An adult female elk, equipped with a GPS collar. Data gathered from a herd in Alberta's Ya Ha Tinda Ranch was part of a study examining the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on mammals across the world.
Parks Canada and two First Nations have signed an agreement that points to a stronger Indigenous voice in national parks management and opens the door to harvesting in western Alberta's Jasper National Park.A new agreement with Parks Canada Parks Canada and two First Nations opens the door to harvesting in Alberta's Jasper National Park.
Parks Canada spokesperson Mark Young said the agreement between Parks Canada, the Simpcw and Alberta's Stoney Nakoda Nation is part of a larger move within the agency to reopen parks lands to First Nations and restore their influence on how they're managed."The first thing we did was remove Indigenous people from the landscape. We totally took that thinking out of our space.
It also marks the renewal of an age-old treaty between the Simpcw and the Stoneys that bound both nations to share the resources of Jasper's peaks, broad valleys and glacier-fed rivers. It will be the first time since 2017 that First Nations have hunted in Jasper, when they did so under an agreement with Parks Canada. Other national parks and park reserves also allow Indigenous harvesting, Young said."We don't know if it will be an annual thing," said Young. "There's some work we have to do.Lampreau is looking forward to a greater role in park management. He blames Parks Canada for the near-extinction of caribou from Jasper.
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