As A Concerned Individual You Can:

1. Sign our online petition and download copies to circulate.
   
   
2. Write a letter:

   Please write to the governments of Canada and British Columbia and let them know whether or not you want them to commit to the establishment of a sizeable national park reserve in the South Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys that:

   • Upholds the standard of protection afforded by the National Parks Act that forbids ranching, hunting, logging, and mining on national park reserve lands.
     
     
   • Encompasses at least 100 000 hectares of currently unprotected Crown lands as well as existing provincial protected areas in the grasslands and forests of the region.
     
     
   • Includes a $50 million parks acquisition fund to purchase private lands from willing sellers, to buy out grazing leases from willing sellers on Crown lands, and to provide conservation financing options for local First Nations.
     
     
   • Encompasses the Vaseux Lake / White Lake region which contains the rarest, low elevation habitats in the proposal.

   Write to:
   
   Prime Minister Stephen Harper
   80 Wellington ST.
   Ottawa, ONT K1A 0A2
   Fax: 613-941-6900
   Pm@pm.gc.ca
   (No postage needed if mailed in Canada)
   
   Premier Gordon Campbell
   Legislative Buildings
   Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
   Fax: 250-387-0087
   Premier@gov.bc.ca
   (Postage is required)
   
   Be sure to include your mailing address.

As an Organization You Can

1. Write the government on behalf of your organization. See the contact info above.
   
   
2. Get your members and supporters to also write letters, and to sign and circulate the petition. Mail and email your members this action alert/info sheet, and get it on to your website.
   
   
3. Organize public forums, slideshows, and garner media interest in your area. Contact us (below) for advice.
   
   
4. Please help us circulate the petition in your communities and through other local groups.

For further information please contact:

Western Canada Wilderness Committee
651 Johnson Street, Victoria, BC V8W 1M7
Phone:(250) 388-9292
Fax: (250) 388-9223
Email: info@wcwcvictoria.org
Website: www.wcwcvictoria.org

South Okanagan Naturalist Club
Contact: Jim Ginns
1970 Sutherland Road
Penticton, BC V2A 8T8
Phone: 250-492-9610
Email: ginnsj@telus.net