Call the AEP and ask them why a petition with over 20,000 signatures is being ignored! Call these two directly:
Rick Blackwood (Assistant Deputy Minister/Strategy) 780 427 1139 Eric Denhoff (Deputy Minister) 780 614 5155 Also call news agencies and ask them if they have the courage to cover this issue in a fair and balanced manner. At the end you will see a link to an article on the history of the Environmental Movement in AB that will provide context to the public land use issue. One thing that appears certain is an intensive lobby campaign to send pre written letters (BHA, AB Preserves, Love Your Headwaters, and I think CPAWS) resulted in 21,000 something 'letters' supporting a Park (how many of these people use these areas and are educated on the matter?). This seems to have more weight than a grassroots petition from concerned users with over 20,000 signatures (over 2000 new signatures since the CBC story broke last week) in opposition. Given the rallies, opinion polls, the groups in opposition to this, the farce of a consultation process and the inconclusive data in the science report, it would be an injustice to designate a Bighorn Park without revisiting consultations. In other words, the government needs to realize that it made mistakes, and go back to the drawing board to fix the southern PLUZ areas, and make sure any Bighorn legislation reflects all users in a fair and sustainable way. If they fail to do this the people will only grow in their anger and the legitimacy of all these groups pushing for a Park will be compromised. I'd rather have meaningful partnerships and find solutions to legit problems. You know I've had a dozen or so pro park people get into this discussion and not once will they answer this simple question, which to me shows they either don't care, don't know, or don't want to know: - if we build bridges, control sediment with grates and cross ditching, close redundant trails, cycle trails so they can rehabilitate, and we maintain these trails, what other reason is there to discriminate against the OHV folks? I've asked this multiple times, and the same few pro parks people (Christopher Smith usually - who works for CPAWS and chimes in all the time) either deflect or quietly disappear. That's why we are done trying to argue with these folks. It's obvious there's one way and that's their way. So in addition to flooding the govt with calls, letters, and this specific petition, we need to focus on getting every shred of this story to the UCP, who will be pressured to make things right (and they are very very aware of the bigger picture and the local picture). Pick up the phone and sign the petition if you haven't already. This site compares both the similarities between environmentalism and classical fascism and the connections between environmentalism and modern fascistic, or archconservative, individuals and groups. Article on Environmentalism is Fascism.
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