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CHETWYND, B.C. \u2014- \u00a0The first provincial park expansion in a decade will see some 200,000 hectares of protected space for Caribou and other species located in northeastern B.C. The Ministry of the Environment said in a statement on June 14th that the Klinse-za Park, located southwest of Chetwynd, is part of the province\u2019s goal of protecting 30 per cent of B.C. lands by the year 2030. Expanding the park is part of a deal reached in 2020 between the province, the federal government, Saulteau First Nations, and West Moberly First Nations. That agreement included helping to protect and stabilize the population of Caribou. In the past century, the population of Caribou declined by 55 per cent, leaving only about 4,000 southern mountain caribou in B.C., according to the province. The… <\/p>\n

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CHETWYND, B.C. \u2014- \u00a0The first provincial park expansion in a decade will see some 200,000 hectares of protected space for Caribou and other species located in northeastern B.C. The Ministry of the Environment said in a statement on June 14th that the Klinse-za Park, located southwest of Chetwynd, is part of the province\u2019s goal of protecting 30 per cent of B.C. lands by the year 2030. Expanding the park is part of a deal reached in 2020 between the province, the federal government, Saulteau First Nations, and West Moberly First Nations. That agreement included helping to protect and stabilize the population of Caribou. In the past century, the population of Caribou declined by 55 per cent, leaving only about 4,000 southern mountain caribou in B.C., according to the province. The... <\/p>\n

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