BC Parks Foundation racing to raise $800K to grow Myra-Bellevue Park

Campaign to protect Myra-Bellevue Park

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Non-profit seeks $800,000 to protect important wildlife corridor in Kelowna

The BC Parks Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to protect a 32.4 hectare property that’s privately owned within Kelowna’s Myra-Bellevue Park. The announcement comes less than a month after the BC Parks Foundation was able to protect 64 hectares of Myra-Bellevue Park after purchasing the private inholding with help from the Wilson 5 Foundation and Climate Change Canada’s Nature Smart Climate Solutions Fund. The property being looked …

BC Parks Foundation launches campaign to protect one of the last privately owned properties within Myra-Bellevue Park

Public invited to help keep one of the Okanagan's most important landscapes wild

BC Parks Foundation racing to raise $800K to grow Myra-Bellevue Park

The BC Parks Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to protect another privately-owned parcel of land inside Myra-Bellevue Park before it can be sold for development. The 32.4-hectare property is surrounded by protected parkland but remains in private hands, giving conservationists a limited...

BC Parks Foundation launches campaign to protect one of the last privately owned properties within Myra–Bellevue Park

KELOWNA, BC, July 08, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Building on the permanent protection of a 64-hectare property within Myra–Bellevue Park, BC Parks Foundation is inviting British Columbians to protect another privately held puzzle piece in the much-loved park.

BC Parks fundraises to protect one of Myra Bellevue’s last privately-owned parcels

Myra Bellevue Provincial Park is known for its historic railway trestles, sweeping views and thousands of visitors who explore the area each year by foot and bike. But what many may not know is that not all of the nearly 8,000-hectare park is publicly owned. “Most people just assume that these parks have a big line around them and that’s that, but some of them are a little bit like Swiss cheese,” said Andy Day, CEO of the BC Parks Foundation. Th…