“ A6 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, September 7, 2005 _ It’s wise to be careful _ because it’s bear season Dear Sir: I saw the article ty s bear season again so mind your garbage” and would like to say thank you. It was a well done article that covered great informa- tion that will help residents. | reduce their chances of cre- ating bear conflicts. ‘As a note of interest I » thought I would pass along ... information regarding a new 1 oe en “program. being promoted in’ Terrace. _Bear Smart is Ministry » of Environment’ program designed to assist communi- ties in the implementation of policies and. programs that - will reduce conflicts with | ” bears. By working toward Bear Smart status. communities will increase safety, reduce: the number of bears de-— stroyed *and support fruit ‘Picking programs. There would also be. ben-. efit to: tourism. One of the. main reasons tourists.come « to Canada. and the Skeena - region is to see our natural beauty. ; Many of today’s tourists ° - are concerned about the un- necessary impact communi- ties have on.wildlife and are — “interested in how communi- _ties strive to limit their effect - on the environment. The City of Terrace is promoting the Kermode bear -as the mascot. for; the 2010 Winter: Olympics so-now is the perfect time for. the City “of Terrace to take responsi- bility for reducing, its impact on bears. : Garbage is ‘the main source of conflict with bears. ===. Simply storing garbage out of. reach will not only pre- self, been hired through provin- CORRESPONDENCE FOR THE TERRACE STANDARD will keep the ‘community cleaner by preventing dogs, crows arid other animals : from spreading it around. Many communities have . taken steps ,to, increase public safety by regulat- ing where ‘and how garbage -can be stored on private and commercial property. They have restricted the - time it can be placed to the curb for pick-up. This is one way of working toward Bear Smart status. The. second source of. conflict is fruit trees. Terrace has a fruit picking program in place so there is no excuse for unpicked fruit. If ‘you «compare the amount: of energy .in one. berry to the amount in: one , apple there is a lot more re- ward for the bear from’ that 7 “one apple. Residents are urged to make arrangements to have their fruit trees picked regu-. larly.: The city, as part of Bear Smart, could’ regulate picking and remove fruit . trees that are on city prop- erty. Wendy Orrey and my- Deidre Price, have cial funding to facilitate the program in the northwest. . We will be urging com- " munities to take responsibil-_ ity for reducing conflicts by assessing their bear issues, - ~ Aboriginals can defend their land Dear Sir: Bulkley Valley - Sti- kine, Liberal MLA Den- “nis MacKay is purportedly pushitig for legal action: to end a certain: blockade pre- venting resource companies - from exploring, or shall we. say exploiting, the coal and coalbed. methane potential of the Klappan area north- east of here. As a former police offi- cer Mr. MacKay’s intimate knowledge of the Canadian domestic legal system, no. doubt affords him * under-" standing, of human. rights “profit rights vs. human rights” “3 This, in my view, is clear- ly the case .with respect to indigenous peoples protect- ing. their sacred titled lands and resources vs Crown and “resource. companies explor- - ing-exploiting the coal and coalbed methane potential of the Klappan area north- east of here. The issue of indigenous peoples. protecting — their lands and resources is not a trivial matter as one MLA - seemingly attempts to shrug © off as nothing more than “renegades” blockading progress. .. . Crown.and third party re- source companies exploring and/or exploiting: the coal and coalbed methane’ po- tential of the Klappan do so without the lawful informed ‘consent and/or agreement of _ the original inhabitants. Mr. MacKay is quoted as _- saying the blockade by Tahl-— tan who oppose the direction | their leadership ‘is taking on resource development could | very: well contravene sec- tions of the criminal code. | It would be interesting to hear what and who this 'MLA’s version of aborigi- nal leadership is, and by what pseudo-authority he ‘and his de facto friends had . in mind? I suspect it would be in accordance with their pseu- do — Crown authority, under the Indian, Corporation and Society Act. The Liberal MLA quot- . www.hawkair.ea Call your local travel agent ed as saying “As I read it, Section 423 of the code on intimidation, says it’s an of- ' fence for someone to compel a person from doing what ~ they have a lawful right to do,” Well put, Mr. MLA. Ab- original people, in the ab- sence of a treaty, protecting their sacred titled lands and: resources, .spiritual rights and freedoms have the fun- damental rights to protection from you and your pseudo authoritarian friends intimi- dating, harassing and terror- izing them with Canada’s typical psycho-political tac- tics. " Mr. MLA, by law you and your government require the permission from indigenous “people themselves | before you can lawfully touch one acre of their aboriginal lands _ in question. Indigenous peoples are free to negotiate and settle treaties, land claim. agree- ments, partner with whom ever they please. 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