Planned Results |
Key Activities |
Target |
Service Line 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL HERITAGE PLACES
Strategic Objective. To work toward completing the systems of national parks and national marine conservation areas in representing all of Canada's terrestrial and marine regions and to enhance the system of national historic sites which commemorates Canada's history.
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| Creation of new national parks and new national marine conservation areas in unrepresented regions and completion of unfinished parks. |
Conduct feasibility studies, negotiate park and national marine conservation area agreements and acquire/assemble lands. |
Sign agreements to establish two new national parks based on the availability of funding.
Continue negotiations to establish one new national marine conservation area. |
| Designation and commemoration of new national historic sites, persons and events of national historic significance, particularly in under-represented priority areas. |
Consult and provide research support to identify and designate national historic sites. |
135 new designations, 55 of which will commemorate Aboriginal, women's and ethno cultural communities' history by March, 2006. |
Service Line 2: HERITAGE RESOURCE PROTECTION
Strategic Objective. As the first priority, to ensure the ecological integrity of national parks, the sustainability of national marine conservation areas and the commemorative integrity of national historic sites. |
| Maintain or restore ecological integrity of national parks and the sustainability of national marine conservation areas. |
Action will be taken to address priority recommendations of the Panel on Ecological Integrity. |
Report yearly on the status of implementation. |
| Undertake the preparation of recovery plans for species at risk. |
Lead the implementation of the recovery plans for eight species at risk by March 2004. |
| Improve Environmental Management throughout Parks Canada's operations. |
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Complete inventories and establish procedures to ensure full compliance with regulations in management of PCBs, petroleum storage tanks and halocarbons by September 2001.
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Reduce green house gas emissions within Parks Canada's operations 5.2% from 1998 levels by 2010. |
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| Maintain or improve commemorative integrity of national historic sites. |
Complete management plans for national historic sites administered by Parks Canada. |
Complete management plans for 145 national historic sites by December 2003. |
| Develop Commemorative Integrity Statements for 75% of national historic sites administered by Parks Canada by 2001-2002, 90% by 2002-2003 and 100% by 2003-2004. |
Evaluate 14 new sites yearly. |
Service Line 3: HERITAGE PRESENTATION
Strategic Objective. Ensure that commemorative and ecological integrity values are understood and supported by Parks Canada's stakeholders and the public. |
| Increased awareness, understanding of and support for the values of national parks and national historic sites. |
Renew heritage presentation function by increasing emphasis on ecological integrity and commemorative integrity messages. |
Develop target by January 2002. |
Service Line 4: VISITOR SERVICES
Strategic Objective. To provide visitors with services to enable them to enjoy and appreciate heritage places, while ensuring that the associated levels of impact on resources are minimized. |
| Visitor expectations and use are managed to insure visitor satisfaction and minimize environmental impacts. |
Work with the tourism industry to influence messaging and practices so that they are consistent with commemorative and ecological integrity values. |
Develop evaluation framework by March 2002 and conduct evaluation by March 2003. |
Service Line 5. TOWNSITES
Strategic Objective. Park communities are effectively governed and efficiently administered as models of sustainability. |
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Park communities have sound management practices and are leaders in environmental stewardship. |
Work with community groups to develop community plans for the towns where current approved plans do not exist. |
Complete the Lake Louise Community Plan and the Jasper Community Plan by September 2001.
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Work with community groups to create no net negative environmental impact framework documents and reporting tools for each townsite. |
Develop frameworks for six communities including reporting tools for achieving no net environmental effects by March 2003. |
