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Rewilding Magazine

“Imagine this: a safe passage for endangered species like the short-eared owl and red-headed woodpecker, a private habitat for moose, deer and black bears, a commitment to conservation that honours the land’s history and secures its future.”

#rewilding #corridors #canada #manitoba #conservation #ecology #parkscanada #connectivity #wildlife

thenarwhal.ca/new-manitoba-eco

The Narwhal · Manitoba is getting a new 'belt of greenspace'By Julia-Simone Rutgers
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Ms. Que Banh

*In case you missed reading this when it was first published last year.*

#Canada’s #NationalParks Are #Colonial #CrimeScenes.

Many see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as untouched #nature is unrecognizable to #Indigenous people

In 2017, it felt like the whole country was swept up in the rah-rah celebrations around Canada 150. It was a collective anniversary, a chance to celebrate our history. Well, some of it, anyway. Tied to the many calls to explore the country and take stock of its many wonders, #ParksCanada released its Discovery Pass, which granted free entry to all national parks that year. These natural spaces “represent the very best that Canada has to offer,” it announced in a press release. “They are the essence of our country because they tell stories of who we are, including the history, cultures and contributions of Indigenous peoples.” But, as Robert Jago explored in his timely essay, Canada’s parks program was built on the displacement of Indigenous peoples and the capture of their territories—a form of “green colonialism.” Parks are wonderful spaces, but they have also acted as #political cover for the control of land, a tactic we still see used today.—Daniel Viola, senior editor, November 2023 issue.

thewalrus.ca/canadas-national-

The Walrus · Canada’s National Parks Are Colonial Crime Scenes | The WalrusMany see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as untouched nature is unrecognizable to Indigenous people
#IndigenousLand#ColonialCrimes#CDNpoli
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Ms. Que Banh

The #ClamGardens #RestorationProject has reclaimed #W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, improved #ecosystems and provided the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation with additional funding.

From 2014 to 2019, #ParksCanada, the #W̱SÁNEĆNation and the #Hulquminum #FirstNations participated in the Clam Garden Restoration project.

Clam gardens are #AncientSites along shorelines in W̱SÁNEĆ territory that #Indigenous people tended for thousands of years to enhance the production of #clams and related sea creatures. Clams were an important source of protein for W̱SÁNEĆ people. The Clam Restoration project spent 5 years working to restore clam gardens in W̱SÁNEĆ territory. In addition to improving the #ecology of two clam gardens, the project also aimed to reclaim W̱SÁNEĆ knowledge, practices and culture related to clam gardens.

Learn more & sign up to help out:
wsanec.com/the-clam-garden-res

Hundreds of clams on the beach.
#LandBack#NativeKnowledge#Nature
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CaledonMoneypit 🇨🇦

Good Morning #Canada
Just over a year ago, ##ParksCanada announced a project to review and update historical plaques across the country. There are approximately 2,200 signs at historic sites that provide a brief summary of why the site is important and who was involved in its history. Perhaps a third of those signs need to be updated, not to change history but instead provide better context with today's community.

#CanadaIsAwesome #History
ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/parks-can

CTVNews · Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaquesThey're affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they're mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once happened. Cast in bronze or lettered on a sign, they're sometimes the only history lesson many of us ever get. And now Parks Canada wants hundreds of them changed.
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PhoenixSerenity

#ParksCanada is defending the $12-million price tag for its plan to kill all the #FallowDeer on #SidneyIsland as part of an #EcologicalRestoration project.

The federal agency has been under intense #criticism for months for spending millions on a program to #eradicate fallow #deer on the 9 sq km island, a portion of which is part of the #GulfIslandsNationalParkReserve, while the rest is privately owned.

timescolonist.com/local-news/p

Times Colonist · Parks Canada defends $12M Sidney Island deer kill, ecological restorationBy Darron Kloster
#wildlife#CDNpoli#SidneyBC
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PhoenixSerenity

#Racists in #Canada are flipping out at #ParksCanada decision to tell ugly truth about #JohnAMacDonald & not #whitewash factual #history to appease white folks who think that cruel man was a hero. He was a #genocider of Indigenous & a huge #sexist jerk. People like that don't deserve respect after death. People who put evil people like that up on heroic pedestals suffer from #racism.

Just search Parks Canada & John A MacDonald & you'll see what I'm talking about. I'm not giving racists traffic.

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Dave xxxiv 🇨🇦📷🔭✨

As previously described, my coyote dodging (in my own mind!) adventure netted me some nice images overlooking "Big Brook" in #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP near #NewmanSoundCampground.
I've been told by staff that the river bend is known as the "Oxbow".

I turned ~5 hours of images into this #TimeLapse.

For the dark sky nerds, the SQM meter at my campsite peaked at about 21.5 mpsas that night.

#astrodon#astrophotography#astronomy
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