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Article: Banff's last hope?(overdevelopment of the Banff-Bow River region, Alberta)
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- Alternatives Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1996
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"Water, ice and climate shaped its natural endowment: a complex variety of landscapes, balmy weather and an unusually rich mix of prairie, alpine and northern plants and animals. More and more, human decisions shape it too."
-- Kevin Van Tighem on the Bow Valley corridor in Environment Views.
Bob Page's task force may be the last hope for ecological integrity in the central corridor of Canada's oldest and most renowned national park.
The Bow River Corridor, which runs from Lake Louise through Banff town site and on to Calgary, has been severely degraded by human activity. Over half of its unique montane ecosystem has been affected by development ...