Equal Access To Wilderness / Unauthorized Gates

[Steeleco]

This isn't going to be another Native bashing thread. Use your energy and keyboard to do as suggested and write your MLA.

[Steeleco]

I'd like to know how we can tell an authorized gate from a NON authorized one? Just yesterday I took the dog for a stretch up Lost creek, not been up there in eons! Ran into a gate that was posted private. Shot all to hell like most signs, but how do you know?

[HappyJack]

Cut it down, open it up, if there isn't a company sign with contact info prominently displayed then it's not legal, even then it may not be. Writing your MLA is a wasted effort, they are all on the undrip bandwagon now and outdoors people are way way down on the NDP list of those they care about.

[Dirty]

I have encountered this as well. Unfortunately, with dwindling wildlife populations the competition and NIMBYism will get worse. The best thing for wildlife would be to deactivate, restrict motor vehicles, and replant all access roads IMHO. This would help remove unlicensed hunting and give the animals a reprieve.

[browningboy]

2398112[/URL]]I'd like to know how we can tell an authorized gate from a NON authorized one? Just yesterday I took the dog for a stretch up Lost creek, not been up there in eons! Ran into a gate that was posted private. Shot all to hell like most signs, but how do you know?

‘I’m curious as well as to how people would know?

[dakoda62]

There is a gate close to home that a resource company locked a few years ago, spent 4 days building a trail to skirt, not visible unless you know the entrance and exit.

[Liptugger]

I would think a data base of where and when people come across these gates would be useful. Hate to plan a trip, travel a long distance just to fine one of these gates.

[HappyJack]

I have encountered this as well. Unfortunately, with dwindling wildlife populations the competition and NIMBYism will get worse. The best thing for wildlife would be to deactivate, restrict motor vehicles, and replant all access roads IMHO. This would help remove unlicensed hunting and give the animals a reprieve.

A stupid thing for a hunter to suggest, way easier to just shut down the hunting seasons, or just put everything on LEH so people can still send in $ but not really know if anyone is even getting the tags. And 'giving the animals a reprieve' as you suggest would take access away for berry pickers, fishermen, bird watchers, mountain bikers, mushroom pickers, backpackers and all those other people that use these access points. What a stupid suggestion for ANY hunter to make, shutting down access....dumb dumb dumb...PETA approved.

[Arctic Lake]

In a perfect sane world I would think all gates across any public land should have all pertinent information on it
Why , Who , Contact information ! If not rip it the hell out ! Just like those hunters that block roads with vehicles .
Arctic Lake

[Fella]

I have encountered this as well. Unfortunately, with dwindling wildlife populations the competition and NIMBYism will get worse. The best thing for wildlife would be to deactivate, restrict motor vehicles, and replant all access roads IMHO. This would help remove unlicensed hunting and give the animals a reprieve.

I somewhat agree, although I don’t think ALL resource roads should be deactivated, but a lot of them should be. Multiple studies have shown that the presence of roads makes a big impact on wildlife. Get people out moving on their feet or through otherwise non motorized methods and I think we’d see a difference for sure