Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september beavers just the tip of a gnawing problem at Park some area residents unhappy with Riding Mountain by Andy Blicq Winnipeg free press Wasagaming respected else where As Canadas National beavers have a bad name among Many people living around Riding Moun Tain National a burgeoning Beaver population within Park boundaries has forced the animals to swim downstream into agricultural where their dams have blocked culverts and flooded Fields to the Chagrin of local this is the kind of mess the beavers said Ken pointing to dead Spruce and flooded grass on the Banks of a Creek which crosses his property just South of the but Beaver problems Are Only part of the longstanding grievances some area residents have with the Many local people interviewed expressed bitterness about being shut off from using the Park for grazing and woodcutting and claim Elk and bears have also caused damage to some suggested the Island of wilderness in a Prairie sea of cultivated Fields should be turned into a provincial Park so they could Cut Wood and Graze cattle you cant pick As much As a pail of berries in complained one municipal some would also like a North South Road built through the West end of the Park to link the Rossburn and Grandview Union of Manitoba municipalities has passed a forwarded jux calling on Parks Canada to allow Wood cutting and haying within the said Morris Reeve of the Rural municipality of Gil Bert lot of them Are saying it should never have become a National it should have been a provincial he arguing that woodcutting and trapping Are allowed in nearby Duck Mountain provincial extremely everybody wants the but wed like to be Able to get some use out of it said Bud Reeve of the Rural municipality of grand weve been extremely disappointed with the Way things have been handled in the added Dave Reeve of Mccreary Rural beavers have been causing us consid Erable As Dunning said Park officials have not allowed any dead burned in a major fire in the Southeast portion of the to be taken really Burns up the ratepayers in this he some of those interviewed also said they feel isolated from the Parks Canada decision makers in you cant seem to talk to their Fellows in said they dont listen to us cowboys out Jim Reeve of the local govern ment District of said a reporting system is planned to determine the magnitude of wildlife depredation support voiced some local people Are Adamant about using the Parks Irwin but it is Parks Canada policy not to permit any resource sex other area residents especially some who have recently come to the area support the idea of preserving the Parks natural Environ complaints about the Park Are amplified and said Ray who lives in the Rossburn 350 Kilometres Northwest of win some people dont bother to Call local conservation officers for help in dealing with wildlife problems harbouring hard feelings toward the use complaints of Beaver and Elk to raise a Little Armbruster a lot of people feel if they cannot make Money out of the Park its Good for i do a lot of Trail Riding in the i appreciate it for what it if you can appreciate nature its one of the nicest places to added Robert Jennings of just South of the Park people Are always complaining about i think they be awfully sorry about it if it was Riding Mountain officials say that with More environmentally aware peo ple moving Back to the the Park has been receiving More support for its policy of preservation for future grazing and woodcutting were halted in the 1960s because they were recognized As exploitation of the Parks said assistant Park superintendent Angus recent requests to extract burned As Well As Trees levelled for a fire were also turned harvesting the Trees from the fire guard would have been the lesser of two Maclean but Ottawa head quarters saw that it would be a Maclean said if 80 per cent of the Beaver flooding could be most of the Parks problems with its neighbors would be beavers eat themselves out of House and Home and move he As yearling beavers Are forced out of the Lodge and must move downstream to new there Are an estimated 000 beavers in the Park and the animals have now migrated 12to16 Kilometres outside the Boundary in some Park officials have told people they have no authority to Deal with com plaints about beavers outside the Maclean but they Are ready to take action on dams inside the Park which May be affecting farm land outside the a provincial fund exists to compensate Farmers for crop damage by Large but not provincial conservation officers Are now issuing kill permits to individual land Stan a retired Rossum area has a special licence to trap beavers and said he took 100 of them last fall and another 48 this the Best solution is for the government to get their own and trap the he then the population wont grow that Parks Canada is hoping to establish a Crew which would travel around out Side the Park and Deal with Beaver Maclean although the Federal Cabinet has the authority to change Parks Canada poli Maclean said it is highly unlikely that most of the suggestions for exploitation of the Parks resources will be limited grazing he said it is possible that some limited form of grazing might be allowed in the to resolve their 11 Rural municipalities have forged a Liason committee with Park while it has been dormant during the it is Likely that meetings will be held this Winter to discuss Park said Randy recently appointed superintendent at Riding Mitchell recognizes that solving the diverse wildlife resource and communication prob lems wont be its a pretty High but difficult to come to grips he City Calendar Broadbent speaking tonight Auto few Federal nip Leader de Broadbent will speak on his recent peace Mission to Al Salvador at tonight in theatre Manitoba University of Don Van professional award winning will show his unique multimedia presentation gods world and gods word on a Large screen at thursday in Calvin Christian 245 Button the Manitoba association of women and the Law will present a series of free entitled for you the working with a panel of Manitoba lawyers presenting Legal the first talk is on sharing a roof to marry or not to marry at Friday in the Harrow Esse can weather l Low to com front from Ter Bury room of the Winnipeg others session will run 18 and 3 at the something new is a group that performs an hour Long musical with dancing and instrumentals staged and arranged by its the group is for teens 15 and older who would like to a rehearsal will Start at sunday in first presbyterian Church on Picardy ten of Canadas leading designers will be featured in the Art of High the Winnipeg Art gallery Volunteer committees fundraising fashion the show will Start at 8 21 in the gallery main tickets Are available at the Ottawa trip put off a group of Southern Manitoba Farmers has postponed a trip to Ottawa to press for legislation to bar strikes in the Grain handling weve talked to some people in Ottawa and it seems our Best investment of time and Money would be later when parliaments in Don president of the farm business association of said that will also give us More time to prepare our Posi More than 100 Southern Manitoba Farmers decided last week to Send a delegation to Ottawa to demand that striking Grain handlers in Thunder be immediately forced Back to but the Grain handlers Union and the elevator owners association reached a tentative agreement on the before the delegation planned to Winnipeg area forecast sunny except for Cloudy periods with the Chance of a Shower this High today near Low tonight near sunny tomorrow except for afternoon Cloudy periods with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny with temperatures near Normal rising to above Normal Back to near Normal readings of 18 and 6 again Northern Manitoba sunny with above Normal temperatures mainly Cloudy with above Normal 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