Unbeknownst to most British Columbia citizens, there is an agenda between their government and the Montana government. The affected area includes land in British Columbia, Montana, and Alberta, located within the green borders on the map below. It is called the Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent (COC), in which Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) has their own agenda. The Wildlife Conservation Society-Canada is also working in this area for conservation. A more in-depth look at the Roundtable from 2015 can be found here. The COC "mission" is "Connecting people to sustain and enhance community, culture and conservation". Team members include U.S. Tribes, University of Montana, Glacier Park Superintendent, a tourism council, Montana government employees, U.S. Forest Service, a land trust, and even a Priest. Another member is Vital Ground (VG), a U.S. non-governmental organization and Y2Y partner, pursues Grizzlies for connectivity purposes, and buying up land to forever stop access. The Miistakis Institute even lends a hand to the Roundtable with the University of Calgary.
COC initiatives include the Ktunaxa Nation and East Kootenay Conservation Program, with an MOU and Cooperation on Environmental Protection, Climate Action and Energy (between BC and Montana). Pursuing the same agenda is the Crown Managers Partnership (CMP), comprised of provincial, federal, state governments, First Nation and U.S. Tribes, and universities in Montana, Alberta, and British Columbia. "CMP seeks to improve the management of a large complex ecoregion containing multiple jurisdictions." Why would British Columbia citizens want U.S. governments, Tribes, and universities making decisions about their land? CMP has a leadership team, several working groups, and several subcommittee groups, most of which are a combination of Canadians and Americans. There is one British Columbia Forest Service member. Their Strategic Conservation Framework can be read here. The British Columbia government is working with ENGOs and U.S. governments behind the backs of citizens, although there is little information on the government website about what they are doing. This should be requested so full disclosure is obtained.
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