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What is the future of K-Country?

On Sept. 22, 1978, former Premier Peter Lougheed officially created Kananaskis Country. We are now celebrating 40 years of his vision to create Kananaskis Country.

On Sept. 22, 1978, former Premier Peter Lougheed officially created Kananaskis Country. We are now celebrating 40 years of his vision to create Kananaskis Country. K-Country is more than 4,000 square kilometres of mountains, headwaters, wild lands, wild life, and outdoor activities for all of us. Kananaskis Country has a history of multi-uses from industrial to quiet outdoor recreation. There are areas along Highway 40 and the upper Highwood River from the Highwood Pass south to the Highwood Junction that are currently slated for clear cutting. The areas that cannot be harvested are provincial parks, wild lands provincial parks, ecological reserves, campgrounds and day use sites that are inside required buffer zones. To see how clear cutting has affected the landscape all you need to do is travel to the Highwood River, Indian Graves Provincial Recreation area, Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve, Cataract Creek, to name a few. My question to your readers is how and what do you want to see for the future of this spectacular part of Alberta? To protect our favourite places in K-Country and the Highwood all we need to do is contact our Premier Rachel Notley, Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips and your local MLA. You need to ask for a wil lands provincial park to protect your favourite places from future logging and clear cutting. My current goal, along with Take a Stand for Kananaskis and the Upper Highwood, is to have a wildlands provincial park created south of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park between Don Getty Wild Lands Provincial Parks following the Highwood River and Highway 40 to Baril Creek. Our other goals are to protect the Sheep River and Elbow River drainages. These are areas that require protection for future Albertans and international tourism. Thank you for considering Kananaskis Country’s future Legacy. Neil Williams Black Diamond  




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