Ecology and Wonder in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Heritage SiteEcology and Wonder makes several remarkable claims: The greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadianmountain region is what has been preserved, not what has beendeveloped. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preservecrucial ecological functions. Because the process of ecosystem diminishment and species losshas been slowed, an ecological thermostat has been kept alive. This maywell be an important defence against future climate