Environment and Conservation
July 30, 2014

Media Advisory: Minister to Attend Parks Proud Celebration

The Honourable Vaughn Granter, Minister of Environment and Conservation, will take part in a Parks Proud - 60 Years of Service celebration tomorrow (Thursday, July 31) at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at Sir Richard Squires Memorial Provincial Park, located on Route 422, 16 kilometres past Cormack.

Parks Proud - Celebrating 60 Years of Service promotes the milestones and achievements of the Parks and Natural Areas Division of the Department of Environment and Conservation from 1954 to 2014.

The province’s network of provincial parks and natural areas includes 13 camping parks, seven day-use parks, the T'Railway Provincial Park, the Main River Waterway Provincial Park and 10 park reserves, totalling 32 provincial parks. The division is also responsible for two wilderness reserves and 18 ecological reserves that protect significant seabird colonies, rare plants and significant fossil sites.

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Media contact:

Deborah Thomas Director of Communications Department of Environment and Conservation 709-729-2575, 728-8092 deborahthomas@gov.nl.ca

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