Parks and Protected Areas
Alberta's parks and protected areas network preserves, for all time, landscapes and natural features that represent the environmental diversity of our province. The network includes more than 500 sites and encompasses over 2 million hectares.
Alberta is renowned for its natural beauty and diversity. Landscapes vary from hot dry badlands, to vast unbroken forests, to alpine tundra and massive icefields. These landscapes are divided into six distinctly different natural regions, each with a variety of sub-regions. This scientific framework is the basis of our parks and protected areas network.
More information about Alberta's natural regions and the diversity of it's plants and animals can be found on the Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre web site. For information about how the network of parks and protected areas is managed, refer to the Managing the Network web site. Land descriptions and maps of sites administered within the network are available on the Land Reference Manual web site.
Other Canadian Heritage Preservation Links:
- Canadian Heritage Rivers System - established co-operatively by the federal, provincial and territorial governments to conserve and protect the best examples of Canada's river heritage, to give them national recognition, and to encourage the public to enjoy and appreciate these rivers
- Central Rockies Ecosystem Interagency Liaison Group - a joint endeavour between the Federal Government, the British Columbia Government and the Alberta Government. Alberta Community Development is the host for the web site.
For more information on parks and protected areas refer to our sections under AlbertaParks.ca
