By Katie Krelove, Ontario Campaigner, Wilderness Committee

Let’s give Algonquin Park the gift of protection

May 27 marks the 130th anniversary of the establishment of Algonquin Park. It’s Ontario’s oldest provincial park, and the first in Canada.

Unfortunately, Algonquin Park is still stuck in its logging past. While every other park in the province banned industrial activity decades ago to prioritize nature conservation, two-thirds of Algonquin remains open to logging, gravel mining and road construction.

For its 130th anniversary let’s tell the Ontario government to give Algonquin Park the protection makeover it needs to ensure biodiversity can thrive.

Write my letter to end logging in Algonquin Park

130 is old, but not old-growth old!

Our Algonquin Old Growth Project recently found trees over 400 years old in remote unprotected areas of the park. These patches of old-growth forest are crucial to carbon storage and biodiversity, yet remain on the chopping block in the 10-year logging plans. They should be immediately protected to maintain Algonquin’s vitality.

All provincial parks have management plans meant to be updated every 20 years. Algonquin’s is now over 25 and overdue for review.

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