Vision and objectives

Vision

Bowmont Natural Environment Park is a Major Natural Area in Calgary's northwest. Situated on the north shore of the Bow River, Bowmont is a long linear park that preserves native grasslands, riverine balsam poplar forests and stream bank habitats. The park has a high diversity of landforms including escarpment, ravines, springs, flood plain, floodway and islands. This parkland will be protected and managed to ensure it continues to fulfill its ecological functions, while providing for sensitive human use. Park development and management will provide opportunities for appropriate levels of access to people so that they can enjoy and appreciate the natural environments, while ensuring the park's protection and restoration where required.

Objectives

• To maintain the natural environment in its native state with and emphasis on maintaining or enhancing the biological diversity of the area.
• To protect areas of high environmental significance and to restore areas that have been previously disturbed or degraded.
• To ensure public access, safety and use at the appropriate environmentally sensitive level.
• To conform to Council approved policy and plans.
• To give precedence to the protection of wildlife (both flora and fauna) and the natural resource over human use where the two come into serious conflict.
• To provide volunteer, education and interpretive opportunities.