4 maybe 5 weeks....
Almost time...we are going to take off for a month long BC wander come Sept 15th. Probably drift thru highway 20 to Bella Coola, come back same way and Wells Grey Park, find some wild hot springs, wat...
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I'll assume that Canada, is like the US and that public land must be managed for multiple use. So if you get lemons, make lemonade. The taking of natural resources can be combined with views, wildlife management, hiking, fire control and so on.
On a personal note, in both Michigan and Virginia National Forests, we completed oil and gas wells, on 2 to 5 acre clear cuts, in cellars and covered the wellheads with a steel plate painted green. All lines were buried and only a few above ground tanks, painted green, were used in a large field. Then we planted the locations as wildlife food plots, as directed by Ricky the Ranger. Boom! Oil and gas production, sediment control, increased deer and associated animal populations, roads used by us, hikers, medical evacuation, and fire control. Everybody wins. Didn't cost us much money to do it this way and we probably came out ahead on legal fees and fines.
Near my home town, a lumber and mining company, had about 30,000 acres at 3,500 to 4,000 feet. The virgin timber was Red Spruce. But, that was cut 100 years ago. They continued to lumber the second growth hardwoods, and strip mine the area. Then they sold it to the National Forest. Well, by natural succession we would still have another 150 to 200 years to get the Red Spruce forest back. With a little dozer work and by planting Red Spruce on the strip mines we will have a fairly nice spruce forest in 50-75 years. Also a chain of small lakes, hiking trails, fire brakes, and eventually we will cut the timber. Make that lemonade. Future generations will think it is natural. The pros will know better.
It is all about using your brains, and working together.
On a personal note, in both Michigan and Virginia National Forests, we completed oil and gas wells, on 2 to 5 acre clear cuts, in cellars and covered the wellheads with a steel plate painted green. All lines were buried and only a few above ground tanks, painted green, were used in a large field. Then we planted the locations as wildlife food plots, as directed by Ricky the Ranger. Boom! Oil and gas production, sediment control, increased deer and associated animal populations, roads used by us, hikers, medical evacuation, and fire control. Everybody wins. Didn't cost us much money to do it this way and we probably came out ahead on legal fees and fines.
Near my home town, a lumber and mining company, had about 30,000 acres at 3,500 to 4,000 feet. The virgin timber was Red Spruce. But, that was cut 100 years ago. They continued to lumber the second growth hardwoods, and strip mine the area. Then they sold it to the National Forest. Well, by natural succession we would still have another 150 to 200 years to get the Red Spruce forest back. With a little dozer work and by planting Red Spruce on the strip mines we will have a fairly nice spruce forest in 50-75 years. Also a chain of small lakes, hiking trails, fire brakes, and eventually we will cut the timber. Make that lemonade. Future generations will think it is natural. The pros will know better.
It is all about using your brains, and working together.
