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Thanks for your feedback!
Online public consultation closed on July 8, 2021.
Thank you for your interest and participation. Further updates about the new management plan for Waterton Lakes National Park will be posted on this page when available.
Developing a draft management plan
Canadians shared their vision for the future of Waterton Lakes National Park between April and July 2019, either by participating in a survey or by recommending some big ideas. This feedback (summarized here) helped identify the key issues and opportunities considered in the park’s draft management plan.
New management plans were due in 2020 for all the mountain national parks. The deadline was extended due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Parks Canada is sharing draft management plans for the mountain national parks, and inviting Canadians to review and provide feedback on the plans. The results of this engagement will help to finalize the management plans, after which they will be approved and tabled in Parliament.
This management plan, developed in consultation with Indigenous peoples, stakeholders, youth and other interested Canadians, will guide the future of Waterton Lakes National Park over the next 10 years including a vision, key strategies, and objectives.
Parks Canada has coordinated development of the draft management plans for the mountain national parks. Consistency and common strategies within the plans demonstrates our commitment to key priorities, and to a landscape level approach. Common themes and priorities you will see included in the Waterton Lakes park plan and in the plans for the other mountain national parks include:
Conserving Natural and Cultural Heritage for Future Generations
True to Place Experiences
Strengthening Indigenous Relations
Connecting with Canadians
Managing Development
Regional Connectivity and Landscapes, and
Climate Change and Adaptive Management.
Waterton Lakes National Park
"Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies”, Waterton Lakes is the smallest of the 7 national parks in the Canadian Rockies. No protected area of similar size in the Rocky Mountains has as much ecological diversity as Waterton Lakes National Park. The park represents a small portion of the Crown of the Continent where ecosystems from north, south, east and west converge at the narrowest point in the Rocky Mountain chain. Only in Waterton can one experience an International Peace Park (1932), a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve (1979) and World Heritage Site (1995), and an International Dark Sky Park (2017) at the same time.
Thanks for your feedback!
Online public consultation closed on July 8, 2021.
Thank you for your interest and participation. Further updates about the new management plan for Waterton Lakes National Park will be posted on this page when available.
Developing a draft management plan
Canadians shared their vision for the future of Waterton Lakes National Park between April and July 2019, either by participating in a survey or by recommending some big ideas. This feedback (summarized here) helped identify the key issues and opportunities considered in the park’s draft management plan.
New management plans were due in 2020 for all the mountain national parks. The deadline was extended due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Parks Canada is sharing draft management plans for the mountain national parks, and inviting Canadians to review and provide feedback on the plans. The results of this engagement will help to finalize the management plans, after which they will be approved and tabled in Parliament.
This management plan, developed in consultation with Indigenous peoples, stakeholders, youth and other interested Canadians, will guide the future of Waterton Lakes National Park over the next 10 years including a vision, key strategies, and objectives.
Parks Canada has coordinated development of the draft management plans for the mountain national parks. Consistency and common strategies within the plans demonstrates our commitment to key priorities, and to a landscape level approach. Common themes and priorities you will see included in the Waterton Lakes park plan and in the plans for the other mountain national parks include:
Conserving Natural and Cultural Heritage for Future Generations
True to Place Experiences
Strengthening Indigenous Relations
Connecting with Canadians
Managing Development
Regional Connectivity and Landscapes, and
Climate Change and Adaptive Management.
Waterton Lakes National Park
"Where the Mountains Meet the Prairies”, Waterton Lakes is the smallest of the 7 national parks in the Canadian Rockies. No protected area of similar size in the Rocky Mountains has as much ecological diversity as Waterton Lakes National Park. The park represents a small portion of the Crown of the Continent where ecosystems from north, south, east and west converge at the narrowest point in the Rocky Mountain chain. Only in Waterton can one experience an International Peace Park (1932), a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve (1979) and World Heritage Site (1995), and an International Dark Sky Park (2017) at the same time.
Thank you for taking the time to share your views, opinions and ideas.
Your feedback is important to shaping the new management plan for Waterton Lakes National Park and will help guide the decision-making process and actions in protecting, presenting and operating the park for the next 10 years.
This survey is made up of 30 questions and takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Your personal information will be kept confidential, and a “What We Heard” report will be produced. In future communications, anonymous quotes may be used from comments provided.
This survey seeks your feedback on key strategies and objectives of the draft management plan for Waterton Lakes National Park. If you have not had a chance to review the draft management plan, it can be found on our website.
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Management Planning Timeline
State of the Park Assessment
Let's Talk Waterton! has finished this stage
A State of the
Park Assessment sets the stage
for the management planning review.
Public Engagement - Phase 1
Let's Talk Waterton! has finished this stage
Have your say-
Parks Canada is gathering input about your vision for WLNP’s future.
"What We Heard"
Let's Talk Waterton! has finished this stage
A summary of the input
collected during the first phase of public consultation is shared.
Public Engagement - Phase 2
Let's Talk Waterton! has finished this stage
This is your opportunity to review the draft management plan and provide
input before it is finalized.
Consideration of feedback
Let's Talk Waterton! is currently at this stage
Thank you for your feedback on the key strategies survey and vision. We are considering feedback received from Indigenous, public, and stakeholder group consultation in order to finalise our new management plan.
Final Park Management Plan
this is an upcoming stage for Let's Talk Waterton!
The final WLNP Management Plan is submitted to Parliament for approval.
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