Table of Contents

Message from Canada's Minister of the Environment
Message from the Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada
Letter from Jacques Gérin
Acknowledgements

Better Park Management

• The return of the Cougar!
• Elk and the town of Banff–finding the balance
• Taking the lead against greenhouse gases in national parks
• Restoring the integrity of aquatic ecosystems in Mountain National Parks
• Piping plovers are making a comeback in Kejimkujik's Seaside Adjunct

Ecosystem Restoration

• Restoring Saskatchewan's mixed prairie grasslands
• Restoration initiative blends with recreational use at high-profile national park facility
• Bringing back Kootenay's original dry grasslands and open forests
• Restoring Laurentian aquatic ecosystems
• Battling invasive species in Garry oak ecosystems
• Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site of Canada restores ecological connections
• Granddaddy of restorations maintains remnant of Carolinian Zone

Engaging Canadians

• New learning centre to draw visitors into Fundy's ecoscape
• First-ever comprehensive inventory of Inuvialuit traditional plant knowledge in the Western Arctic
• Community stewardship reverses steady decline of salmon stock in Terra Nova National Park of Canada
• Ensuring badgers remain a vital part of the East Kootenays is the aim of an international, public-private sector partnership
• Local residents, Aboriginal communities and fishers work together to restore Soft-shelled clams

Promoting Regional Partnerships

• Wood turtle recovery in La Mauricie National Park of Canada
• Jasper National Park of Canada is burning for conservation
• National Parks hold the line between Mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia and Alberta's commercial forests
• Achieving bovine TB-free status in domestic cattle and park wildlife
• Parks Canada joins a partnership to heal Canada's temperate rainforest

The Parks Canada Charter