Emily Vance

Walking the Big Tree Trail in Meares Island Tribal Park, Saya Masso spots a mass of salamander eggs sitting in the sun. The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation’s lands and resources manager stops to scoop them with his bare hands into a moist, shady spot…

Some nations are looking outside the B.C. and federal park systems and declaring Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. CBC's Emily Vance explains.

CBC’s Emily Vance takes us to Hot Springs Cove on the west coast of Vancouver Island, to learn about work the Ahousaht First Nation is doing to sustainably manage the popular site in Maquinna Marine Provincial Park.

Despite thousands of years of caring for the land and waters, First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island have historically been shut out of decisions about the management of parks. But the tide, it seems, is turning. Watch here:…

CBC’s Emily Vance takes us to the traditional territory of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island where the nation considers their entire territory to fall within four Tribal Parks. Aired on All Points West, CBC Radio…