All campground types in Alberta Parks saw an increase in bookings in 2025, including backcountry, front country, comfort ...

Alberta Parks is wrapping up one of its busiest seasons on record, with millions of people visiting the province’s 305 parks ...

Alberta will shutter or partly close 20 provincial parks, and allow private businesses to operate others in an effort to save money. There are 473 sites in Alberta Parks’s network and the government ...

The Alberta government wants to hand off management of 164 provincially run parks to outside groups. “Modernizing Alberta’s parks system is long overdue,” Jess Sinclair, spokeswoman for Environment ...

Trapper Neil Godlonton turns a small jar of dark paste in his hand as he contemplates the future of a contentious slice of wilderness on the edge of Canada’s Rocky Mountains. It’s a Monday morning at ...

The Alberta government says it won’t be closing any provincial parks, whether it can find someone to run them or not. “I am grateful for the hard work of our parks partners and look forward to keeping ...

Fire bans are in place for more than 280 provincial parks and recreation areas The Alberta government has closed 12 provincial parks and recreation areas ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend to ...

Under a rock, in a fallen hollowed tree — hundreds of hidden treasures await discovery in Kananaskis Country. But just how many of these man-made caches can the region sustainably accommodate? For ...

Albertans trying to book a campsite online were frustrated by technical problems Thursday after the website was flooded with high traffic. In a morning Twitter post, Alberta Parks said the booking ...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney chats with Minister of Environment and Parks Jason Nixon before the speech from the throne was delivered in May 2019. The United Conservative government announced this ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Albertans sought out safe and healthy outdoor activities in nearby provincial parks. As a result, last year, we saw park use soar. Despite the pandemic, and to the ...