Right next to the world-renowned resort municipality of Whistler is a 500,000 hectare stretch of wild country that rivals any of the Rocky Mountain parks in scenery, grandeur and wildlife, yet it remains largely unprotected and subject to on-going heavy damage by industrial activities - primarily clearcut logging. In 1998 Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Canada's largest membership-based conservation organization, proposed that this wild area, called the Stoltmann Wilderness, become a National Park. This paper lays out our proposal in detail including maps and photos.

The Stoltmann National Park

Wilderness Committee Educational Report Vol.17-No.06 - Winter 1998/1999

Golden Opportunity

Sweeping view of the Upper Elaho Valley from Bear Bluffs, along the Elaho Trail.

Right next to the world-renowned resort municipality of Whistler is a 500,000 hectare stretch of wild country that rivals any of the Rocky Mountain parks in scenery, grandeur and wildlife, yet it remains largely unprotected and subject to on-going heavy damage by industrial activities — primarily clearcut logging. In 1998 Western Canada Wilderness Committee, Canada's largest membership-based conservation organization, proposed that this wild area, called the Stoltmann Wilderness, become a National Park.

Tourism is now B.C.'s number one job creator. Stoltmann Wilderness "Golden Corridor"' -- the Vancouver-to- Whistler region, where the majority of tourism dollars are spent in this province. Preserving the Stoltmann Wilderness as a National Park on the doorstep of Whistler is a once-in-a-lifetime golden opportunity for the citizens of B.C., Canada and the world. You can help make this dream a reality.