Logging in Algonquin Park

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RE: Logging in Algonquin Provincial Park

We, the undersigned, support CPAWS-Ottawa Valley's four objectives for Algonquin Park:

1. The securing of a comprehensive public review of all logging in Algonquin Park (as requested by the Environmental Commissioner);
2. The implementation of the Ontario Parks Board recommendations to reduce the area that is open to logging in Algonquin Park;
3. The establishment of a timeline for the elimination of all logging in Algonquin Park and the removal of associated infrastructure;
4. The designation of the Algonquin interior as a wilderness zone as logging is phased out.

In particular, with respect to the Ontario Parks Board recommendations, we fully endorse:

(a) Removing 708 sq. km from the "managed" forest, which is the forest open to exploitation by logging. This is a reduction of 17\% (p. 8);
(b) Reducing the number and impact of logging roads, and the activities associated with them;
(c) Improving the protection for riparian zones, old growth forest stands and Brook Trout habitat.

64 Signatures

  • Marc Gravel
    • Country/Province
    • Ottawa, Ontario Canada
  • Ian Whyte
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
    • Comments
    • Spread the word, we need thousands of signatures!
  • Frank de Jong
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • Logging is unacceptable in a provincial park!
  • Gregory P Boyce
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Terrance Lusk
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
    • Comments
    • В
  • gordon kubanek
    • Country/Province
    • ON
    • Comments
    • do it
  • Helen Spang
    • Country/Province
    • ON
  • Richard Woods
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Bruce Hearns
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Louis Bertrand
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • Our green spaces are not limitless, and a managed forest replanted with nursery-grown seedlings is but a pale imitation of a real forest. Stop logging, start conserving. Thank you.
  • Heidi Schmidt
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Dana Gourley
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • David Sims
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Walter Picavet
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • Why even consider it?
  • Heather Hamilton
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Diane Finkle
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • Logging in Algonquin Park is a travesty against nature.
  • Drew Avis
    • Country/Province
    • Ottawa, ON
  • Martin Hyde
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Stephen Knowles
    • Country/Province
    • Quebec
    • Comments
    • Ontatio's reputation is at stake
  • Liz Couture
    • Country/Province
    • Ont.
    • Comments
    • parks at the very least should be protected
  • Zdena Tettelaar
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Fern Mackenzie
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Brett McKenzie
    • Country/Province
    • Canada
  • Natasha Nunes-McKenzie
    • Country/Province
    • Canada
  • Ann Coffey
    • Country/Province
    • Canada Ontario
    • Comments
    • I come from Britain where an area of land once designated as a park remains a park FOREVER. There is no logging, no mining, no hunting or fishing, and no development (built structures) allowed. Our parks are sacred. They are PRESERVES for nature and for the public to have quiet access to nature. There is no development allowed in the large town of Conwy that happens to be inside the boundaries of Snowdonia in North Wales. I know people who have gone to Algonquin Park for hiking, camping and canoeing, and who have been driven out by the constant sound of chain saws. I stay away because of this. Seeing as people have rolled over most of this province and destroyed a good percentage of it, why don't we let our parks be. Keep all mining, logging, hunting and development out of the park. This province is huge. Surely we can afford to leave some for nature. Surely we don't have to squeeze every bit of money we can out of everything? Leave Nature in peace in our parks!
  • Kelly Nares
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Jonathan Wallace
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • David Kirkwood
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Bruno Rodrigue
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Dayle Turner
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
    • Comments
    • Our requests are more than reasonable and should be respected.
  • Leo Mauro
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Judy Sarmiento
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Everlyn Velazquez
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • David Edey
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Gail Boyce
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Chris Oldfield
  • Tammy Caldwell
    • Country/Province
    • ONT
  • Wendell E Willis
  • Richard Mutzke
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
  • Joanna van Benschop
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Tara Batchilder
    • Country/Province
    • Ottawa
  • James vanZandwijk
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • Monsters
  • Teresa Hyatt
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • Algonquin Park is a home for endangered species. Leave the park in its natural state for future generations instead of greedy developers now.
  • Paul McDonald
    • Country/Province
    • ON, Canada
  • Heidi Thomson
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Amanda Helderman
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
  • Linda Schopf
    • Country/Province
    • Canada
    • Comments
    • Designated "parks" should be conservation areas in ALL respects
  • Robin Banerjee
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario, Canada
    • Comments
    • Provincial Parks should be exempt from logging!
  • Laura
    • Country/Province
    • Ontario
    • Comments
    • What is the point of calling it a park if logging is permitted? Absurd.
  • Murielle Varhelyi
    • Country/Province
    • ONTARIO, CANADA