Further to Glenda Luymes’ article “B.C.’s Capital Regional District seeks help in Bambi battle” on Sept. 28, there is a storm brewing over hunting on Mayne Island.
As is evidenced by the 400-plus signatures on a petition circulated in the last few months, and comments in the monthly news magazine, The Mayneliner, many island residents want the change reversed, primarily for reasons of safety. Most of Mayne Island is privately owned and many areas have multiple small lots. Spring and summer bring many tourists, vital to the island’s economy.
For decades, we have cautioned that the province’s forests are being overcut and the result will be degraded ecosystems, loss of species, damage to fresh water supplies and the loss of jobs. The industry is the architect of their own demise and while forest workers are but pawns in this travesty, the forest companies have taken their well-subsidized profits and invested the money in sawmills in the U.S., where tree plantations grow many times faster than they do here.
Now, we have to wait even longer and pay more for what will be an inadequate solution to the gridlock on Highway 99.Cliff du Fresne, North Vancouver
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