EARLY BEGINNINGS

Kuala Selangor has long been known for its bird life, and studies of wading birds have been conducted here since the 1960s.
Since then, there have been many changes. The construction of a coastal bund has left a healthy band of mangroves on the seaward edge. However, the inland mangroves were drying up and a gradual patchy replacement of mangroves by figs, acacia and creepers was taking place.
Further along the coast, land cleared for saltpans and a new township was for many years ideal wader roosting habitats, with shallow puddles and wide open spaces. However, now that open land is being built on, the birds must go elsewhere.
It was the anticipantion of such change that led the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) to excavate shallow lakes with islands, as wildlife habitat. Set within 600 acres of coastal mangroves and secondary forest, the lakes and vegetation support a wide variety of animals and plants. And, unlike the situation in many places, the wildlife can actually be seen!.
In 1987, the Kuala Selangor Nature Park (KSNP) was opened to the public. A year of hard work by MNS members, together with other conservation organisations and the State Government of Selangor Darul Ehsan, enabled the park to become a reality.
The then Menteri Besar of Selangor, YAB Dato Muhammad bin Hj Muhd Taib officiated the opening of the Park. The endangered silvered leaf monkey, which the Park protects was chosen for the Park's logo.