The greatly expanded Klinse-Za / Twin Sisters Park will protect nearly 200,000 hectares of habitat for endangered caribou in B.C.’s northeast
The Klinse-za (Twin Sisters) Mountains are in the heart of a greatly expanded provincial park in B.C.’s Peace region, now about 200,000 hectares.
Photo: David Moskowitz / Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
The Narwhal: A significant stretch of endangered caribou habitat in northeast B.C. has been permanently protected in the newly expanded Klinse-Za / Twin Sisters Park, First Nations and the B.C. and federal governments announced today.
The announcement comes more than four years after West Moberly First Nations, Saulteau First Nations and the provincial and federal governments agreed to work together to recover caribou herds teetering on the brink of extinction. The deal included a commitment to create a park to protect crucial caribou habitat in the mountainous area northeast of Mackenzie and west of Hudson’s Hope and Chetwynd, in the heavily industrialized Peace region.
“We’re showing that when we work together collaboratively — not just say we’re going to work together, but we actually sit down and start applying the principles of working together — we can do some amazing things,” Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly First Nations told The Narwhal.
By Ainslie Cruickshank and Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
June 14, 2024 (Updated Jun. 15, 2024) 8 min. read
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