Environmental Education Organizations in Alberta, Canada

Another good source from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is their list of environmental education orgnanizations that are found in Alberta, Canada.

The folllowing link will take you to the page that lists those EE organizations.

http://www.cpawscalgary.org/education/network-environmental-education/organizations.html

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Major Expansion to Canadian National Parks Announced March 24, 2003

For the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Soceity web site:

http://www.cpaws.org/news/national-parks-2003-0324.html

• March 24, 2003 Heritage Minister, Sheila Copps’ announcement of an additional $144 million dollars over the next five years to implement the Action Plan for Canada’s National Parks and National Marine Conservation Areas
• This funding is added to a commitment of $74 million announced in the federal budget in February, 2003.
• The Minister also announced an ongoing increase in funding of $54 million per year to provide long-term support after the five year plan is complete.
• As a result, Canada will be increasing the size of our treasured national park system by close to 50%
• In October, 2002, the Prime Minister and Heritage Minister, Sheila Copps announced a plan to create 10 new national parks, five new national marine conservation areas, three park expansions, as well as to restore and protect the ecological integrity of our existing parks.

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