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This is a list of protected areas of Alberta. Protected areas are managed by the Government of Canada or the Government of Alberta. The provincial government owns 60% of Alberta's landmass [1] but most of this has not been formally protected. The total protected area throughout Alberta including federal and provincial protected areas is ...
The Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas of Alberta (also commonly called Alberta Environment and Protected Areas) is the Alberta provincial ministry of the Executive Council of Alberta responsible for environmental issues and policy as well as some, but not all, parks and protected areas in Alberta.
This is a list of provincial parks in the Canadian province of Alberta. They are maintained by Alberta Parks . For a list of protected areas in Alberta, see the List of protected areas of Alberta .
Alberta's provincial parks and protected areas are managed by Alberta Parks and Alberta Government's ministry of Alberta Environment and Parks whose mandate is to protect the province's natural landscapes in Alberta. As of December 2023, the province of Alberta manages 77 provincial parks and 34 wildland provincial parks.
Alberta's system of provincial parks began with the striking of a committee on parks by then Premier J. E. Brownlee in 1929. This led to the passage of the Provincial Parks and Protected Areas Act in 1930 and the formation of the Provincial Board of Management to oversee the system.
Pages in category "Protected areas of Alberta" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Alberta Parks; List of protected areas of Alberta;
Chinchaga Wildland Provincial Park is a wildland provincial park in northwestern Alberta, Canada.The park is a 802.7 square kilometres (310 sq mi) environmentally protected tract of land within the 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of the greater Chinchaga wilderness area.
Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation Willmore Wilderness Park , in Alberta , Canada, is a 4,600-square-kilometre (1,800 sq mi) wilderness area adjacent to Jasper National Park . It is lesser known and less visited than Jasper National Park.