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Jesse Way enjoys an afternoon of standup paddleboarding (SUP) on Lake Edith last summer. Photo - A.

A volunteer trudges around a pond searching for signs of amphibians. Parks Canada photo Each spring, amphibian lifecycles begin in ponds throughout Jasper National Park.

The Friends of Jasper National Park and the Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta - Régionale de Jasper both received funding from the federal government. Photo - Robert Linsdell https://www.flickr.

Grizzly bear cub. R. Bray/Parks Canada photo Parks Canada has already captured and collared six grizzly bears this season and hopes to collar another four as part of a three-year study of the bear’s habitat use in Jasper National Park.

Left to right: Jake Delorme, Morgan Poirier & Martin Kreiner. N. Veerman photo Under the bright lights of Calgary’s McMahon Stadium, three Jasperites earned the title of all stars.

Libby Weir helping a teacher make a handmade book. Submitted photo For the past three years, Libby Weir, a member of the Jasper Rotary Club, has travelled more than 13,500 km to volunteer in the tiny east African country of Rwanda.

Do bears dance like nobody’s watching? We have certainly captured some groovy rub-tree moves! This year marks the seventh year of remote camera wildlife monitoring in Jasper National Park.

Greg Van Tighem photo Jasper’s emergency responders are on the same page, after an interagency emergency planning meeting to discuss the community’s emergency response plan, May 7.

Parks Canada/R. Bray photo Ryan Bray is Parks Canada's videographer and photographer in Jasper National Park. Parks Canada photo The stars aligned when Ryan Bray moved to Jasper National Park.

Amar Athwal photo Parks Canada’s recent approval of hang gliding and paragliding in Jasper National Park is raising concerns among birdwatchers and environmentalists about the impact these new activities could have on the park’s birds.