Yoho National Park Management Plan Priority Actions and Achievements

Key Strategy or Area First 5 Year Actions Actions: 2010/11 Concept

Key Strategy A Showcase of National Develop new Burgess Shale virtual products and Burgess Shale content on the Yoho National Park website has been Park Stewardship continually update interpretive messages based significantly revised and expanded for posting this spring or on current research. summer. Expand use of environmental technologies in built Parks Canada has launched a media campaign centred on the facilities. Burgess Shale, and other park opportunities. Involve volunteers in stewardship activities such as Parks Canada has contributed to the development of the Burgess non-native plant control and ecosystem Shale Virtual Museum of Canada website, scheduled to launch in restoration. 2011. Experiencing the Authentic Increase promotion of Yoho as a winter Information on the park will be included in the upcoming National . . . and the Spectacular destination. Geographic guide to Canada’s national parks. Promotions officer has been hired. Improve on-line pre-trip information. Camping and Bear Update web pages have been updated with new Investigate alternative fee collection options, content, layout and the latest information. including the creation of a kiosk on the Yoho Valley Road. Target priority market segments. Consider proposals for new visitor experience Opportunities for live fish viewing have been assessed and are opportunities that support Parks Canada’s currently under review. mandate. Celebrating History, Culture Complete an inventory of heritage buildings. and the World Heritage Site Work with partners to develop the concept of a Several formal meetings with partners have been held in Golden heritage corridor – From Kicking Horse Pass to the and Revelstoke to begin development of the heritage corridor Last Spike Cultural Landscape. concept. The heritage corridor has been incorporated into the Yoho/Glacier 125 celebration messaging and product content for 2011. Railway history was identified as a good curriculum fit for Grade 5 Socials Studies. Preparation of a heritage corridor resource package for teachers in the Rocky Mountain SD#6 has begun. Interpretive theatre show on Kicking Horse Pass NHS delivered to 1

650 park visitors. Kicking Horse Pass/Spiral Tunnels interpretive program was presented at schools and libraries in the lower mainland reaching 300 Vancouver students and 132 community members. Bringing the Mountains to Work with the ROM and Canadian Heritage to Parks Canada has contributed to the development of the Burgess People Where They Live develop the Burgess Shale virtual museum. Shale Virtual Museum of Canada website, scheduled to launch in 2011. Managing Development Continue to implement the Redevelopment No redevelopments underway. Guidelines for Outlying Commercial Accommodations and Hostels in the Rocky Mountain National Parks (2007). Restore disturbed sites no longer required for facilities. Work with Canadian Pacific to reduce grain Canadian Pacific program to repair or replace leaking gates on spillage on the railway. federal grain cars continues. Spot cleaning of tracks and the use of a Prepare a long-term gravel extraction plan. vacuum truck continues. Ensuring Healthy Park Restore connectivity of streams and wetlands. Stream survey work conducted on Monarch Creek in preparation for Ecosystems culvert restoration, stream channel restoration and bank stabilization. Work with Canadian Pacific to address wildlife Parks Canada and Canadian Pacific created a 5-year action plan to mortality on the railway. address wildlife mortality on the tracks in Banff National Park. Results from this work will be used to address potential mitigation work in Yoho. Control or eliminate non-native, invasive species. Inventory and control work undertaken on priority non-native species, primarily knapweed. Area Concepts

Kicking Horse Corridor Improve the sense of arrival and welcome at the Sense of Arrival concept is under development as part of TCH east entrance. twinning work. Review campgrounds and day use areas: modify or consolidate facilities to improve visitor experience and ecological conditions. Build experience and learning opportunities into Website content, fact sheets and stakeholder updates continue to the planned prescribed fires for Mount King and enhance understanding of the prescribed fire program in Yoho Ottertail valley. National Park. On-site interpretation and media opportunities are planned for both Mount King and Ottertail prescribed fires if conditions allow these projects to go ahead in 2011.

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Community of Field Continue to implement the Field Community Plan Renew and expand Parks Canada office space in Office expansion, utilising a portion of the Field School, is underway. Field. Lake O’Hara Improve the reservation and bus system. Review access and quotas to the Lake O’Hara area for possibilities to improve visitor experience while maintaining ecological objectives for the area. Takakkaw Falls – Yoho Upgrade Takakkaw Falls pedestrian bridge and Valley trailhead information. Increase visitor awareness of the unique character of the valley before visitors travel up the Yoho Valley Road. Emerald Lake Prepare a concept for parking and reducing the impact of vehicular traffic on the lakeshore experience. Burgess Shale Maintain association with the ROM, and convey In cooperation with Parks, ROM conducted additional research on current research to visitors on-site, at exhibit in Burgess Shale sites in 2010. Burgess Shale Virtual Museum is under the park, and through virtual media. development. Parks Canada award winning Burgess Shale guided hikes provided to 430 visitors; interpretive theatre shows to over 500, and roving interpretation provided dialogue with over 200 visitors. Burgess Shale outreach interpretation provided at the ROM in June 2010 and March 2011, reaching over 2500 children and families. Yoho Backcountry Valleys Explore options to relocate trails to areas with better views. Evaluate needs of horse users, and feasibility of establishing day riding along Ice River road, and commercial packing in Amiskwi valley.

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