Centennial Wilds
Tomorrow Foundation for a Sustainable Future • Federation of Alberta Naturalists • Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society - Edmonton Chapter • Sierra Club of Canada
For Immediate Release: Sept. 14, 2005
Now that the flash is gone from the fireworks displays
History & conservation interests announce Centennial Wilds
Calgary - History and conservation interests have combined to launch the “Centennial Wilds” project for Alberta. The project’s vision is to keep Alberta’s intertwined natural and cultural histories alive for the next 100 years through encouraging the appreciation, designation and preservation of the wilderness lands and rivers where significant pre-settlement history took place. Its ultimate goal is to encourage the provincial government to designate and protect the “Centennial Wilds” as a Centennial legacy of natural and cultural heritage for the future.
“Future generations may wonder at our blindness if we neglect to set them aside before civilization invades them.” - From the writings of the late Jas. B. Harkin, founder of the Historic Sites & Monuments Board and first Commissioner in charge of national parks (1911- 1936) Read More