BCWF: Save the Flathead Valley!

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The Fernie Rod and Gun Club is asking for your support in its fight to prevent the creation of a national park in the Flathead Valley. Club President Kevin Marasco says, "We are getting a big push now from the pro-park organizations and need the help of all BCWF members to fight back and build a massive support list for our cause."

BCWF members may support the club by clicking on the following email link which will automatically open a new email message. Just type "support" and your name, then click "send".

flatheadsupport@ferniergc.com

If you are not familiar with the proposed Park and its potential impact on Grizzly Bears, click on the following link and it will take you directly to the club's Flathead website.

http://www.flatheadfacts.com/index.html

Thanks for the help
 
Is this one of those "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situations? A national park will protect the area from mining, logging and most other development but at the same time means NO HUNTING, user fees, tourist buses, hiking tree-huggers, etc.
 
StoneHorse said:
Is this one of those "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situations? A national park will protect the area from mining, logging and most other development but at the same time means NO HUNTING, user fees, tourist buses, hiking tree-huggers, etc.
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That's exactly what it means. You forgot to mention the well paid, uniformed rangers with the mustache, a auto loader on their hip and a perpetual frown on their face, who will now be part of the landscape. Just in case you should venture over the park border with your quad.
No, I am strongly against that area for park status.
 
crazy_davey said:
Pretty sure I know what he meant, but funny anyways :)
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What I find funny, is the common attitude that an area should be saved from activities the person is disinterested in, such as mining or oil/gas extraction, but should not be saved from activities the person is interested in, such as quadding or hunting.

I wonder how many BCWF members in the Fernie area pay their bills by participating in coal extraction?
 
StoneHorse said:
Is this one of those "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situations? A national park will protect the area from mining, logging and most other development but at the same time means NO HUNTING, user fees, tourist buses, hiking tree-huggers, etc.
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it has already been logged, drilled, and mined in the past.

the reason there are so many grizzlies, is that nobody lives there, and not that many people use the area.
 
rgv said:
What I find funny, is the common attitude that an area should be saved from activities the person is disinterested in, such as mining or oil/gas extraction, but should not be saved from activities the person is interested in, such as quadding or hunting.

I wonder how many BCWF members in the Fernie area pay their bills by participating in coal extraction?
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Lots. But we also need coal for the steel in our firearms!

Nice place to shoot some big rabbits for a pot of stew though. And nothing tastes better than them wascawwy wabbits done up!
 
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