Teacher Resource Centre

Humans and Protected Areas

• Stewardship
• Humans and Wildlife
• Bears
• Visiting Protected Areas
• Recreation Management Issues

Stewardship

• Learning Activity: Water, an Environment to Protect (Belugas)
  • Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
  • http://www.parkscanada.gc.ca/education-beluga
    
    
• Celebrating and protecting a special place - Time for Nature, December 20, 2004
  • Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-12-20_e.asp
    
    
• Community stewardship helps protect salmon stocks - Time for Nature, August 22, 2005
  • Terra Nova National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-08-22_e.asp
    
    
• Research without a trace: Scientists learn to protect the environment - Time for Nature, December 4, 2006
  • Kejimkujik National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-12-04_e.asp

Humans and Wildlife

• The common loon under surveillance - Time for Nature, June 28, 2005
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-06-28_e.asp
    
    
• Piping plovers are making a comeback
  • Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page5.aspx
    
    
• Watching the whale watchers - Time for Nature, October 24, 2005
  • Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-10-24_e.asp
    
    
• Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Yes, There Are Rattlesnakes In Georgian Bay Islands National Park!
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/georg/natcul/natcul2_e.asp
    
    
• Home S-s-sweet Home: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=279
    
    
• Humans In Nature: A Lesson Plan on the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
  • Bruce Peninsula National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm2-crp-trc/crp-trc5_e.asp?ID=280
    
    
• Who should you fear most: wolves or humans? - Time for Nature, June 29, 2009
  • Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2009/2009-06-29_e.asp
    
    
• Keep the Wild in Wildlife booklet
  • How to safely enjoy and help protect wildlife
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/pc/guide/nature/nature01.aspx
    
    
• Stay Safe & Keep Carnivores Wild
  • Banff National Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/natcul/natcul17_e.asp
    
    
• Case Study 6: A Large Carnivore in a Small Park - Ensuring the Protection of the Wolf in La Mauricie
  • La Mauricie National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm3-guides/vraie-true/etu-stuplan3case5_e.asp
    
    
• What can you do? Caribou - a species at risk
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/Jasper/ne/ne8_e.asp
    
    
• How Do You Stop a Charging Elk? - Time for Nature, May 10, 2004
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-05-10_e.asp
    
    
• Campers Go "Bare" - Time for Nature, July 12, 2004
  • Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-07-12_e.asp

Bears

• You are in bear country
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/oursnoir-blackbear/index.aspx
    
    
• Sharing the Land with Grizzly bears
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/oursgest-bearmanag/sec2/og-bm2a_e.asp
    
    
• Profile: Grizzly bear habitat effectiveness and security areas - Tools for management
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng//docs/v-g/jasper/plan/plan5-5profil.aspx
    
    
• Hazing and roadside bears
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/oursgest-bearmanag/sec4/og-bm4k_e.asp
    
    
• Bear Management in Rocky Mountain National Parks
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/oursgest-bearmanag/sec4/index_e.asp
    
    
• Grizzly Tale: The Search for Food - Time for Nature, May 1, 2002
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2002/prem/index_e.asp
    
    
• Study 1: A Place For People and Grizzly Bears! Moraine Lake Human Use Management
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/itm3-guides/vraie-true/etu-stuplan3case1_e.asp
    
    
• Bears: The Story of Duke
  • Riding Mountain National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/apprendre-learn/prof/sub/edukit/bear/index_e.asp#1
    
    
• Safety in Polar Bear Country
  • Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/torngats/images/polar2006_e.pdf

Visiting Protected Areas

• Leaving little footprints - Keeping the environment in mind when visiting a national park - Time for Nature, April 16, 2007
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2007/2007-04-16_e.asp
    
    
• Sharing the responsibility
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/pc/guide/securite-safety/safety-securite04.aspx
    
    
• Visitor Safety in Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • Grasslands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/visit/visit2_e.asp
    
    
• It's a hazardous place...travel safely!
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/visit/visit6_e.asp
    
    
• Mimimum Impact Recreation
  • Pukaskwa National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/on/pukaskwa/visit/visit7_e.asp
    
    
• Hiking the Chilkoot
  • Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/yt/chilkoot/activ/activ1a_e.asp
    
    
• Be Prepared! Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada is not for the faint of heart - Time for Nature, July 10, 2006
  • Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-07-10_e.asp
    
    
• Reducing Impacts
  • Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nt/nahanni/activ/activ1c_e.asp
    
    
• Reducing Impacts
  • Vuntut National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/yt/vuntut/activ/index_e.asp
    
    
• Visitor Safety Information
  • Auyuittuq National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nu/auyuittuq/visit/visit6_e.asp
    
    
• Visitor Safety
  • Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/torngats/visit/secur_e.asp

Recreation Management Issues

• Drivers for Wildlife - Time for Nature, September 6, 2004
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-09-06_e.asp
    
    
• Jasper National Park Trails Project
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/plan/plan4_e.asp
    
    
• Controlling traffic on the West Coast Trail - Time for Nature, August 14, 2006
  • Pacific Rim National Park Reserve of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-08-14_e.asp
    
    
• Moraine Lake Area Trails - group access
  • Banff National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/oursgest-bearmanag/sec4/og-bm4b_e.asp
    
    
• Finding the right path - Time for Nature, February 27, 2006
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-02-27_e.asp
    
    
• From miner's trash to treasure - Time for Nature, June 5, 2006
  • Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-06-05_e.asp
    
    
• Gros Morne Mountain Human Use Monitoring Project
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nl/grosmorne/plan/plan4i_e.asp
    
    
• ATVs - Protecting the barrens, beaches, bogs and brooks - Time for Nature, August 9, 2004
  • Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2004/2004-08-09_e.asp
    
    
• Managing the Crowds - Time for Nature, November 14, 2005
  • Point Pelee National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-11-14_e.asp
    
    
• Watching the whale watchers - Time for Nature, October 24, 2005
  • Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-10-24_e.asp
    
    
• Life's more than a beach - Time for Nature, July 26, 2005
  • Prince Edward Island National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2005/2005-07-26_e.asp
    
    
• Ski Area Management Guidelines
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/jasper/plan/plan11_e.asp
    
    
• A pathway for the predators - Time for Nature, February 13, 2006
  • Jasper National Park of Canada
  • Can golfers and wolves find happiness in Jasper National Park of Canada?
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/canada/pn-tfn/itm2-/2006/2006-02-13_e.asp
    
    
• Steering a Green Course
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/nb/fundy/natcul/ecolog_e.asp
    
    
• Restoration initiative blends with recreational use at high-profile national park facility: Reversing decades of degradation, the restoration of Dickson Brook helps bring ecological integrity to an historic golf course
  • Fundy National Park of Canada
  • http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec6/page2.aspx