now we know why less than half of them survive transplant
Half? They wish! That was one of the 20 transplants to the South Purcells in 2012. ZERO were still alive by 2014.
It will be now, keep this chit to yourself.We actually saw some last time we rode in Revy. They were not in a closure area.
I heard that in the end the average cost was $200,000 per head and they all died. Not one death was from a sledder I'm told???
Just received this response from our Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources. I sent them a letter after reading this thread:
Ref: 221451
Dear Shane Frocklage:
Thank you for your e-mail of April 5, 2016 to Minister of Environment, Mary Polak, regarding concerns that the Ministry is considering new snowmobile closures in the Revelstoke area. As the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is the agency responsible for managing public recreational access on Crown land, I have been asked to respond to your concern.
There are no current proposals to close additional areas to snowmobiling in the Revelstoke area. The Ministry is concerned about compliance with the existing voluntary closures (on Frisby Ridge in particular), and will continue to work with the local snowmobile club to address specific problem areas. Should that be unsuccessful, legal closures will be proposed. Any proposals to add or amend legal closures, established under the Wildlife Act, are reviewed by First Nations, public and stakeholders (as part of our 2 year regulation change cycle process).
I appreciate your willingness to comply with current closures, and your suggestions to deal with non-compliant snowmobilers.
Thank you for your note.
Sincerely,
Paul M. Rasmussen
Regional Executive Director
Kootenay Boundary Region
Iris Cadogan
Regional Administrative Assistant
Kootenay Boundary Region
1902 Theatre Road, Cranbrook, B.C. V1C 7G1
Phone: 250-420-2179 Fax: 250-426-1767
E-mail: Iris.Cadogan@gov.bc.ca
Might be time for some local - or sledheads of interests of Frisby, to police the closure areas and beat into closure riding bums heads it's closedThat's pretty clear. Shape up or it's getting closed.
The Revy club already has a team that patrols the closure and works on education. He said they often get pretty bad attitudes in return.Might be time for some local - or sledheads of interests of Frisby, to police the closure areas and beat into closure riding bums heads it's closed
thinking the club is going to have to resort to taking pictures of violators, take down their plate numbers and turn the info over to the Fish Cops to issue fines in order to make some people get that it isn't up to them to decide they can ignore closures.
I just don't get it. Where is the evidence that any form of snowmobiling has contributed to a drop in population of the caribou anywhere?
All I have seen is theories.
If you look at the stats most of the deaths are over the summer, or when the snow is set up to the point any predatory animal can walk and stay on top of it.
What is it going to take to get the government to understand sleds aren't the problem?
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I get what you are saying, and agree. But it's not when is the government going to get it figured out, it's when is the sledding community going to get it figured out. The government has had it figured out for quite awhile. They know where the grease comes from.I just don't get it. Where is the evidence that any form of snowmobiling has contributed to a drop in population of the caribou anywhere?
All I have seen is theories.
If you look at the stats most of the deaths are over the summer, or when the snow is set up to the point any predatory animal can walk and stay on top of it.
What is it going to take to get the government to understand sleds aren't the problem?
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It's a way for the enviro groups to secure a corridor from yukon to yellowstone.
They might pay $1000 a day, but very little leaves the resort they stay at. Same with the ski hill people. Anyone who has taken their family to a mountain knows how expensive it is. Very little gets spread around the local businesses after.Heli ski customers pay over $1000 a day to play.
Its a bigger political thing than heli ops. It's a way for the enviro groups to secure a corridor from yukon to yellowstone.