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	<description>To preserve and protect the natural beauty of Strathcona Park for the appreciation of present and future generations.</description>
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		<title>Oinimitis Centennial Trail by Karl Stevenson</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/06/06/oinimitis-centennial-trail-by-karl-stevenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor I’m a director of Friends of Strathcona Park, but these thoughts are entirely my own. This summer, unless things change, we’ll be working to complete a very low impact trail through the Bedwell Valley, and we hope that a large number of volunteers will join us. For myself, I’ve never wanted a trail [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1697&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Raven Coal Mine environmental assessment process</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/05/25/raven-coal-mine-environmental-assessment-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 19:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, My name is Cam Gray and I am the Vancouver Island Public Outreach Coordinator with the Wilderness Committee. As you may or may not be aware, the 40 day public comment period for the Raven Coal Mine environmental assessment process has started. We have until June 27th to demonstrate the resounding public opposition to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1686&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooperative Trail Building in Jasper National Park</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/05/17/cooperative-trail-building-in-jasper-national-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought you might be interested in the cooperative trail building in Jasper National Park.  It seems that Park Canada is planning a hiker-only route in the Tonquin Valley and doesn&#8217;t have any difficulty with having the Alpine Club of Canada providing the labour. Darrell Tomkins ACC Edmonton Section –BREEZE / e-News May 2011 Tonquin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1670&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>B.C.’s cash-strapped park system desperately needs a ‘money tree’, By Rob Shaw, Postmedia News May 9, 2011</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/05/10/b-c-%e2%80%99s-cash-strapped-park-system-desperately-needs-a-%e2%80%98money-tree%e2%80%99-by-rob-shaw-postmedia-news-may-9-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 23:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FoSP Note: the following appeared in The Vancouver Sun, May 9, 2011&#8230;. Unless someone finds a mythical money tree in a B.C. park, the province’s cash-strapped parks system will have to make do with its current budget, says the province’s environment minister. Terry Lake was on the defensive Monday after the release of hundreds of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1662&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reply from Minister Lake</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/14/reply-from-minister-lake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://friendsofstrathcona.org/?p=1636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us who recently sent letters to our new Minister of Environment Terry Lake got a standard form letter reply from him. (Note that someone on the Minister&#8217;s staff may need to re-read the form letter documentation!). Here is the form letter, and a replies to that letter by Renee Poisson, Darrell Tomkins, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1636&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Letters to Minister Terry Lake</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/08/more-letters-to-minister-terry-lake/</link>
		<comments>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/08/more-letters-to-minister-terry-lake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello readers, These are some of the great letters written to our Minister of Environment, Terry Lake, as a result of our Facebook &#8216;Letters to Lake&#8217; event. The Minister has not as of yet signed the Park Use Permit for Clayoquot Wilderness Resort to establish a private horse operation in Strathcona Park. However BC Parks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1624&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to Minister Terry Lake</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/05/1613/</link>
		<comments>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/05/1613/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello readers, The following letters were recently mailed to our new Minister of the Environment, Terry Lake. The Minister has not as of yet signed the Park Use Permit for Clayoquot Wilderness Resort to establish a private horse operation in Strathcona Park. However BC Parks has already given it their stamp of approval on February [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1613&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Families Second in the Park</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/03/11/families-second-in-the-park/</link>
		<comments>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/03/11/families-second-in-the-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Families first, promises B.C.&#8217;s new premier Christy Clark. My hope is that her promise will apply to my family when it comes to access and use of facilities in our publicly owned parks. BC Parks is poised to approve a permit to Clayoquot Wilderness Resort to construct what is essentially a private use facility in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1601&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friends of Strathcona Hosting Meeting</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/01/23/friends-of-strathcona-hosting-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/01/23/friends-of-strathcona-hosting-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Strathcona Park (FOSP) are hosting a meeting in Courtenay for several groups concerned with protecting our environment and parks. Executive members from the various groups will discuss ways and means for encouraging governments to deal better with fragile natural areas. Some recent happenings which have prompted the coming discussion are threats of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1561&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FOSP Centennial Project : Bedwell/Buttle Trail</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/01/12/fosp-centennial-project-bedwellbuttle-trail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The directors of Friends of Strathcona Park (FOSP) have decided to complete the Bedwell/Buttle Trail as a Strathcona Park Centennial Project. They say the trail, which traverses the mountains and valleys between Buttle Lake and Bedwell Sound, will make it possible to hike from Buttle Lake to the west coast in approximately 3-4 days. FOSP [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1495&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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