Invasive Species Lead to Access Restrictions in BC, Alberta National Parks

Invasive Species Lead to Access Restrictions in BC, Alberta National Parks
Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park is seen in this Oct. 22, 2009 photo. The Canadian Press/Bill Graveland
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Parks Canada is closing all bodies of water in British Columbia’s Kootenay and Yoho national parks, and restricting watercraft in Alberta’s Waterton Lakes National Park in an effort to slow the spread of invasive species.

The lakes, creeks and tributaries in eastern British Columbia will be closed until at least March next year in response to the deadly whirling disease parasite found in fish.