Real Smart...alberta Govmnt

[mvdaog]

I woulda thought they coulda smartened up a bit more 40 somethin years after Mowat's book... guess not

http://news.albertawilderness.ca/2008NR/2080326NR.pdf

http://cpaws.org/news/archive/2008/04/guns...ertas-appro.php

yea, poison the wolves (and maybe other animals while you're at it) to save the caribou. mhmm... Friggin idiots

[Tako]

????? There's some development in the L Smoky area, but no mining leases I'm aware of. There is a sheeitload of wolves though. I'm not a fan of poison, but I saw lots and lots of wolf tracks on the Smoky, and no caribou. At least the AB gov't has the balls to do a wolf control program, unlike over here.

 

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[Brownstone]

Ive spent time around the Smoky, Berland, wild hay area..the wolves are huge and lots of 'em ...

 

I hope thats not Birchy's hand print

[Weedy1]

In this province energy is much more important than wildlife. That caribou herd will disappear in time, whether it's the result of wolves or man time will tell.

I don't know who they think their kidding. Sad but true.

[Tako]

I dunno Weedy. That country is a lot more untouched than most of the 'bou country over here. From my experience, it's mostly forest. I didn't pay enough attention to the wildlife issues during my stay, but it seemed to me like a lot of the immediate ares the caribou use are protected from development. I hate to say it, but poison works better than fencing cut lines.....and anyone who wants to cite Farley Mowat as a reliable source of wolf knowledge.....skeptical I am.

There is a good point in one of those biased articles about reforestation and making the area more suitable for moose. Moose are probably as bad for caribou as wolves are.....

[loyaleddie]

Wow…this post is very coincidental to the conversations I have had with our some of our field operators yesterday. We were talking about the sightings of woodland caribou in the area (sturgeon lake), and I called Bull Sh!t. They would have to prove to me there were Caribou this far south. So the guys gave me a tour of some of our protected properties of the area. They said that these protected areas are in direct response to protecting the migration pattern of the Little Smokey heard. As well, the protection area boundaries extent to accommodate the water shed of the Simonette.