Having spent a significant portion of my summer at Dunnet Regional Park just south of Avonlea, I realized how significant this resource is for the surrounding communities. It turns out the park means a lot for area residents who use it to capacity summer after summer.
The co-managed regional parks require the collaboration of local municipalities and provincial authorities to provide camping, resource stewardship and revenue-generating mechanism that will ensure their sustainability for future generations.
Essentially, regional parks are economically socially and environtally responsible operations. They benefit local residents by providing them a place of leisure, they certainly at prevent harming the environment in the sense that the intensity of their use is monitored by authorities. There are now recycling programs in place in many locations. And, the parts create summer jobs for local residents. That works too.
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