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Waterton Glacier International Peace ParkLandsat 7 image of Waterton-Glacier International Peace ParkLocationAlberta, Canada and Montana, United StatesCoordinates49xc2xb000xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3N 113xc2xb055xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf49.00000xc2xb0N 113.91667xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 49.00000; -113.91667Coordinates: 49xc2xb000xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3N 113xc2xb055xe2x80xb200xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf49.00000xc2xb0N 113.91667xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 49.00000; -113.91667FormedJune 18, 1932Governing bodyParks Canada, U.S. National Park ServiceLocation of Waterton Glacier International Peace Park in North America UNESCO World Heritage SiteIncludesWaterton Lakes National ParkGlacier National ParkCriteriaNatural:xc2xa0(vii), (ix)Reference354revInscription1995 (19th session)Area457,614xc2xa0ha (1,766.86xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) | WIKI |
Early proponents of a borderless international park include Canadian George "Kootenay" Brown, a long-time settler and first forest ranger-in-charge of Waterton, and American Albert Henry xe2x80x9cDeath-on-the-Trailxe2x80x9d Reynolds, an early ranger of the northern portion of Glacier. | WIKI |
The Cardston, Alberta and Montana Rotary Clubs would play a significant role in the Park's establishment, holding a joint meeting at the Prince of Wales Hotel on July 4xe2x80x935, 1931 which led to a resolution drafted by Samuel H. Middleton, calling on both groups to petition the proper authorities for the establishment of the Peace Park. | WIKI |
[3] The 72nd United States Congress would pass An Act to establish Waterton Glacier International Peace Park on December 8, 1931, and be approved by the United States Senate in March 1932. | WIKI |
The union of the parks was achieved through the efforts of Rotary International members from Alberta and Montana, on June 18, 1932 at Glacier Park Lodge. | WIKI |
In 2007, the International Dark-Sky Association named Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park the International Dark-Sky Park. | WIKI |
The park's sign at the Chief Mountain border crossing | WIKI |
Maritime weather systems unimpeded by mountain ranges to the north and south allow plants and animals characteristic of the Pacific Northwest to extend to and across the continental divide in the park. | UNESCO |
The International Peace Park includes the headwaters of three major watersheds, which drain through significantly different biomes to different oceans. | UNESCO |
At 457,614 ha, the International Peace Park forms the centrepiece of the much larger transboundary xe2x80x9cCrown of the Continentxe2x80x9d ecosystem. | UNESCO |
Over 95% of the property is managed for wilderness values, xc2xa0but the property must be managed within the Crown of the Continent ecosystem context to ensure the genetic viability and long-term survival of many species, including top carnivores such as grizzly bear, cougar, gray wolf and wolverine, which may roam great distances outside the park boundaries. | UNESCO |
Likewise, the Flathead River system, which forms the western and southern boundaries of Glacier National Park and is home to important populations of fish species, originates outside the International Peace Park. | UNESCO |
Glacier National Park also has enabling legislation which provides broad congressional direction regarding the primary purposes of the park. | UNESCO |
Waterton Lakes National Park is managed under the authority of the Canada National Parks Act and its associated regulations, which govern the protection and management of the natural and cultural resources of the park. | UNESCO |
Day-to-day management is directed by the Park Superintendent of each park according to the relevant legislative and regulatory mandates of the U.S. National Park Service and Parks Canada. | UNESCO |
The U.S. National Park Service and Parks Canada respectively maintain government to government relations with the Blackfeet Tribe as well as the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Kootenai, Pend dxe2x80x99Oreille, and Salish Tribes) in the United States and the Blackfoot Confederacy (the Kainai, the Siksika, and the northern Piikani Nations) xc2xa0and the Ktunaxa Nation in Canada. | UNESCO |
A number of pressures arising from issues outside the Peace Park include residential, industrial and infrastructure development, and forestry practices in both countries. | UNESCO |
Park management plans for the property have identified a number of resource protection measures to address these pressures, such as environmental assessment processes, zoning, ecological integrity and visitor experience monitoring, as well as education programs. | UNESCO |
In 2011, further to the Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Protection, Climate Action and Energy signed by the Government of the Province of British Columbia and the Government of the State of Montana in 2010, British Columbia passed legislation to remove mining, oil and gas exploration and development as permissible land uses in the Flathead watershed in Canada thereby providing added environmental protection to the International Peace Park. | UNESCO |