Andy Day, CEO of the BC Parks Foundation on a remarkable billionaire-funded effort to save the tiny turtle of Rosebud Lake.

What do Lululemon billionaire founder Chip Wilson, a small Kootenay Lake near the US border and a wee amphibian have in common? Western Painted Turtles are important to BC’s hinterland. In fact the BC Parks Foundation is expanding Rosebud Lake Regional Park — from 16 hectares to more than 80 in an effort to save the its population of Western Painted Turtles. Andy Day is the well-connected CEO the BC Parks Foundation.