Logging In Castle As Early As Next Week

[seanbritt]

Just got a heads up from some old colleagues that logging is intended to start as early as next week in the Castle. I know a lot of us love this area. I also know a lot of us complain about pressure, poaching, etc., but as many of you know one of the biggest threats to fisheries is logging (I've attached a link to some academic papers below), with erosion/silt deposit being a big issue, which then has an impact on stream flow/levels and hence mortality (focus of second article below). Since there is a new leader in our government, there may be a chance to have an impact. Below is a link to the CPAWS website (they have a campaign going). Or alternatively, call your elected official and speak to them directly.

 

CPAWS:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2463/...action_KEY=8461

 

ARTICLES:

 

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1577...LA%3E2.3.CO%3B2

 

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111...3126.x/abstract

 

Cheers,

Sean

 

[PGK]

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[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

PKG, what are you getting so uppety(sp) about. are you trying to ask people on the forum to sign or as you responding to one of the articals?

 

i signed to potition

[fishinhogdaddy]

Hmm. Insulting people.....wonder if that will work?

FHD

[jjthom2]

Best of luck on this one.

 

I tried everything I could (and recieved significant help from others with much more experience in these matters) to get something done about some of the poor logging practices on the upper Red Deer (entire feeder creeks logged nearly to the banks). After 2 years nothing changed.

 

The general attitude is that it's all bound to burn anyways so might as well harvest it.

 

The rules regarding buffer strips and stream classification need to be changed and people need to understand that a forest fire leaves behind a very different ecosytem than clear-cut logging.

[PGK]

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[bhurt]

Just because no one responded does not mean no one has done anything, I have written a couple of letters to my mla about this but I guess because I did not post on here I did nothing. Edit

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

yah up pkg i just dont get your point. I think people are becoming less and less impacted as these threads are being poped up once a month.

[reevesr1]

Can we please can the damn name calling? It is getting a bit tedious.

 

if you fish, hunt, or ski in the area, please at least sign the petition. Takes about 1 minute.

 

[SilverDoctor]

signed

[reevesr1]

Petition Site

 

Here is a petition site.

 

[darrinhurst]

Signed.

 

And, for the record, I have never fished the Castle area. But would like to one day and would hope that it would still be a credible fishery when I do.

[bigbowtrout]

Not one peep.

 

[Ricinus]

signed and peeped.

 

Mike

[PGK]

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[ÜberFly]

Me too! I went down to protest at the McDougle Centre earlier this year and I have written letters!! So I'm allowed to bitch!

 

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Just because no one responded does not mean no one has done anything, I have written a couple of letters to my mla about this but I guess because I did not post on here I did nothing. Edit

 

[alan2]

I signed it. And BTW, I brought this topic up and posted it about yr ago when word was first out about it being logged. And sent 2 letters (none of which helped apparently but still...)

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

problem is people think potitions will work for everything. they WILL log it at some point when the right abount of $$ are poceted. but i dont care much as i dont fish there

[jusfloatin]

I bet you could have a million names on this petition and logging will still happen, granted the petition may make small adjustments to quell the mass but it will be logged. Or they will not log what can be seen from the road as they have in Wiapourace (sorry for the spelling)

 

There are logging is provincial parks under the disguise of protecting the woods from the pine beetle.

 

What is needed is some honest politicians.

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

and most of these great rivers are only accesable to fish because of login/fire roads.

[bhurt]

I bet you could have a million names on this petition and logging will still happen, granted the petition may make small adjustments to quell the mass but it will be logged. Or they will not log what can be seen from the road as they have in Wiapourace (sorry for the spelling)

 

There are logging is provincial parks under the disguise of protecting the woods from the pine beetle.

 

What is needed is some honest politicians.

 

Lol, funniest thing I ever heard: HONEST POLITICAN

 

Show me a honest politican in the world that does not have some type of secert agenda and I will be surprised.

 

You do know there is a very special place in HELL for MOST politicans.

[PGK]

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[jusfloatin]

Lol, funniest thing I ever heard: HONEST POLITICAN

 

Show me a honest politican in the world that does not have some type of secert agenda and I will be surprised.

 

You do know there is a very special place in HELL for MOST politicans.

 

 

I did not say there is one but rather we need one.

 

Hell would be too good.

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

haha, your too easy PKG.

[jones]

[sarc]the lumber industry should be ashamed of itself [/sarc] we could import from a third world country perhaps. this is a great example of NIMBY. forestry is always in someones backyard. alberta could forget the tar sands and stop exporting oil. stop drilling and stop exporting gas. stop exporting wheat and cattle. lets stop exporting all of our resources in Canada. calgary probably has good food banks. perhaps people who work in the resource sector need to rethink their position. maybe there is a better way to get trees. any ideas. other than not in your backyard

jones