The Village Lake Louise Controversy: Ski Resort Planning, Civil Activism, and the Environmental Politics of Banff National Park, 1964–1979

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-110
Author(s):  
Qi Chen ◽  
Pearl Ann Reichwein
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Space ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Environmental Politics ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Ski Resort ◽  
Banff National Park ◽  
The Village

A new ski resort village plan proposed for Lake Louise in Banff National Park triggered intense opposition at public hearings in 1972. Local proponents, backed by Imperial Oil, had entered into agreements to expand services at Lake Louise, which led to federal public consultations. We investigate Parks Canada’s early public consultation process and how it was institutionalized in federal policy making from 1964 to 1979. Public debate was significant and influenced political decisions in the Village Lake Louise controversy. The National and Provincial Parks Association of Canada, Bow Valley Naturalists, Environmental Law Association, mountain clubs, academics, and others advocated for protection as conservation lobbyists and the Government of Alberta also objected to the proposal, leading Minister Jean Chrétien to halt the plan. It was a win for citizens, environmentalists, and ecological integrity as Village Lake Louise debates became Canada’s town hall. Past environmental protection is relevant to civil society and public space in a moment of new approvals for massive ski hill industry expansions in national parks. Precedents in civil society and governance can inform understanding of public consultation and a new environmental politics.

scholarly journals Philanthropic Support of National Parks

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 134S-155S ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Yandle ◽  
Douglas S. Noonan ◽  
Beth Gazley
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Society Research

Ostrom’s social-ecological systems (SES) framework infrequently has been applied to civil society research. But its focus on collective action may help explain why some national parks are more successful at attracting philanthropic resources to supplement stagnant public funding. We examine two types of charitable supporting organizations: “Friends of” Groups (FOGs), which typically emphasize fundraising, and Cooperating Associations (CAs), which typically emphasize visitor support. We identify their partnership patterns across more than 300 national park units. Our findings suggest that FOGs and CAs fill different niches. CAs are drawn to more popular parks or memorials, and FOGs are found in parks with smaller budgets or offering fewer activities. Actor characteristics play a secondary role in explaining nonprofit incidence. The holistic approach of the SES perspective demonstrates the importance of connecting resource systems to institutional settings and actor attributes.

Effects of the Weather of the Coldest Month on Winter Mortality of the Lodgepole Needle Miner, Recurvaria sp., in Banff National Park

1954 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. Henson ◽  
R. W. Stark ◽  
W. G. Wellington
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Larval Mortality ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Winter Mortality ◽  
Successive Sampling ◽  
Banff National Park ◽  
The Vertical Distribution

In the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks, the lodgepole needle miner has a two-year life cycle, so that larvae of each generation are exposed to two successive winters. Although there is no doubt that mortality of these over-wintering larvae is directly attributable to a period of low temperature, there has been some doubt as to whether the bulk of the mortality occurs during the coldest part of the winter, or whether it occurs during periods of low temperature during the late autumn or early spring. Although spring and autumn mortality undoubtedly take place, estimation of the relative importance of mortality during the various seasons must await successive sampling throughout the three seasons. Nevertheless, in the absence of such data, we wish to present evidence that points to the major importance of the weather of the coldest month of the winter to not only the amount but also the vertical distribution of larval mortality.

scholarly journals Seasonal Variation in Visitor Satisfaction and Its Management Implications in Banff National Park

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1681
Author(s):  
Dehui Christina Geng ◽  
John L. Innes ◽  
Wanli Wu ◽  
Weiwei Wang ◽  
Guangyu Wang
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Visitor Experience ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Visitor Satisfaction ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction ◽  
Banff National Park ◽  
Different Seasons ◽  
High Season

Seasonal variations in tourist satisfaction is an important issue for the sustainable management of national parks worldwide. Visitors should have high-quality experiences in both the high season and the off-season. This research investigated visitor satisfaction patterns and determinants in Banff National Park in different seasons. The study was conducted through a face-to-face questionnaire survey that collected visitor demographic, expectation and satisfaction data in July 2019 (high season) and December 2019 (off-season) in Banff National Park. The data analyses were based on a sample of 741 respondents and were processed using principal component analysis, correlation analysis and logistic regression models for different seasons. There were significant differences in visitor satisfaction levels and their determinants in different seasons. The quality of the park’s natural characteristics and the park’s activities were the most important determinant of visitor satisfaction in the high season and off-season, respectively. The correlation between visitor satisfaction and expectations in the high season was generally negative, whereas all correlations in the off-season were positive. The results fill a knowledge gap by examining the seasonal differences in visitor experience and their determinants in the national park, and by building a bridge between visitor experience and tourism seasonality. The findings may assist both practitioners and scholars in understanding visitor expectations and satisfaction in different seasons. They may assist in the prioritization and effective management of the park to optimize the visitor experience in both seasons and achieve tourism sustainability.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the village conservation model program in Mount Rinjani National Park using institutional sustainability principles

2021 ◽  
Vol 886 (1) ◽  
pp. 012070
Author(s):  
Andi Chairil Ichsan ◽  
Hairil Anwar ◽  
Irwan Mahakam Lesmono Aji ◽  
Kornelia Webliana ◽  
Indra Gumay Febryano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Model Program ◽  
Institutional Performance ◽  
Institutional Sustainability ◽  
Conservation Model ◽  
Benefit Cost ◽  
Sustainability Principles ◽  
The Village

Abstract Conservation Village Model (MDK) is one form of institution since it contains various mechanisms and rules to ensure the operationalization of activities in the field. In this regard, the evaluation process plays a substantial role in ensuring the sustainability of MDK institutions. Thus, studies related to institutional performance are crucial to describe the conditions of MDK implementation in TNGR based on the principles of institutional sustainability. This research was done between April and July 2016, focusing on two villages (i.e. Santong Village and Pesangrahan Village) that have been designated by the Mount Rinjani National Park Office as recipients of the conservation village model program. The analytical tool used to evaluate institutional performance refers to the eight principles of sustainable institutional. The results showed that the implementation of MDK in Mount Rinjani National Park had a low institutional performance. Several facts revealed in this study indicate that so far, the implementation of MDK in TNGR has not accommodated several sustainable institutional principles. These include the absence of mechanisms that regulate the clarity of community access to the use of national parks, differences in program interventions with community preferences, and the absence of mechanisms on benefit cost-sharing and dispute resolution at the operational level.

Magnetites from a new unidentified tephra source, Banff National Park, Alberta

1979 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1294-1297 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. R. Brewster ◽  
R. L. Barnett
Keyword(s):  
Titanium Oxide ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Electron Microprobe ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
National Park ◽  
Volcanic Ash ◽  
Canadian Rocky Mountains ◽  
Banff National Park

Electron microprobe examination of glass-encased magnetites present within surficial volcanic ash deposits located in Banff and Jasper National Parks revealed five distinct magnetite populations. Three of the magnetite populations represented the Mazama, St. Helens Y, and Bridge River volcanic units previously identified in this area of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. The remaining two magnetite groups are characterized by glass-encased magnetites which have titanium oxide concentrations of 11.59 and 10.33%, values considerably higher than those characteristic of either Mazama, St. Helens Y, or Bridge River volcanic units. The high-titanium magnetites are of unknown provenance, and although the section provided no means for dating these volcanic groups, their distribution within the section suggests that they are older than Bridge River, and one group may predate Mazama.

Notes on the Lodgepole Needle Miner, Recurvaria milleri Busck (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), and Its Parasites in Western North America

1951 ◽  
Vol 83 (11) ◽  
pp. 295-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Banff National Park ◽  
History Of ◽  
Heavy Infestation ◽  
A New Species

The lodgepole needle miner, Recurvaria milleri Busck, was discovered in 1903 in the Yosemite National Park, California, and was described as a new species by Busck (1914). The infestation has persisted in that area, with irregular periods of abundance and scarcity. The latest heavy infestation was reported (G. R. Struble, in litt.) to have started in 1947, and has continued to intensify. The history of the outbreak to 1919 was reported by Patterson (1921).In 1942 a second important infestation was reported in the Banff National Park, Alberta. Details concerning the area of infestation and life-history notes were given by Hopping (1946). This infestation has continued to spread and has reached Yoho, Kootenay, and Revelstoke National parks.

Performing the Village Square in Interwar Japan: Toward a Hidden History of Public Space

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 754-777
Author(s):  
Hoyt Long
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Rural Youth ◽  
Popular Protest ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Village

Histories of public space generally assume a strong correlation between the health of a nation's civil society and the vibrancy of its public sites, in so much as the latter provide an observable venue for free assembly and popular protest. This essay, while not opposing such a view, offers a corrective to the kind of history it encourages, wherein public space appears politically relevant only at its most visible moments. Framing the analysis is Japanese provincial writer Miyazawa Kenji (1896–1933) and his “Poran no hiroba” (Poran's Square), which survives as a piece of school theater and an evolving prose narrative about a rural youth who reclaims for his agrarian community a site of shared assembly. By interrogating public space as an object of the literary and theatrical imagination, specifically in the context of interwar rural Japan, the author argues that its less visible aspects have much to tell us about its relation to civil society, both perceived and actual, in the waning years of “Imperial Democracy.”

scholarly journals Citizen Participation in Local Planning Józefosław Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Mirecka ◽  
Tomasz Majda
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Public Consultation ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
City Development ◽  
The Village

Citizen participation in the city development planning process is guaranteed by law in every civil society. In Poland, the participation of local communities in spatial planning has been evolving since the political transformation of the years 1989/1990. Changes that occur in the participation process are a result of the formation of civil society and a resulting increase in social awareness on possibilities of expressing one's needs and influencing planning decisions of local governments, as well as modifications in laws and regulations. The article presents the experience gathered in the field of extended social participation in the procedure of drawing up local spatial development plans, on the example of ongoing work on plans for the village of Józefosław in Piaseczno, nearby Warsaw. The problems identified in the area covered by the plans and their origins have been characterized, the assumptions of the plans, whose main purpose is to alleviate diagnosed problems and respond to the needs of the inhabitants, articulated at various stages of the planning process. Then the scope and results of the various phases of social participation – preplanning and based on formal planning procedures – have been described. The experience gained from the phase of public consultation during the preparation of local plans for the village of Józefosław allowed us to draw more general conclusions about participatory procedures specified in the binding regulations, which were included in the summary.

What Good Is a Bear to Society?

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Harding
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Canadian Rockies ◽  
Equal Energy ◽  
Banff National Park ◽  
Large Predator ◽  
Territory Overlap

Abstract Arising out of fieldwork in the Canadian Rockies, this paper analyzes the role of bears in the conservation culture of Canadian national parks. Why is the presence of this large predator tolerated and even celebrated by some? And why do others fear and even despise this animal, whom they see as a danger and a menace, and resent its continued preservation? Bears may act as a token charismatic species in conservation mythology; they may be anthropomorphized into a cuddly roadside attraction evoking childhood nostalgia; or they may play the part of wrathful Nature guarding against human incursion into the wilderness. Tourists in Banff National Park take great pains to see bears, while local hikers and campers expend almost equal energy avoiding an ursine encounter. This paper explores what human reactions to bears reveal about social attitudes toward the natural world, particularly in areas like the Canadian Rockies where human and bear territory overlap.

From Competition to Cooperation: A History of Canada–US National Park Relations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Young ◽  
Alan MacEachern ◽  
Lary Dilsaver
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Us ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Settler Societies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
The Relationship

This essay explores the evolving international relationship of the two national park agencies that in 1968 began to offer joint training classes for protected-area managers from around the world. Within the British settler societies that dominated nineteenth century park-making, the United States’ National Park Service (NPS) and Canada’s National Parks Branch were the most closely linked and most frequently cooperative. Contrary to campfire myths and nationalist narratives, however, the relationship was not a one-way flow of information and motivation from the US to Canada. Indeed, the latter boasted a park bureaucracy before the NPS was established. The relationship of the two nations’ park leaders in the half century leading up to 1968 demonstrates the complexity of defining the influences on park management and its diffusion from one country to another.

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