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This session shows how social science is being
integrated with ecological science to achieve the vision
set out in the Banff National Park Management Plan.
Parks Canada and its stakeholders are improving their
understanding of social systems and their impacts on
natural systems.
It begins with results of a multi-stakeholder research
project that has helped to describe the spatial and
temporal dimensions of visitor use in Banff, Jasper,
Kootenay, and Yoho National Parks. The results guide
future planning with by defining and quantifying the
systems of visitor use for Banff, its neighbouring
parks, and for key visitor nodes within the parks.
Next are the results of a study that examines fine-scale
spatial and temporal movement patterns of grizzly bears
in the Bow Valley between 2000 and 2003. It examines
these relationships in two areas with intense human use
to suggest optimal management options.
Finally, learn how detailed social and ecological
information was integrated to develop a human use
strategy for the Lake Louise area of Banff National
Park. This integrated strategy looked at various social
elements – including existing and predicted use, values,
and experience – to help develop an understanding of the
social system in the Lake Louise area. Results from this
integrated strategy are reflected in the 2004 Amendment
to the Banff Park Management Plan. |
