This is a tragedy of HUGE proportions for kayakers and others who like wilderness. I has been a miracle that the west coast has existed in the format that it has for the last few decades. Giving Federal land back to Indians is just a way of giving Federal land to the private sector. It is now "in play" for the highest dollar. It does not matter who the owner of the moment is... In one fell swoop, you get rid of all the nagging environmentalists, surfers, kayakers, nature freaks etc who influence the management of public lands and deliver it to the people who have money. And I wonder, given the fact that the new owners are Indian that they might not even be hamstrung by the rules in BC that tidal lands are in the public domain. So this makes the situation on the west side worse than the east side. Sure, it will take time to implement all the changes. But anyone who has seen the changes in Tofino over the last 30 years can attest to how fast this can occur. This poor planet Earth. Up against this ever multiplying population of humans. The seams are popping everywhere - global warming or whatever. The value of land is always the number of dollars (loonies) that it can generate. Wilderness always loses in the long term although it is worth fighting whenever possible in the short-term because that is all we have. Just the idea that all those unbelievably beautiful places were accessible to whatever rabble could scrap together a kayak is antithetical to the basic principles of land value. On Nov 2, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Dave Kruger wrote: > Here's hoping we can get some relief from this. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Nov 03 2007 - 00:47:31 PDT
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