The pilot program designates 11 Indigenous guardians with same legal authorities as park rangers within parks and protected areas in their ancestral territories
Activate your Online Access NowAdded Doug Neasloss, chief councillor of Kitasoo Xai’Xai Nation: “It’s historic, it’s a paradigm shift in how we work together.
“These guardians have passed the parks boot camp … if there’s an example of reconciliation, this is it.” An initial 11 guardians passed the parks training, which includes standard government courses on equity, diversity and standards of conduct, as well as self-defence, helicopter, firearm and chainsaw safety, human-wildlife conflict resolution, and compliance enforcement.
They have the full authority park rangers do, but remain on their Nations’ payrolls, not as B.C. Parks employees. Guardians will monitor 40 protected areas, including Tweedsmuir Park and the Fiordland, Kitasoo Spirit Bear and Dean River conservancies. “As Nuxalk, we hold an unrelinquishable su7ulm over our territories, which we have successfully stewarded for thousands of years,” Chief Samuel Schooner of the Nuxalk Nation said. “Our guardians represent the modern link to our ancestral responsibilities, and we are proud to see them take on the additional authority that comes with a B.C. Parks ranger designation.”There was an error, please provide a valid email address.
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