The province is spending $29 million to protect and conserve Ontario’s boreal caribou population, but retired MNR biologist Alan Bisset points out that do that means pushing moose out their habitat in favour of caribou. The province has mismanaged moose for decades, he argues, what makes them think they can save caribou?
It was recently announced the provincial government is going to spend $29 million of your dollars over the next five years to protect and conserve Ontario’s “boreal” caribou population , presumably as described in the Woodland Caribou Conservation Plan .
As is noted in the CCP, woodland caribou are “ecologically important and have intrinsic value. They are indicators of the health of the boreal ecosystem.” That said, they have no conventional economic value and almost nobody in Ontario will ever see one.
While there may be poor information regarding caribou in general, there is reasonably good information on them in CEZ B, and ample and excellent information for moose. My knowledge is that there are very few caribou in the vast majority of this zone.
As a consequence, the “continuous distribution” along the lakeshore is erroneous. Except for the island populations, caribou have effectively been “discontinued’ in that area. There are no caribou left to “distribute” or to “connect” to northern populations. The plan needs revision before further action is taken as regards that objective.
7: There are many references to uncertainties, and the main theme of the plan is to restore caribou through landscape-level habitat manipulation. One of the most interesting statements is that it will take 40 to 60 years after habitat disturbance before the effect of habitat “improvement” will be known. That’s a very large risk if the plan fails. There have been large fires in the past.
Ontario is embarking on a major and expensive experiment that will cost $5 million a year. I’ve never seen that much money in any wildlife project in Ontario, ever. I’m confused why caribou populations, which are declining on the edge of the range where they interact with humans are so ecologically important, while moose populations, of equal ecological and much greater social and economic importance, will be allowed to decline well below historic levels? I‘m not alone at being confused. I think there is some pretty confused and seriously faulted logic on the part of MNRF.
In an effort to get around this roadblock, I sent the most important articles to his constituency office, with a note that he should be apprised of the situation and not just pass it on as usual. I was informed that it was sent to his office in Toronto. Now I can understand why MNRF, from the minister on down, may not like me, but it is generally considered a courteous business practice to at least acknowledge correspondence before ignoring it.
From where I stand, that makes him either a liar or a fool, possibly both. You can bet he won’t write a letter like that ever again. This fact allows unscrupulous people to turn a kernel of truth into a field of lies for self-serving purposes. Dissatisfaction opens the door to misinformation and conspiracy theories. Most people won’t take the time to check for the truth and an amazing number of people won’t believe it when it is shown to them.
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