The Issue.
This summer highlighted the increasing effects of increasing human activity in the Ghost Wilderness adjacent to Banff National Park. The Ghost is comprised of three areas: the South Ghost, the Ghost River Wilderness and the Ghost-Waiparous. BVN encourages its members to stay informed of this emerging issue and let your land managers know how important it is to protect ecosystems from the effects of unmanaged intrusion into wild places. Visit the Alberta Wilderness Association to get informed.
Approximately two-thirds of South Ghost is currently designated as protected, consisting of areas within the Bow Valley and Don Getty Wildland Provincial Parks. The Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, a collection of ten separate islands of protected lands, and the Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park were declared as protected areas by the Government of Alberta in 2001. In 2014, the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan proposed the expansion of both Don Getty and Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Parks, although we continue to wait for action on this proposal. More information on the proposed expansions can be found here.
Alberta Wilderness Association
Header photo credit: H. UNGER via Alberta Wilderness Association