A new wildland park in northern Alberta will go a long way toward ensuring Indigenous people can keep up their traditional pursuits, a local First Nation said Tuesday.
"This is a strong environmental, ecological protection," said Melody Lepine of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. "It's really watershed focussed."
Lepine said the new park will also start to answer concerns a United Nations body has expressed about the existing Wood Buffalo National Park. "Is this the entire buffering zone? No. But it is a right step in the direction of creating a full buffer zone."
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