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Nearly quarter-million K-Country passes sold, but pressures on area remain: activists
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Nearly a quarter-million Kananaskis Country passes sold
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Grizzly bear activity prompts closure of trail in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
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Spoiler alert: this column doesn’t think much of the $90 Kananaskis Conservation Pass that Environment and Parks Minister Jason Nixon is introducing. But the minister was right in one key respect. His department should be “about managing demand and supporting environmental sustainability.” The conservation pass, unfortunately, is likely to disappoint on both counts.
Managing demand is where the pass should see some success. Based on the Washington state experience, the minister’s $90 annual vehicle fee should reduce the number of cars travelling to K-Country. In 2011, Washington introduced much more modest vehicle fees (annual: $30; daily: $10). State-wide, this pass reduced visits to parks by an average of seven million visits per year.
CALGARY The provincial government anticipates another busy season in Kananaskis Country as the pandemic and travel restrictions keeps Albertans close to home, and officials are expected to announce initiatives to benefit future use of the provincial park. More than five million people visited the park in 2020, exceeding the four million average annual visits to Banff National Park. In a blog post, Alberta Parks says the increased activity has led to issues with inexperienced hikers and campers, garbage and litter, traffic congestion, parking issues and vandalism. There have been calls for increased enforcement to ensure visitors stick to the trails, keep their dogs on a leash, and clean up their sites before leaving.