The greatest single challenge facing BC Parks is implementing a long-term plan in which we can meet our obligation to secure our natural legacy for a growing number of users in a financially sustainable way. —BC Parks Future Strategy: Securing our natural legacy through innovation, sustainability and partnership

How nice that the one time the provincial Government decides to increase funding for BC Parks, that nearly all the money is then immediately transferred to private for-profit park operators to compensate them for Covid closures. No new trails, no new rangers, just bailouts for private companies. So much for saving money through privatization and capitalism. This from Steve Jones.   "Some interesting notes from the Hansard today: The Ministry of Environment applied for and received...

Rupert Merer provided Backcountry BC with his excellent report of BC Parks Spending from the Late 1980's.   Some of the most noteable trends are BC Park's heavy shift away from staff to constractors with their capital expenditures. Most important is a dramatic shift of funding priorities away from backcountry facilities to front country facilities.View Rupert's full report at the link below: BC Parks Spending from the Late 1980s  

In 1470, Paolo Uccello painted Saint George fighting a dragon to save a damsel in distress.   The painting led me to reflect upon cash starved BC Parks, events of late, and my experience with BC Parks over the decades. I wonder if BC Parks is the damsel in distress, or is in fact the dragon itself?   I personally believe the world is never so black and white, and perhaps BC Parks is both part dragon and part damsel in distress.

Steve Jones in the Medium presented four possible outcomes/solutions for the current decline of BC Parks funding. I have provided a few additional options below worthy of consideration. Quotas and Closures Downgrade Facilities Increase Fees Commercialize the Parks https://medium.com/@stevejoneshikes/whats-next-for-bc-parks-in-an-era-of-declining-budgets-and-continued-growth-of-the-tourism-991b1f9eebbd My Solutions 5) Stop punishing, issuing fines, shutting down and...