional Park
September 24, 2024Forever Protected: A Family's Legacy Expands Old Growth Protection Next to East Sooke Regional...Continue reading… -
Next Stop Nature: How Being Healthy By Nature Led to an Obsession with Transit and Amazing LEGO® Creations
August 28, 2024Kai Bowes custom designs and builds model TransLink vehicles from LEGO® from scratch. Here he holds a replica of 2704, a 1982 Flyer E901A and a 2101, a 2005 New Flyer E40LF—the two buses Kai...Continue reading… -
A Leap of Nature: Celebrating BC's Wildflowers
August 28, 2024A Leap of Nature: Celebrating BC's Wildflowers In 1882, as famed evolutionary biologist Charles...Continue reading… -
Changing Lives and Landscapes with Colin Pritchard
August 28, 2024Colin Pritchard and Shauna Gardiner (coordinator for Vibrant Veggie Gardens) spend the day on Helen’s Acres Community Farm. Changing Lives and Landscapes with Colin...Continue reading… -
TrailRider Transforms Park Accessibility: From Everest Base Camp to Local Trails
August 28, 2024TrailRider Transforms Park Accessibility: From Everest Base Camp to Local Trails The TrailRider, a...Continue reading… -
Salish Sea Lands Protected Forever
August 23, 2024BC Parks Foundation, with support from the Wilson 5 Foundation and other donors, protect BC’s most fragile ecosystemsContinue reading… -
40 Acres on Salt Spring Island Protected Forever
August 23, 202440 Acres on Salt Spring Island Protected Forever In August 2022, when Dr. Penny Barnes,...Continue reading… -
10-Acre Marine Island Protected
August 23, 202410-acre Marine Island protected Just offshore from Lasqueti Island, near Sabine Channel Marine Park, Jedediah Island Marine Park, and Squitty Bay Provincial Park, Marine...Continue reading… -
Important Biodiversity and Land Protected in Smuggler Cove and Jeddah Point
August 23, 2024Important biodiversity and land protected in Smuggler Cove and Jeddah Point When Bill Henwood...Continue reading… -
Silent Rhapsody
July 30, 2024I am not the wind sent by the sea or mountains. I can’t soothe your soul the way A summer breeze makes branches move and leaves dance freely, Sometimes even coaxing the sturdy trees to forget their roots and sway in...Continue reading… -
From Survivor to Steward: Simran Sarai Helps You Discover Parks
July 30, 2024Simran with her family and their host at Camp Goodtimes From Survivor to Steward: Simran Sarai Helps You Discover ParksContinue reading… -
Roll to Good Health with PaRx and Lime
July 29, 2024Roll to Good Health with PaRx and Lime In an exciting new partnership, PaRx and Lime are joining...Continue reading… -
In Clayoquot Sound, Old-Growth Protection and a Conservation Economy
June 26, 2024In Clayoquot Sound, Old-Growth Protection and a Conservation Economy In a landmark achievement, the...Continue reading… -
Discover Parks Ambassadors Inspire New Generation of Nature Lovers
June 26, 2024Discover Parks Ambassadors Inspire New Generation of Nature Lovers As a child, Cheryl Kelly spent entire summers off the grid, living in a cabin with no electricity in the...Continue reading… -
Kwiakah First Nation Takes Bold Step Towards Conservation and a Thriving Future
June 26, 2024Kwiakah First Nation Takes Bold Step Towards Conservation and a Thriving Future The Kwiakah...Continue reading… -
Find Your Centre: 5 Ways Nature Can Ground You
June 18, 2024Find Your Centre: 5 Ways Nature Can Ground You When Cohen Bradley was a kid, he stood on the deck of...Continue reading… -
Appreciating a BC Parks Foundation Champion
June 13, 2024Appreciating a BC Parks Foundation Champion BC Parks Foundation supporters span the globe, but few travel the globe as extensively...Continue reading… -
Four Ways to Say Cedar Tree
June 6, 2024A culturally modified tree in Kanaka Bar, BC. Four Ways to Say Cedar Tree Parks across BC are portals that connect us to our past, present, and...Continue reading… -
“Full Circle Moment”: Young BC Newcomers to Lead Nature Walks For Their Communities
May 29, 2024Members of MOSAIC just before snowtubing on Cypress Mountain in February, 2024. One participant...Continue reading… -
Massive Park Expansion in West Vancouver, Twice the Size of Stanley Park, Supported by BC Parks Foundation
May 27, 2024Massive Park Expansion in West Vancouver, Twice the Size of Stanley Park, Supported by BC Parks Foundation More than 780 hectares of mountain forest is being protected and a new Cypress Hollyburn Legacy...Continue reading… -
5 Adventures to Celebrate Biodiversity in BC Parks
May 22, 20245 Adventures to Celebrate Biodiversity in BC Parks These days, more and more people are taking the time to reexamine their...Continue reading… -
Restoring Biodiversity in Metchosin Forever
May 7, 2024A Vital Connection to Restore Biodiversity in Metchosin is Protected Forever A dedicated group of Metchosin residents, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in Greater Victoria, has shown we can protect...Continue reading… -
Introducing Our New Apparel Line
April 30, 2024Shop These Happy Camper Items Now to Help Protect BC Forever In search of inspiration for BC Parks Foundation’s new apparel line, Manager of Brand...Continue reading… -
Announcing a New Collaboration Between PaRx and Evo Car Share
April 23, 2024PaRx and Evo Car Share are teaming up to make it easier for people in Greater Vancouver and Victoria to get closer to nature.Continue reading… -
Five Earth Day Activities to do in BC Parks!
April 17, 2024At BC Parks Foundation—the official charitable partner of BC Parks—our mission is to...Continue reading… -
Salt Spring Conservation Project Crowdfunding Campaign
April 17, 2024BC Parks Foundation, in collaboration with a group of conservation-minded Salt Spring Island residents, is working to purchase and protect 31.2 acres of land on the south end of...Continue reading… -
Women Making History in Nature: Yenny Yao
April 10, 2024Women Making History in Nature: Yenny Yao Yenny Yao's journey with Kamloops Immigrant Services (KIS) began in 2016 as a client. New to Canada,...Continue reading… -
Discoverparks.ca Officially Launches!
April 10, 2024Discoverparks.ca Officially Launches! Discover Your Next Adventure in a Provincial Park We're thrilled to announce the launch...Continue reading… -
A New PaRx Partner is Making it Easier to get Outside
April 10, 2024A New PaRx Partner is Making it Easier to get Outside and get Healthy PaRx, Canada’s nature...Continue reading… -
Iconic Area On BC's Central Coast Now Protected
April 10, 2024Iconic Area On BC's Central Coast Now Protected Forever A historically important and ecologically rich...Continue reading… -
Giving Back - BE THE GOOD Project
April 10, 2024Giving Back - BE THE GOOD Project Store owners in Kimberley, BC have redefined what it means to be a good neighbour to nature, not only in the...Continue reading… -
Critical Research Initiatives: French Creek's Bald Eagles
April 10, 2024Critical Research Initiatives underway in French Creek for the protection of Bald Eagles and Great blue Herons! Two critical research projects are...Continue reading… -
Become A Discover Parks Ambassador
April 10, 2024Exciting Opportunities To Become A Discover Parks Ambassador Now Available As spring and summer approach, exciting park programs are on the horizon!...Continue reading… -
25x25 Visits Silver Star Provincial Park
April 10, 202425x25 Visits Silver Star Provincial Park The Vernon Outdoors Club and the BC Parks Foundation teamed up to teach almost 30 children and their...Continue reading… -
Celebrating Colour The Trails and Black History Month
April 10, 2024Equitable Trails: Celebrating Colour The Trails' Impact During Black History Month! February is Black History Month...Continue reading… -
Deep Bay Habitat Protected Forever
April 10, 2024Deep Bay Protected Forever An ecologically sensitive habitat on Vancouver Island, near Courtenay/Comox, is now protected, thanks to...Continue reading… -
Celebrating Colour The Trails' and Black History Month
April 10, 2024Equitable Trails: Celebrating Colour The Trails' Impact During Black History Month! February is Black History Month...Continue reading… -
Spark Grant For An Accessible Goldstream Park
April 10, 2024Breaking Barriers: Spark Grant Facilitates Accessible Adventure to Goldstream Park BC Park Ambassadors were thrilled to...Continue reading… -
Mount Seymour Welcomes Winter Explorers
April 10, 2024Mount Seymour Welcomes Winter Explorers: Discover Park Ambassadors Ensure Safe and Informed AdventuresContinue reading… -
Squamish Watershed Society's Dynamic Approach!
April 10, 2024Empowering Nature Research: Squamish Watershed Society's Dynamic Approach! The Squamish River Watershed Society...Continue reading… -
Leaders in Health and Sustainability Gather to Celebrate PaRx!
April 10, 2024Leaders in Health and Sustainability Gather to Celebrate PaRx! Dozens of leaders and supporters of health and sustainability gathered...Continue reading… -
Protecting a Ranch in the Cariboo Chilcotin
April 10, 2024Setting the Bar High: Protecting a Ranch in the Cariboo Chilcotin The BC Parks Foundation has acquired a 255 hectare ranch in...Continue reading… -
Protected: Galiano Island Garry Oak Ecosystem
April 10, 2024Protected: A Sensitive Galiano Island Garry Oak Ecosystem BC Parks Foundation has partnered with the Galiano Conservancy Association (GCA),...Continue reading… -
Spark Fund Empowers Birds Canada
April 10, 2024The Spark Fund Empowers Birds Canada To Combine Recreation...Continue reading… -
PaRx Partnerships with Museum Of Nature and Toronto Zoo
April 10, 2024Through Partnerships With The Canadian Museum Of Nature And The Toronto...Continue reading… -
Woodland Waterfront On Galiano Is Now Protected
April 10, 2024Congratulations! Beautiful Woodland Waterfront On Galiano Is Now...Continue reading… -
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My Time as a Discover Parks Ambassador
January 17, 2023After a successful summer with our Discover Parks Ambassadors creating memorable experiences for Park...Continue reading… -
Morrison Creek Headwaters - A Life Long Fascination
December 5, 2022Jan Gemmell, President of Morrison Creek Streamkeepers, gives insight into what makes Morrison Creek such a special wetland.Continue reading… -
How Did Wildlife Fare During COVID?
September 14, 2022How Did Human Activity During COVID Lockdowns Impact Wildlife? New research using camera traps examines the impacts of human activities on wildlife before, during and...Continue reading… -
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Saving Parks and Saving Lives
January 25, 2022How Bob Pettit’s love of nature and desire to fight cancer led him to BC’s parks and wild places If we asked you to name the most remarkable and interesting people you know, who would choose? On our...Continue reading… -
Things aren't always how they SOUND
August 11, 2021Things aren't always what they sound like. Author: Sandra Al-Samman, Discover Parks Ambassador, summer...Continue reading… -
Meet the Team
July 9, 2021This month, we are featuring our fantastic team and getting to know them a little bit more. Read on to learn about all the people who work so hard here at the BC Parks Foundation answering your emails, your calls, and...Continue reading… -
Leaving things better than you found them: a way of life.
August 14, 2020At the end of July, I went to the Juan de Fuca trail with an old friend and eight teenagers. Some of them had never been camping or hiking long distance. We hiked 56kms along the...Continue reading… -
Reconnecting with the health benefits of nature: Q&A with Dr. Melissa Lem
May 14, 2020The global pandemic has changed the way we interact with one another and our communities. Here in B.C., we're fortunate to not be put under as strict stay-at-home orders as other regions. But what does the pandemic mean for spending...Continue reading… -
'Tis the Season: 13 Surprisingly Festive Species Found in B.C.'s Parks
December 17, 2019Photo: Clark's nutcracker in Myra-Bellevue Park by Jason Headley Come December, much of our province is under snow or hunkering down during windstorms, and a bit...Continue reading… -
Exploring Haida Gwaii and the Biodiversity of B.C.’s Parks with iNaturalist
September 5, 2019Looking westward over Naikoon and North Beach from Tow Hill As I stood in the middle of a wetland clearing, surrounded by Sitka spruce trees dripping with moss and...Continue reading… -
Using Technology to Make the Most out of Every Adventure
June 20, 2019Photo by Maria...Continue reading… -
How British Columbians Can Help British Columbia
June 11, 2019BC has the world’s sixth largest park system That’s over 14 million hectares across more than 1,000 protected areas – which is something we can all be proud of. However,...Continue reading… -
Connecting with Indigenous Languages in BC's Parks
May 30, 2019Last year, BC Parks renamed three provincial parks to reflect their historic and cultural significance, using local First Nations languages: Brooks Peninsula Provincial Park on Vancouver Island is now Mquqwin/Brooks Peninsula...Continue reading… -
Keeping the Magic Alive at Robson Bight Ecological Reserve
November 15, 2018Here is a guest blog by our good friends at Cetus Research & Conservation Society, a non-profit dedicated to protecting marine mammals in the wild. It's an example of the kind of work that needs funding to keep the...Continue reading… -
Canada's Chief Public Health Officers/Medical Officers of Health recommend unstructured and independent active play for children and youth
June 23, 2018Earlier this summer, the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health (CCMOH) released a Statement supporting and endorsing earlier work on the important of outdoor active play. The main statement is that: "Access to active...Continue reading…
“You want to create space in your consciousness for your frequency to shine through. That’s what owning yourself is all about. It is in the stillness that these messages can make themselves known. And you needn’t look further than nature.
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