Although Pink Lake was closed to swimming and restoration measures undertaken more than two decades ago, the Parks Canada website has recently posted a case study on the restoration effort.
So some weeks ago the Ecosystem Conservation Plan came out. It got press because Continue reading
Because most of the reaction to the Gatineau Park Ecosystem Conservation Plan has been focused on rock climbing it might come as a surprise that rock climbers are not seen to be the greatest threat to Gatineau Park.
Stranger still, the single biggest threat to the Park stimulates pretty minimal recommended actions in the Ecosystem Conservation Plan.
Maybe it isn’t so strange after all because Continue reading
This week the Gatineau Park Ecosystem Conservation Plan was released.
Most of the news coverage related to the release has focused on rock climbing. The debate between the NCC and rock climbers is important but the Plan is bigger than that.
The cards that GuideGatineau has begun distributing to promote the website are considered to be highly environmentally responsible due to the fact that the paper used is 100% recycled and is produced using energy from biofuels plus the ink is vegetable based.