People come from around the world to visit BC's parks because they offer something in short supply in the rest of the world: a clean, natural and unspoiled environment. These values make BC both a desirable place to visit and a desirable place to live.
Standing up for BC's Parks
BC's parks are an important part of BC's environmental legacy - a public trust where people can go to walk, hike, swim, camp, bird watch and reconnect with nature.
Just as the creation of parks required vision, foresight and a pioneering spirit, so too does the maintenance and care of BC’s existing parks. With proper care and wise planning, our children and grandchildren will be able to experience the natural wonders and simple pleasures that are part of our protected areas system today, and parks will continue to act as reservoirs of biodiversity and provide intact habitat for BC’s wildlife and plants.
Left: Garibaldi Provincial Park, photo courtesy of Adam Gibbs.
Top right: Manning Provincial Park.
Bottom right: MacMillan Provincial Park.
The BC government appears to have missed this as it continues to pursue an agenda of privatizing and commercializing our public parks. It has lost sight of what British Columbians think: the single most important aspect of our protected areas system is to set aside wilderness areas for the sole purpose of preserving natural areas.
Therefore the Wilderness Committee is asking that:
