University of Lethbridge researchers have been monitoring plant life in Waterton Lakes National Park to see how they’re responding following the massive Kenow wildfire in 2017. “We know we have increasing fires on the landscape recently, so plant communities are going to have to deal with that,” said Dr. Jenny McCune, a University of Lethbridge…Continue Reading

Parks Canada and the United States National Park Service signed a renewed memorandum of understanding Aug. 8 and committed to a continued collaborative relationship in the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park The collaboration is built upon shared goals related to the protection and presentation of cultural and natural heritage. “For over a century, Parks Canada and…Continue Reading

If conditions allow Thursday, May 5, Parks Canada fire managers will ignite the 1,170-hectare “Y-Camp” prescribed fire unit south of the Chief Mountain Highway and Maskinonge wetland and east of Lower and Middle Waterton Lake. Parks Canada has established fireguards around the prescribed fire area, deployed equipment to protect infrastructure and natural and cultural resources,…Continue Reading

The new Waterton Lakes National Park Visitor Centre is now open and ready to welcome visitors. The new visitor centre has been designed to meet the present and future needs of Waterton Lakes National Park. It features an outdoor walking garden with interpretive displays and a large, open public plaza to serve as a gathering…Continue Reading

The Nature Conservancy of Canada secured 43 hectares of Belly River property to expand its network of conservation lands adjacent…Continue Reading

Waterton Lakes and Glacier national parks received full certification as  International Dark Sky Parks, after meeting the International Dark Sky…Continue Reading

Parks Canada welcomed six plains bison from Elk Island National Park to the Waterton Lakes National Park bison paddock on Feb. 19. Blackfoot Confederacy elders from Kainai Nation, Piikani Nation and Siksika Nation welcomed the bison — known as Iinnii in Blackfoot —  back to the park, blessing the animals and the land in a…Continue Reading

A black bear that showed increasingly aggressive behaviour toward humans was euthanized last week in Waterton Lakes National Park. Parks Canada…Continue Reading

Waterton Lakes National Park will hold its annual butterfly count, one of the longest running butterfly counts in Alberta, on…Continue Reading