Acknowledgements

The following Parks Canada staff were involved in the projects outlined in this publication. They also contributed to writing and editing the articles.

• The return of the cougar! — Renee Wissink
   
• Elk and the town of Banff – finding the balance — Cliff White
   
• Taking the lead against greenhouse gases in national parks — Cam McKillop and Greg Shaw
   
• Restoring the integrity of aquatic ecosystems in Mountain National Parks — Nancy Glozier, Robert Crosley, Larry Mottle and David Donald
   
• Piping plovers are making a comeback in Kejimkujik's Seaside Adjunct — Chris McCarthy
   
• Restoring Saskatchewan's mixed prairie grasslands — Adrian Sturch
   
• Restoration initiative blends with recreational use at high-profile national park facility — Jane Watts and Barb Porter
   
• Bringing back Kootenay's original dry grasslands and open forests — Rick Kubian and Alan Dibb
   
• Restoring Laurentian Aquatic Ecosystems — Albert Van Dijk
   
• Battling invasive species in Garry oak ecosystems — Brian Reader
   
• Saint-Ours Canal National Historic Site of Canada restores ecological connections — Sylvain Paradis
   
• Granddaddy of restorations maintains remnant of Carolinian Zone — Dan Reive
   
• New learning centre to draw visitors into Fundy's ecoscape — Michael Murray and Thierry Bouin
   
• First-ever comprehensive inventory of Inuvialuit traditional plant knowledge in the Western Arctic — Ed Mclean
   
• Community stewardship reverses steady decline of salmon stock in Terra Nova National Park of Canada — David Coté and Andrea Coté
   
• Ensuring badgers remain vital part of East Kootenays is aim of international, public-private sector partnership — Nancy Newhouse and Alan Dibb
   
• Local residents, Aboriginal communities and fishers work together to restore Soft-shelled clams in Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada — Eric Tremblay
   
• Wood turtle recovery in La Mauricie National Park of Canada — Jacques Pleau and Denis Masse
   
• Jasper National Park of Canada is burning for conservation — Kevin Van Tighem
   
• National Parks hold the line between Mountain pine beetle epidemic in British Columbia and Alberta's commercial forests — Dave Dalman and Jane Park
   
• Achieving bovine TB-free status in domestic cattle and park wildlife — Todd Shury
• Parks Canada joins a partnership to heal Canada’stemperate rainforest — Bob Hansen

Coordination and editing: Johanne Ranger, Stephen Woodley and John Waithaka

Texts written by: Judy Redpath

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