Originally Posted by
Bugle M In
The fires right now have been the best thing to restore wildlife #'s.
I feel sorry for personnel property loss due to the fires that are going on right now....but....
if we are speaking strictly "create more wildlife" (disregarding human property loss etc)....I say burn baby burn!
There are some areas in the EK that need "huge 100,000 + hectare fires as well!
The only way that this type of "enhancement" will ever happen is from a "raging, uncontrollable wildfire"
Human prescribed burns couldn't even come close to this type of "wildlife/habitat enhancement" going on right
now.
And with fires, there are no roads ( or not many) being created to cause further concern about (over/easy access)
having more road deactivations.
Yes logging is necessary for families, and has created/given us hunters roads to access great hunting opportunities
that we all on this community should be thankful for....but, this "pine beetle fiasco" has created way too many roads,
as forestry companies try to cut down as much timber as possible before the beetle kills it.
And, from my understanding, because forestry companies have to pay a "stumpage fee", they are leaving the dead
timber (pine beetle killed) where it lies....just adding more fuel sources.
The change to the practice in the later 90's was not for the better IMO for anybody, especially wildlife.
They need to clean up those cut blocks better, and burn it all when they are done.
Oh, and I don't really want to get into the science factor, if we still have some groups who hunt in BC, but don't
have to give #'s to the ministry of what they "harvest".
How can we have science, if you can't "plug in" the correct #'s into the calculator???
Garbage in...garbage out...
Atv's should have to stay on the main roads....just like a truck....
They should not be allowed to "make new trails" throughout this province....
I don't necessarily blame the quad guys...it is more the "dirt bike clubs" who are creating these "new trails"...
The quad guys just find them....and off they go.
Ya...going to get some "heat" from the quad hunters from that last statement....but it is for the best to "help wildlife"
Sorry, but wildlife do need some areas where they are not continuously "hassled".
Habitat and access are probably the biggest factors.
Pred control is another issue.
Many in the ministry.... I think....feel that high pred #'s is just a short term problem that will rectify itself.....
which is true.....but it means the ungulate #'s will have to drop 1st.....then the preds die off naturally....
But, this thread is about making ungulate #'s flourish...so....you have to lower the high pred #'s we have right now.
Answer......poison.