NEWS RELEASES
Editor's Note: This news item was retrieved and first published through Woodall's Campground Management's website.
The Alberta government plans to close 20 campgrounds and potentially privatize another 164 campgrounds as national parks budget is cut over the next three years. The government is also stepping back from track-setting cross-country ski trails in Kananaskis Country, including in Peter Lougheed, Mount Shark and Kananaskis Village area.Sarah Elmeligi, a local landscape ecologist and former planner with Alberta Parks, was interviewed and relays in a press release: “It’s shocking,” she says, adding "these alarming decisions in the Feb. 27 budget make no sense at a time the government plans to double tourism spending from $10 billion to $20 billion by 2030." The government undertook an assessment of all 473 sites within the Alberta Parks system and identified 164 to be removed.Read the full story on the Canada campgrounds here.