Province investing in outdoor recreation, protecting Livingstone-Porcupine Hills area
LETHBRIDGE – The provincial government is investing approximately $5 million into a number of projects over four years, to support recreational opportunities in the Livingstone-Porcupine Hills area, while simultaneously protecting public lands.
Environment and Parks minister, Shannon Phillips, made the announcement Friday, April 20, providing an overview of the initiative.
“We’ve got some off-highway vehicle bridges, we’ve got some areas where we’ve done some trail grooming to accommodate, for example, snowmobilers. We’ve got some investments in camping nodes,” said Phillips.
She also noted that $2.2 million is earmarked for the Fisheries Habitat Enhancement and Sustainability program, which will go towards reducing sedimentation and completing bank stabilization at damaged stream crossings. Those efforts will protect fish populations, including the threatened westslope cutthroat trout and bull trout in Allison Creek, Giradi Creek, Hidden Creek and Lyon Creek.