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TOBEATIC WILDERNESS AREA IS THREATENED AND NEEDS YOUR HELP!
GOVERNMENT IS NOW REQUESTING YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL NOVEMBER 25, 2002.
What is the Tobeatic Wilderness Area?
The Tobeatic Wilderness Area is Nova Scotia`s last true wilderness and the
largest of all 31 Wilderness Areas. It is remote undeveloped wilderness.
Forestry and hydro-generation are prohibited. It comprises 104,000 hectares
in 5 counties in southwestern Nova Scotia and forms the headwaters of nine
rivers. With virtually no roads and over 100 lakes, it is an ecological gem
and the wilderness traveler's paradise. Regardless of its size, it is
fragile and highly vulnerable. Regretably, the present government is not
fulfilling its role as its guardian. As the Tobeatic is the first and
largest wilderness area undergoing a management plan, it will create the
precedent for all the other 30 wilderness areas.As the Tobeatic goes, so
will all the others!
For more information on the Tobeatic go to
<http://www.tartannet.ns.ca/~tobeatic>http://www.tartannet.ns.ca/~tobeatic
The public's comments are now being requested.
The Wilderness Areas Protection Act (1998) requires that a Management Plan
be formulated. A public committee( the Tobeatic Advisory Group) is now in
that process. As part of this, TAG and government are actively pursuing
public input. To that end, a newsletter (can be viewed in PDF at
www.gov.ns.ca/enla) with a "Comment Worksheet" insert is being circulated.
It is essential that we tell government our views as there is a strong
network of all-terrain vehicle users in the area that want to access the
Tobeatic as their playground and will be responding accordingly . Also,
commercial extraction industries, both mining and forestry continue to exert
inordinate influence on government and care little of impacts on protected
areas.We urge you to respond to this public call for input and make your
views known. The wilderness is counting on your support!
What You Can Do!
Please send the document attached to the NSDEL Protected Areas Division. The
attachment has comments on the major issues which are ATV/ORV access,
complementary land use and hunting and trapping. You may send the comments
exactly as written or personalise them. Please send a "cc" to
seatrail@istar.ca so that we can be assured that your comments will be
noted. Either way, please send it as soon as possible to:
Leif Helmer, Regional Protected Areas Coordinator:
helmerpl@gov.ns.ca
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To: Leif Helmer, Regional Protected Areas Coordinator
NS Department of Environment and Labour
From:
Re: Response to "Focus on the Tobeatic" Newsletter
and request for comments.
Focus on the Tobeatic
Worksheet
Section 2-Management Priorities
What are your top 3 issues to be addressed in the Plan?
1. Recreation and Use
Motorized vehicle use violates the primary objectives of the
Wilderness Areas Protection Act (1998), which include
maintaining and restoring the integrity of natural processes
and biodiversity. The 1995 Public Review Panel also
recommended that all-terrain vehicles be prohibited. In the
Act, wilderness recreation is defined as " non-motorized,
outdoor recreational activities that have minimal
environmental impact, including nature based tourism. Access
should be by the traditional means of walking and canoeing in
order to keep the wilderness wild.
2. Complementary Land Use
The Minister's approval of the Black Bull Quartz mine abutting
the Tobeatic obviously does not meet criteria for
complementary use as stated in Section 16 of the Act.
Protected areas protect nothing if the use of the land around
them negatively impacts on their ecology. Plants and animals
do not recognize the borders granted them through protection
designation. To protect the biodiversity , which is the
primary objective of the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, it
is crucial that land uses adjacent to protected areas reflect
the sensitivity of these ecosystems. Consequently, there must
be significant buffers with no commercial activity permitted.
As well, addition of Crown land adjacent to the existing,
politically-drawn boundaries of the Tobeatic to reflect the
natural environment is paramount.
3.Trapping and Hunting
Both have been prohibited in a large part of the Tobeatic
Wilderness Area for over 60 years. This prohibition should
include all of the wilderness area.
How should these priority issues be managed?
The Department of Environment and Labour must honour its
pledge to "keep the wilderness wild" by incorporating
these Management Priorities into the management plan for
the Tobeatic Wilderness Area.
Signed,
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