Who invented our conservation movement: a) hippies; b) First Nations; c) settlers? The answer is: none of the above. Conservation was created by 19th century corporations and wealthy urban sportsmen. The first national park in Banff was intended as a resort for the rich. Critics cursed it as “a benefit to the wealthy,” as one MP put it 1887.
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