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min-height: 210px;"> <a href="/pn-np/plan"> <img alt="" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/pn-np/national-page/pn-np-plan-640x360.jpg" class="img-responsive feature-img"></a> <h4 style="margin-top: 11.5px;"><a href="/pn-np/plan">National Parks System Plan</a></h4> <p>Working towards a system that represents each of Canada’s distinct natural regions.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 210px;"> <a href="/pn-np/cnpn-cnnp"> <img alt="" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/pn-np/national-page/pn-np-nouveau-new-640x360.jpg" class="img-responsive feature-img"></a> <h4 style="margin-top: 11.5px;"><a href="/pn-np/cnpn-cnnp">Creating new national parks</a></h4> <p>Proposals and feasibility studies for new national parks and national park reserves.</p> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-6" style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 210px;"> <a href="/nature/science"> <img alt="" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/pn-np/national-page/pn-np-science-640x360.jpg" class="img-responsive feature-img"></a> <h4 style="margin-top: 11.5px;"><a href="/nature/science">Nature and science</a></h4> <p>How we and our partners are protecting species, habitats and ecosystems.</p> </div> </section> <div class="mrgn-tp-xl mrgn-bttm-xl"> <div class="well"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <img alt="" src="https://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/pn-np/national-page/pn-np-nahanni-520x296.jpg" class="img-responsive feature-img"> </div> <div class="col-sm-8"> <h4 class="mrgn-tp-0">What is a national park reserve?</h4> <p>A national park reserve is an area that is managed like a national park but is subject to one or more Indigenous land claims. These land claims are being negotiated between the federal and Indigenous governments. Indigenous peoples continue to use the land for traditional hunting, fishing, and trapping. The Canada National Park Act applies to the national park reserve and provides the same protections to those of national parks. The resolution of the land claims finalizes the boundaries and establishment conditions, and the national park reserve can be brought under the Canada National Parks Act as a national park.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container">    </div> <div class="container"> </div> <div class="container">  <div id="wb-cont-5"> <p></p> </div>  </div> <div class="container">  <section class="provisional most-requested-bullets brdr-0 mrgn-tp-xl"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="pddng-r-0"> <h2 class="mrgn-tp-md h3">Related links</h2> </div> <div class="col-md-9">  <ul class="wb-eqht mrgn-tp-md mrgn-bttm-md colcount-md- wb-init wb-eqht-inited"> <li style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 27px;"><a class="pc-relatedlink" href="/lhn-nhs" >National historic sites</a></li> <li style="vertical-align: top; min-height: 27px;"><a class="pc-relatedlink" href="/amnc-nmca" >National marine conservation areas</a></li> <li style="vertical-align: top; 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