BC Parks Foundation

• BC Parks fundraises to protect one of Myra Bellevue’s last privately-owned parcels

  The piece of land is 32 hectares and part of an area considered an important and biodiverse ecosystem.

  Canada

  Jul 8
  
• BC Parks Foundation’s grant program hits record number of applications

  The grant program aims to make nature more accessible to underserved communities, providing support to address any physical or invisible barriers people may encounter.

  Environment

  May 5
  
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• B.C. millionaires donate $92M to foundation

  British Columbia millionaire Eric Peterson is preparing to do something he's never been comfortable with — ask other very rich people for money.

  Environment

  Mar 14, 2024
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• Why some health-care professionals in Canada are prescribing nature to patients

  A growing number of health professionals in Canada are writing a new kind of prescription that doesn't need to be filled at a pharmacy.

  Environment

  Aug 29, 2023
• Community rallies to protect endangered ‘crazy ugly’ fish only found in B.C.

  Prior to their protection, 680 acres of the watershed were zoned for heavy industry, but its owner, Manulife Investment Management, was willing to sell it.

  Environment

  May 27, 2023
• BC Parks Foundation buys key section along ‘heart of the Fraser River’

  With two kilometres of riverfront, it’s one of the single largest conservation events on the Fraser River in years.

  Environment

  Dec 30, 2022
• Lululemon founder Chip Wilson donates $100M to B.C. Parks Foundation

  The donation is being put to work right away in three ecosystems: Falling Creek Sanctuary, Teit’s Sanctuary and Bourguiba Springs.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2022
• Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, family pledge $4 million to preserve B.C. islands

  The BC Parks Foundation says a private donation has allowed the purchase of threatened Coastal Douglas fir ecosystems in the Strait of Georgia.

  Environment

  Jun 29, 2021
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• BC Parks Foundation in fundraising race against time to buy Salish Sea island, convert it to park

  The BC Parks Foundation says West Ballenas Island is one of the most biodiverse sites in the Salish Sea, and the last private island among an archipelago of 19 islands.

  Nov 12, 2020
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• New discoveries made in mammoth effort to catalogue B.C.’s plants and animals

  With many people spending time outdoors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BC Parks Foundation decided to launch B.C.'s Big Nature Challenge.

  Environment

  Sep 28, 2020