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Safeguarding Sombrero Island With The Anguilla National Trust

To get to tiny Sombrero Island, you must travel 34 miles from Anguilla by sea, dart across the bow of your boat and climb a steel ladder anchored to a limestone cliff. Then, as you regain your bearings and stroll across a barren moonscape plundered by a seabird guano mining operation, the wildlife welcome party makes itself known.

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By Jennifer Bain - January 14th, 2024 3:25pm

Bison Return To The Landscape Near Batoche National Historic Site

Twenty-five Plains bison have been successfully transferred from Parks Canada to Métis Nation–Saskatchewan.

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By NPT Staff - December 11th, 2023 9:34am

Cape Breton Highlands Road To Become Hiking Trail

Cape Breton Highlands National Park is closing Mary Ann Falls Road to vehicles because of more frequent extreme and damaging weather events and turning it into a sustainable hiking and mountain biking trail.

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By NPT Staff - December 10th, 2023 2:30am

Riding Mountain National Park Grapples With Live Zebra Mussels

Parks Canada has found live zebra mussels — an aquatic invasive species — at Boat Cove on Clear Lake in Riding Mountain National Park.

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By NPT Staff - December 6th, 2023 2:30am

Canada Helps Funds New Fire Hall In Lake Louise

Canada has pledged $5 million ($3.7 million USD) to help Alberta Improvement District No. 9 (ID9) construct a new fire hall in the community of Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

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By NPT Staff - December 5th, 2023 2:30am

Province House Conservation Project Gets Funding Boost

The Province House National Historic Site conservation project in Prince Edward Island will get an extra $46 million ($34 million USD) for its final two phases.

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By NPT Staff - December 4th, 2023 2:30am

New Joint Marine Park Being Considered In Anticosti-Mingan Area

The governments of Canada and Quebec have announced their intent to establish a new joint marine park in Quebec to protect the Anticosti Island area.

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By NPT Staff - November 28th, 2023 2:30am

Fort Mississauga Gets Funds For Shoreline Erosion Project

Parks Canada has announced about $6 million ($4.4 million USD) for the protection of the cultural value of Fort Mississauga National Historic Site through the final phase of a break wall installation along the eastern portion of the site on the shores of Lake Ontario.

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By NPT Staff - November 27th, 2023 2:30am

Indigenous Treaty Reawakened In Jasper National Park

Parks Canada worked with Simpcw First Nation and Stoney Nation this fall to facilitate the reawakening of a treaty between the two nations that shows a longstanding relationship and illustrates their mutual commitment to sharing resources.

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By NPT Staff - November 22nd, 2023 1:38pm

Canada Starts To Rectify Land Grab At Pacific Rim National Park Reserve

Parks Canada and Pacheedaht First Nation have signed a ground-breaking agreement that returns the use of ?A:?b?e:?s (Middle Beach) in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve to the Nation in advance of Treaty settlement.

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By NPT Staff - November 21st, 2023 2:30am

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