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lets cut the rhetoric
Posted by fullkurl on Oct 13 2005
Lets hears some real world numbers as to the hunter take of the CAH. I'm tired of hearing "the herd cant sustain additional pressure" sounds like a load of rhetorical cr*p. WHAT IS THE EXACT TAKE FROM HUNTERS? (on average) Would 750 hunters who, say put in and win a "Haul road ATV draw" (or maybe simply a registration hunt)do harm to a herd this size? The state cant send out a mailer (paid for via that draw or registration) that could instruct and warn these hunters of the cost/heavy fines of trail mismanagement?
And the tier talk is bogus. The ATV hunt would close and things would be status quo. I dont buy that argument. The Nelchina taught F+G a few things. (overharvest, predator abundance etc.)Atv use is still in play there, the Tangle Lakes still look great.
And lets hear from someone other than Jack Reakoff please. Lets get some unbiased, or bipartisan proposed herd numbers. If the numbers bear out an imperilled herd, OK, I'm hearing that and say NO to additional access or pressure, period. I enjoyed my hike-in hunt this year, and I'll do it again the same way.
The asthetic argument is almost laughable. The myriad of pipeline equipment: pipes, tubes, wires, waste dumps, trucks, trailers, enclosed fences, service roads, enbankments, small equipment etc. This is the cost of oil production and thats fine, but we are arguing about what could constitue a single loop trail around an area probably not even visible to 99.9% of the people around there. Lets get real.
Drive to Prudhoe, view the hundreds of thousands of acres out there, maybe millions! All off of 125 miles of desolate road. Many are acting like this is a 300 acre central park.
A non anadromous creek bed access trail up north would dispense with the gouged tundra rhetoric completely. The park service utilizes ATV trails in creekbeds and the system works. Lets dispense with the rhetoric until a plan is presented. If the plan stinks, ok, unlease the hounds!
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