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FW: hunting in parks



> Good afternoon,
> 
> here is a sample letter to the Minister of Natural Resources for Ontario.
> Please take a few minutes if you can to send it with your name and address
> at the bottom of it. The matter of protecting Provincial parks and every
> peace of green land left is a very important matter.
> 
> Guillaume
> 
> 
>  <<nohunt.wpd>> 
> 
> >
> >>> Re Hunting in Parks!
> >>> IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED response needed very soon>>
> >=======================
> >>> Please copy and distribute
> >>> =======================
> >>> This Wednesday, the Ontario Parks Board will be making a decision that
> >>> could set the stage for Hunting in Ontario's Wilderness Parks this
> Fall.
> 
> >>>
> >>> The Minister of Natural Resources has asked the Ontario Parks Board
> to:
> 
> >>> - Develop a practical and fair way to determine if "demonstrated local
> >>> public support" exists for hunting in parks.
> >>>
> >>> What does this mean?
> >>>
> >>> -The Minister would like to base his decision solely on the opinions
> of
> 
> >>> those that live closest to Wilderness Parks.  As you know, these areas
> >>> of the province tend to have very few people living close by.
> >>>
> >>> Background:
> >>>
> >>> For perspective, it is important to recognize that hunters are now
> less
> 
> >>> than 4 % of the population and declining, while at the same time new
> >>> logging
> >>> roads give them hundreds of miles of new hunting opportunities every
> >year.
> >>>   Hunters have access to 96 % of public lands, and plenty of new
> >>> opportunities
> >>> without compromising the desires of the great majority who want a safe
> >>> place to enjoy nature.
> >>>
> >>> -Our Wilderness Parks belong to all Ontarians.  Consultation on such a
> >>> major change in policy must be conducted province wide before any
> changes
> 
> >>> are made.
> >>>
> >>> -The Ontario Parks Board will be meeting on Wednesday April 26, 2000.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -The Wildlands League (member of the Partnership for Public Lands)
> >>> requested
> >>> the opportunity to make a presentation to the board regarding Hunting
> >>> in Parks.   The Board secretary responded that the board Chair (and
> >former
> >>> provincial Premier) Frank Miller "doesn't want a delegation as he
> feels
> 
> >>> this will open the board up to requests from others to make
> presentations
> 
> >>> as well."
> >>>
> >>> The Partnership has since discovered that the board has indeed
> received
> 
> >>> delegations in the past, including one from a group supporting opening
> >>> parks up to hunting.
> >>>
> >>> WHAT YOU CAN DO -
> >>>
> >>> Send emails to:
> >>>
> >>> Minister John Snobelen
> >>> Minister of Natural Resources
> >>> john_snobelen@ontla.ola.org
> >>>
> >>> and
> >>>
> >>> Frank Miller, Chair and members of
> >>> Ontario Parks Board
> >>> c/o Bob Moos
> >>>  bob.moos@mnr.gov.on.ca
> >>>
> >>> Tell them that:
> >>>
> >>> -Our Wilderness Parks belong to all Ontarians.
> >>>
> >>> -Current policy that prohibits sport hunting in existing wilderness
> >>> zones/park
> >>> s and nature reserves is sound as it stands.
> >>>
> >>> - If they feel obliged to review this aspect of Parks policy, a clear
> >>> proposal followed by broad public consultation including listing on
> the
> 
> >>> EBR registry, is the appropriate vehicle to allow input from all
> citizens
> 
> >>> of Ontario.  -
> >>>
> >>> -Local residents can comment at the same time and during park planning
> >>> reviews, but an open objective province-wide process in respect of the
> >>> policy change itself is essential.
> >>>
> >>> -Minimising public input into such an important issue, by preventing
> only
> 
> >>> certain groups from making presentations to the board, is simply not
> >>> acceptable
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
> >>>
> >>> URGENT: Please send your message by April 25 if possible, but if you
> get
> 
> >>> this message after that date, please send a message anyway. You can
> also
> 
> >>> 'blind cc' the Partnership for Public Lands at
> info@wildlandsleague.org
> 
> >>> to help us monitor public concern on this issue.
> >>>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >>>
> >>> The Partnership for Public Lands
> >>>         is composed of:
> >>>
> >>> Federation of Ontario Naturalists (FON)
> >>> Wildlands League (WL), a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness
> >>> Society
> >>> World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF)
> >>>
> >>> Since 1997 this partnership has been working towards protecting 12% of
> >>> the land within within 45 million Hectares of Northern Ontario that
> the
> 
> >>> Provincial Government has been designating for long term land use
> >>> strategies.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.web.net/wild/
> >>>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >>> The Partnership issues messages via this List Serve to inform
> interested
> 
> >>> people of the progress of our work and on immediate action that needs
> >>> to be taken.
> >>>
> >>> To be added to this listserve send message to:
> >>>
> >>> majordomo@list.web.net
> >>>
> >>>          On the first line in the body of the message type:
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> >>>
> >>>          To unsubscribe:
> >>>
> >>> unsubscribe landsforlife-l
> >>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
> 

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