Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park

Alberta Parksjoyce.gould@gov.ab.ca

Extensive Landbase

4.2% 8.2%

87.6%

Provincial Parks and Protected AreasFederal Parks & NWAsOther Lands

Provincial Protected Areas in Rocky Mountain Natural Region

=n=111>1,000,000 ha

Conservation

Potential Linkages to Mountain National Centre of Excellence

• Landbase– benchmarks

• Limited in-kind support• Grants?• Knowledge mobilization

– Interpretive staff– Linkage to GOA policy

• Networks– Volunteers– Crown Managers – Et al

• Some expertise in-house– Social and natural

sciences• Research themes align

with Parks current processes and needs

• Use of science to inform decisions at multiple levels

Research Priorities