The provincial government announced on Tuesday a plan to invest $43 million in Alberta's parks, including almost half a million dollars for improvements at Fish Creek Provincial Park in Calgary. In Calgary, the Friends of Fish Creek Provincial Park Society will receive a grant of $480,000, over three years, to expand current conservation work, visitor information and educational programming. Other projects to be funded include:$15,230,000 for Kananaskis region parks. $2,435,000 for northwest region parks. Earlier this year, Environment Minister Jason Nixon said the United Conservative government plans to fully or partially close 20 provincial parks and hand off another 164 to third-party managers.

Source: CBC News September 15, 2020 17:37 UTC