As noted in the GNLCC Canada article, since 2010 both Canadian and American governments have been in partnerships with conservation initiatives and Non-governmental organizations (ENGO/NGO) through the Great Northern Large Landscape Cooperative (GNLCC). The Landscape Conservation Cooperative Network (LCCN), maintains a website that includes all LCC activity, including the GNLCC. What is so stunning about the LCCN is just how many organizations and governments are in bed with each other to take our land, and land use, away from us. All of the organizations are listed here. Under the Library tab on this site are lists of GNLCC organizations and their partnering NGOs, individuals who participate with those organizations and the GNLCC, and government officials who are joined with them. This article begins a series of more in depth exposure of these initiatives, government partnerships, individuals, ENGO/NGOs, and their common agendas working in each country, and in both for "trans-boundary connectivity". It is not about OHV or snowmobile use, saving rivers or wildlife. Wildlife, terrestrial, aquatic, avian, and biological are just pawns to justify their claim that land is needed for conservation using corridors, conservation easements, and other means to restrict and ban use. Their true goal is controlling all land, public and private, dictating how land is used, and to design the landscape in their vision. These groups and individuals are our adversaries in both countries, all working with each other against us. Because they have an incestuous relationship with our governments, our elected officials do not respond to constituents for solutions and decisions about land use. The government and environmentalists have a plan they are forcing onto us. These groups do not believe in jurisdictional boundaries, between our countries, provinces, states, or cities. They believe in "environmental" boundaries since wildlife and habitat transcend jurisdictional boundaries. There is no regard for sovereignty. Following is an introduction to some, but not all, of those groups and governments as listed on the GNLCC website, there is no separation between them, they are all interconnected, individuals and groups are often seen crossing over each other. It is important to understand all of the forces we are working against, it is larger than people realize. As we focus on local fights for land use, it distracts from the larger picture as plans are continually developed for restricting our ability to use our land. And they know it. As we continue to build this website continue to check back. Canada Alberta Government (AE) Alberta Environment & Parks (AEP) British Columbia (BC) BC Ministry of Forest, Lands (BCMFL) BC Ministry of Environment (BCME) Environment Canada (EC) Government of Yukon (GY) University of BC and Alberta Parks Canada (PC) United States U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Federal Highway Administration (FHA) Department of Transportation (DOT) U.S. Geological Service (USGS) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Department of Interior (DOI) Department of Energy (DOE) Department of Defense (DOD) Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Idaho Fish & Game (IDFG) Western Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) University of Idaho (UI) Montana Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks (MDFWP) University of Montana (UM) WAFWA Conservation Initiatives Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative - Canada (Y2YI) Vital Ground (VG) Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC) Non-governmental organizations (NGO) The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Sierra Club (SC) Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Wilderness Society (WS) Urban Land Institute (ULI) Heart of the Rockies (HOR) Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) Crown of the Continent (COC) Crown Managers Partnership (CMP) Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (LILP) Heart of the Rockies (HOR) Love Your Headwaters Western Transportation Institute (WTI) Institute for Landscape Conservation Design (iLCD) Wildsight Heart of the Rockies (HOR) Individuals Harvey Locke (Y2Y) Gary Tabor (CLLC) Kim Trotter (Y2Y) Candace Batycki (Y2Y) Stephen Legault (Y2Y) Aran O'Carroll (CPAWS) Kathy Rinaldi (GYC) Land Trusts (HOR) Ian Dyson (AEP, CMP, COC) Cindy Sawchuk (AEP, CMP) Greg Watson (USFWS, CMP) Brad Jones (CMP) Peter Swain (AEP, CMP) Steve Frye (MT, CMP) Linh Hoang (USFS, CMP) Megan Evans (AEP, CMP) Kim Davitt (VG, COC) Melly Reuling (CLLC, COC) Joel Berger (GBDC, CSU, WCS) Jody Hilty (Y2Y) Ray Rasker (Headwaters Economics) Rob Campellone (iLCD, USFWS, NPS, TNC) Renee Callahan (CLLC) Funding Our adversaries in kind include funding from Wilburforce, Tides Canada, Sonoran Institute, Pew Charitable Trusts, Turner Foundation. Below are the GNLCC Steering Committee members. The GNLCC created an initiative and formed group called the Rocky Mountain Partner Forum (RMPF) consisting of Canadian and U.S. governments, calling it an "...international network of conservation practitioners working to connect our efforts and achieve landscape-level conservation of natural resources and processes in the Rocky Mountains." The Alberta Environment and Parks participates in this along with U.S. government agencies including the IDFG, USFS, and USFWS. Their partnerships include Y2Y, WCS, GYC, TNC, MSU, CLLC, WS, and others, all of whose agenda is to keep us from using our land. Target areas include the GYE, HD, COC, CPMC and all of the areas in the map below. Overall for both of our countries, here are some focal areas they are targeting. Now that some of these groups and individuals have been introduced to you, future articles will go more into depth about their activities in both countries, what agendas they are involved in, and how your right to use your land is being taken by them, and your government.
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