Vital Ground (VG) is a non-governmental organizations based in Montana. It's goal is taking as much land away as possible for Grizzlies to travel between the U.S. and Canada. They use this corridors for "linkage" between protected areas, so that land can also be designated protected as a corridor.
VG is currently accruing money for an acquisition of land called the "Luxor Linkage". This land is located between the Purcell Mountains and Canadian Rockies. VG is partnering with Conservancy Canada with grants to potentially purchase 960 acres of land, land that will forever be banned from use. The Luxor Linkage area is just one more step VG will be taking to take over land in British Columbia. They will continue to incrementally take land for Grizzly corridors until they reach the Yukon.
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The beginning of this 2018 report specifically states, "The current patchwork of provincial laws and regulations managing wildlife and their habitats has not effectively prevented species loss and decline. To address this shortcoming, the Government of British Columbia committed to enacting an endangered species law in the mandate of the Minister of Environment and Climate Change...". One recommendation to the government includes, "Implement automatic protections on Crown land and consult with landholders to apply additional protections". This group of technocrats is supporting the same type of government mandate that resulted in loss of land use in Alberta. Also suggested is that this future law should include, "...that the Act immediately prohibit the killing, harming, taking, or harassment of individuals of endangered and threatened species (‘no take’) on Crown land...protections should also extend to life-sustaining elements defined in the assessment, which may include ecological and/or habitat features (e.g., dens, nests, hibernacula, other sites regularly occupied by the species, essential geological features)." How in the world will any of us be allowed to use the land if there is potential for "harassment" to some varmint or stepping on a habitat? The answer, no use of land, and this extends to "...additional protections or prohibitions essential to recovering species...", not just species at risk. Allegedly, the B.C. government began to "consult the public in advance of drafting legislation" for this future act, stating "a goal of “[managing] human related activities...". This will fit well with another recommendation to "Integrate with provincial land-use planning framework". That is what this is about, controlling our use of land by prohibiting and dictating it. Most likely, the government has already been handed the legislation by groups such as Yellowstone to Yukon who assisted in this report. It is probably already a done deal. British Columbia, start coming together. It is pretty much guaranteed this "act" has already been written, you have not and will not be given the opportunity to be involved in the decisions, and the end goal will be taking your right to use your land. Just look at Alberta, the same will be done to you. |
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