

New draft KNP management plan
The KNPS is updating the Park Management Plan and is seeking public comment on the new draft which is posted below. The Management Plan is a requirement of the Provincial License of Occupation that authorizes the City of Kimberley to designate the area for park purposes. The plan was originally created by the Kimberley Nature Park Society, in consultation with the City and the community, and was last updated in 2012. The draft 2019 version is largely consistent with previou


A busy Friday morning
The amount of activity in the Nature Park and Horse Barn Valley on Friday morning proves that a cloudy, drizzly day doesn't deter KNPS volunteers. Frank, Paul and Lou took a truck into the Park from the Swan Ave. entrance and spent the morning cleaning up old junk that was revealed last fall when the fuel treatment crews thinned out the small trees near the old gravel pit. Previously screened from view were piles of metal, old bottles, a couple of rusted 45-gallon barrels, a