Cathy Ellis

The animal care, health and welfare team has done a visual heath assessment of the two young cougars, which are in good body condition.

“They are the 6th and 7th cougars to be lost from our ecosystem since May 2024. I can’t even describe in words just how devastating this is.”

“The only really two reasons why a coyote would be in your neighbourhood or in and around town is for a place to sleep somewhere or where they’re finding food."

"We have a really busy program here; we are one of the programs that has done the most in the past 10 to 20 years," said Jane Park, fire and vegetation management specialist for Banff National Park.

“She is a huge loss to the ecosystem.”

“We learned a lot from recent fire events that combustible species located adjacent to buildings were a primary source of ignition in a lot of cases.”

“The lack of new cones on evergreen trees may be a good reason for a lack of birds that depend on them for food, but the count of most other species was also down."

Climate emergency: 2025 declared International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

Some of the 1,000-plus survey respondents suggested limiting or reducing the number of daily visitors to the Lake Louise area, while others felt that changes could be made to infrastructure and services to improve access and better disperse visitors in the region.

"Together, we recognize that the cultures and identities of Indigenous Peoples are rooted in the land, and honouring these connections is vital for meaningful reconciliation."