Bill 4 was introduced into the British Columbia legislature in February 2014 and was passed as the Park Amendment Act one month later. This Act contains several amendments to British Columbia’s Park Act that jeopardize the protection of its provincial parks and could potentially facilitate the construction of pipelines, power corridors, and other industrial activities through these parks.
Previously, the Minister of Environment would only issue provincial park use permits if the activity was considered necessary for the preservation or maintenance of the recreational values of the park. However, the newly amended Park Act has removed this requirement for research activities. The Minister can now issue park use permits with no limitations for conducting research. Research activities include feasibility studies for various purposes including industrial projects such as pipelines or transmission lines. This Act also reduces legal protection for smaller parks. Previously, small parks were protected from resource use due to their increased sensitivity to ecological disturbances. This safeguard has now been removed and resource use permits can be issued for all parks.
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It has been suggested that the main goal of this Act is to further enable government policy that allows industry to propose amendments to park boundaries. Once research within park boundaries is completed, as allowed by the Park Amendment Act, and a project is deemed feasible, the government would then invoke British Columbia’s Boundary Adjustment Policy to adjust park boundaries, removing the land involved to accommodate the project. This may result in parks containing large tracts of unprotected areas, causing fragmentation of wildlife habitat and threatening the ecosystems within parks that should be
This large amount of people has prompted legislative action to clearly define the park’s borders in 1929, and has also inspired park management programs to protect the
Congress must reform current legislation to restrict bioprospecting on federal land, and regulate the amount of monetary gain that landholders can receive from bioprospecting companies that use their resources. The National Park Service is a smaller government agency within the Department of Agriculture. This is the agency that is in dire need of legislation to restrict bioprospecting, and manage the profit margin that national parks can receive from allowing bioprospecting companies to use their resources.
Spending time in nature is very important in order to know how and why we should protect it. The best way to enjoy nature is to have no interferences from the modern world, the government has places like these called wilderness areas, where there is no human interference allowed except for hikers, planes aren't even allowed to fly over. Wilderness areas are also great for providing healthy ecosystems for the animals that live there. This resolution would expand the wilderness areas inside existing national parks and create wilderness areas inside national parks that don't already have wilderness areas.
Did you know that House Bill 2 eliminates any state law claim for discrimination in the workplace based on gender orientation? You can now get fired for your race, religious beliefs, sex, etc. HB2 has been just discrimination against Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Transsexuals and Queer people (LGBTQ people). The downfall of that claim was it cited a study that said North Carolina might lose more than $500 million, not that it already had. At the time we found a more accurate estimate of losses was between $77 million and the 201 million (Will Doran). House Bill 2 is referred to as the bathroom law. The prominence of House Bill 2 is to determine the rights of transsexual and transgender people to use the bathroom without discrimination. But the state overrode it and ended up doing harm.
The national parks of the United States are a part of the few remaining regions in the country where nature is relatively untouched and natural beauty can be observed. For over a century, national parks been popular vacation destinations for citizens and international tourists alike. Regulation and conservation of these areas is necessary to allow for continued visitation and enjoyment. The National Parks Service of the Department of the Interior was created with The National Park Service Organic Act (“The Organic Act”) to maintain the nation’s parks and ensure preservation of the land while encouraging use by the general public. Whether or not conservation and recreational use are independent of each has been argued within the government as well as among the general public for decades. Vague language used by The Organic Act’s authors has allowed for manipulation of the phrasing of the fundamental mission statement of the National Park Service to support or oppose a variety of decisions that will environmentally impact the parks. Personal opinions and conflicting priorities lead to much ambiguity in the long-term implementation of the National Park Service Organic Act.
the role the national park will play into the future to provide benefit and relevant services to Canadians and a commitment to work with communities, organizations and individuals for a sustainable future and to sustain or improve the ecological integrity of the park.
The park has been threatened by logging as well as non-native species. The NPS has gone to large lengths to keep this park protected, pushing for further legislation for protection to goto a federal authority. Making this a priority has had many payoffs and has been a big factor on the result that the park is in today. This park has suffered from budget cuts and actively tries to raise awareness and increase public interest. The NPS is partnering with other organizations to provide better service such as transit and educational opportunities to visitors. Making these promises has make their approval rating go up. The NPS also has one of the highest approval ratings of all government agencies.
protection. As the parks evolve, park officials have gone back and forth between aesthetic and
They try not to interfere with the natural ecosystem but sometimes they have to use resource management to protect the park’s resources. For example, there are not many natural predators to control the animal populations of the bison, elk, and horses. They have to manage the animal population by decreasing it using roundups and other methods. It’s interesting that when Roosevelt was president, he established the United States Forest Service and the Federal Land Management Agency to protect lands.
This is what we changed. The Wilderness act, SNN act, and the BWCA act protect the forest and keep it wilderness. The Wilderness act designated the BWCA as a unit of wilderness preservation system. It recognizes the history and character. They made the BWCA to help preserve that area. In 1933 MN also protected state lands. In 1394 the president's Quetico Superior committee was formed with Ober as a member. The BWCA act banned logging, mineral prospecting, mining; all but banned snowmobile use; limited motorboat
In Canada’s forestry regulations are among the strictest in the world to protect and ensure sustainability due to its diverse wildlife. The provinces and territories manage their own natural resources of forests from federal, First Nation and national parks. The fact provincial and territorial governs a range of forest laws, regulations, and policies from requiring land-use planning. The Aboriginals are respected and considered, along with wildlife habitat protection, timber harvesting and ensure regrowth. Ultimately, the federal government mandate corporations to follow established regulations from international trade, relations and enforcing environmental rules. The governments grant forest companies' rights to harvest timber on the public
The first National Park was created in Yellowstone and in the territories of Wyoming and Montana. This was done so by the Act of March 1st, 1872. This act essentially reserved the area from settlement, occupancy, and sale under the laws of the United States of America. This act was meant so the people could benefit from the park for years to come. It was almost as it were reversed for life to the public to explore and have fun with nature in this Public Park. This act would leave the park under exclusive control. The land would be taking care of by its workers and certainly maintained for the wants of the public. This Yellow Stone act was the start of many great things to come for the National Park Service.
With all the good the Arctic National Wildlife refuge has to offer as a safe haven for endangered animals and plant life, comes the burden of sitting on an oil reserve. As noted earlier in 1980, under President Carter, the protected area was doubled. However, the oil industry lobbies succeeded in having the U.S. Senate refuse to designate the critically important Costal Plain as wilderness. Instead, Section 1002 of the Alaskan National Interest Lands Conservation Act legislation directed the Department of Interior
The Issue of National Park conservation has become a widely controversial issue today. With the National debt reaching 17 trillion dollars some politicians think it is alright to either sell off national park land to commercial foresters, miners, and even foreign nations or to just close some parks entirely to make up some of the national debt. They are completely unaware that the parks arent just a “pretty area of land for tourists”. Many cities depend on the parks for their well-being. A quote from a local newspaper in California supports this “National parks don’t boast concession stands or charge tax, but data indicates they bring in millions of dollars to local economies each year”(Tree). Supporters of cutting the parks include big CEO’s of major companies and some of them not even in this country.
The website for the national and state park systems helps to enlighten the public on the subject of impending changes in policy and regulations, as well as new developments in different parks. Due to this, the parks and recreation districts judge that individuals and families will be more agreeable to the idea of traveling to parks in different states because of the easy accessibility of directions and information about the parks. Owing to the latest rise in interest of campgrounds and recreation areas, there has been an increase in funds. This new revenue has made possible the purchase of more parkland throughout the United States. Without prevailing use of the Internet, this most likely would not have been possible. The East Bay Park District has been able to purchase 1,476 of land. This is the single largest acquisition that the Park has made in over twenty years. The York Center Park District been able to purchase and protect a 20-acre area in the last five years. This is the largest area they manage. With the acquisition of supplementary parkland, it is more likely that this land will continue in its natural condition and not be converted into an urbanized region.