[pct-l] OT: Predator Control in Wilderness - comments due by 8/7

[Ralph Alcorn]

I know on this forum we straddle both sides of environmental issues.
This is a very significant change being proposed and affects many
sections of the PCT. See the Great Old Broads website for details
http://www.greatoldbroads.org/PredatorControlAlert.html . Some of the
proposals:
* allowing the use of poisons including cyanide M-44 devices in wilderness
* allowing aircraft landings and use of motor vehicles for predator
control in wilderness
* killing local predator populations instead of targeting only
offending individual(s)
* allowing predator control as a tool for achieving game management purposes

Should reduce the need for bear cannisters!

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Ralph Alcorn
http://www.backpack45.com/camino2.html