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Pincher Creek
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<p align="center"><a href="http://www.sierraclub.ca/wilderness">Sierra Club of Canada</a> • <a href="http://www.trailofthegreatbear.com/">"Trail of the Great Bear"</a> • <a href="http://www.cpaws.org/">Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society</a><br /><a href="http://www.ccwc.ab.ca/">Castle Crown Wilderness Coalition</a> • <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/">Natural Resources Defense Council</a> </p><p><strong>Free</strong><br />Heritage Inn, Pincher Creek<br /> </p><p>7:00 pm to 9:30 pm <br />Doors & displays open at 6:30 pm</p><h4>What is the value of parks to neighboring communities in western North America, including Alberta?</h4><p>The first park in Alberta's southwest was established in 1895 - <a href="http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/waterton/index_e.asp">Waterton Lakes National Park</a>. Since then, <a href="http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/siteinformation.asp?id=6">Beauvais Lake</a> (1954) and <a href="http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/parks/planning/gateway/siteinformation.asp?id=108">Police Outpost</a> (1970) provincial parks, three Historic Sites and the Westcastle Wetlands were added to the protected areas system. In 1982 the Alberta Recreation and Parks Minister stated he recognized "the scarcity and sensitivity of the few remaining wildland and recreation areas of southern Alberta." How have such protected areas benefited our communities and what about the future? </p>
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