Wolves, guiding outfits, rich hunters and the BC government

From a recent article in Counterpunch, “Wolf Sterilization Scheme Backfires“, about the BC government’s ill-conceived management prescription for wolves in the Muskwa-Kechika.

I can’t believe that they are still at it with the wolves and the moose in that area. It has been going on for more than 25 years. I don’t remember the year exactly but I think it was in the early part of the 80’s that I worked in a fire camp at Scoop Lake for a short time. Bill Bennett Jr. and the Socreds were in power then.

The Forest Service had started a controlled fire to burn off the underbrush meant to increase food for moose, and it got out of control. It subsequently cost them millions to fight their fire. Everything had to be flown in, from people to food, generators, refrigerators and tents.

By the time I went to work there, the fire was nearly out and there weren’t many people left in the camp. As a first aid attendant, I didn’t have much to do so I spent quite a bit of time riding around with the pilots in the choppers, exploring around the lake, and just talking to people. Many of the people remaining in the camp were natives who lived around the area, probably from Deas Lake.

When I first arrived, the shoreline fairly close to the camp was littered with 10 or 12 nearly decomposed wolf carcasses. One of the natives told me that he’d worked on a wolf kill the winter before. He wasn’t happy about what he did, but there was no jobs up there and they had to take what they could get. They flew around in small planes or choppers shooting the wolves then for some strange reason they picked up the bodies and dumped them onto the middle of the lake. As it was winter, of course when the ice and snow melted the bodies gradually washed ashore. Because it was far north and cold much of the year, it took a long time for them to decompose.

Our drinking water came from the lake, but it really didn’t seem to bother too many of the other people in the camp that dead wolves were laying all over the shore and rotting in the water. Big shots from the forest service and probably some political hacks used to fly into the camp. They’d congregate around the maps which were tacked onto the side of the first aid tent because it had the only wooden walls in the camp. They would stand there swilling coffee, maybe laced with a good shot of whiskey, curse like sailors for awhile then fly out again.

I was really bothered by the whole scene, the dead wolves and the extreme waste of resources. I knew some of the pilots who ferried in the big shots. I’d take them around on walks to see the bones while they were waiting, and tell them of what I’d heard… the goings on with the wolf kill and the politics of the valley. Then all of a sudden one day the bones disappeared. I never found out who moved them. There was no doubt plenty more on the far side of the lake but I wasn’t able to get over there.

I remember all the fuss over the wolf kill the year before. I remember how Greenpeace was trying to get in to the valley and stop it, and nobody would rent them a plane or fly them in. Some of them even attempted to walk in but if you’ve ever flown over that area you would see how futile that idea was. At any rate, they weren’t able to stop it. I don’t know how many wolves were slaughtered, but plenty were dumped into that lake.

The thing that really got me when I was flying around in the choppers was just how many moose there were up there. It was crawling with moose, the whole area was like a big bustling moose city. They were everywhere. The gov’t had also recently airlifted in some elk and they were just getting established, but they were on the far side of the valley at the time and I don’t remember seeing any.

At that time, there were 2 guiding outfits in the valley. One was right next to the fire camp. I was told that he was a great buddy of the Minister of Environment, and that made sense. There was no other reason for the wolf kill, or for the controlled burn. The wolf kill was because the guiding outfits just didn’t want the competition for their $1,000 /day hunts. The burn was so that the underbrush could be cleared out in order to feed the masses of moose that were there. And they had to have some political pull to make that happen.

When I left, there wasn’t much left of the fire camp. As I was flying out, I could see a guy from the guiding outfit closest to the camp hauling tents and other booty away. I have no doubt that everything including the fridges and generators were left for him because it would have cost more to fly it out again than to leave it.

I have lots of pictures that I took of the camp, stuck away in a box somewhere. I also still have a wolf tooth, which was all that was left when they took the rest of the bodies away.

LOVE and PEACE,

Ree

Originally published Friday, July 21, 2006

 

The Totalitarian Tiptoe to the North American Union

U.S. jets could patrol Vancouver during Olympics: Norad

CALGARY – American fighter jets will be involved in security operations during the Vancouver Olympics by keeping a close eye on airspace in the region, the head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command said Saturday. more

This is a typical propaganda piece. Note that the title of the article says “could” and the first paragraph says “will”. The American military will be overtly flying our skies during the olympic boondoggle. Its not like they aren’t overhead all the time filling the air with their chemtrail toxins, but incredibly most on the ground don’t even notice that.

 

Obama Cans his VP Vetter, James Johnson

Speculation is rife that Obama is just another corporate puppet, however there is a new twist to that theory. Today it was announced that Friend of Bilderberg, James Johnson was released from his duties on Obama’s running mate selection committee. The reason given was his shenanigans related to preferential mortgage treatment from Countrywide Financial, but I have a feeling that Obama is his own man and it may go deeper than that.

Hopefully the final selection of his running mate will bear this out by not being a Bilderberger preselect.

 

Campbell’s Liberals Force Closure of TILMA Bill 32 in BC

Despite significant public outcry, Bill 32 went into effect without any vote in the Legislature today. The enabling legislation sets the private courts system Trade Investment and Labour Mobility (TILMA) into motion, ceding the right to corporations to sue local governments and other entities for regulations deemed to impede profits.

“For the past year and a half the Minister for Economic Development Colin Hansen has repeatedly promised that TILMA would be debated and voted on,” says Carleen Pickard, regional organizer with the Council of Canadians. “It is incredible that there has been no discussion on an agreement that will lower standards across the two provinces and undermine local government autonomy. The government has gone to extreme measures to make sure the public knows nothing about it.”

The controversial agreement, signed secretly between the BC and Alberta premiers in 2006, came into effect on April 1, 2007. Some components of the agreement came into effect immediately while others will take effect in 2009, when the agreement will fully apply to municipalities, and other government entities. While the signatories believe TILMA will increase business and competition between the provinces, critics are outraged that the governments see fit to override local decision making and democracy for the benefit of corporations.

 

Hillary creates a new identity

Hillary got caught lying about dodging sniper fire in Bosnia and is now comparing herself to Rocky Balboa. That’s funny. Rocky was a punchy, too old to fight white guy who lost the big fight to a black man. 

Hillary could do with some new advisors, but as her campaign is broke she is stuck with what she has.

 

Dennis Kucinich Moves For Impeachment of Richard Cheney

Bravo Dennis!

Millions of Americans cared enough to vote a Democratic majority into congress with the expectation that they would end the illegal invasion of Iraq.  However,  nothing changed.  Nancy Pelosi’s first announcement on becoming speaker was that impeachment is off the table.  And congress is whipped into rolling over and giving Cheney/Bush whatever they want.

Dennis Kucinich is the only one speaking for the people.  

 

Gitmo POW Caught Sporting a Speedo

You couldn’t make this stuff up.  Just more proof of the old saying that military intelligence is an oxymoron. Be sure to read the entire story. They’re trying to pin the blame on the prisoner’s lawyers.

From the Guardian: – Guards at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp found two prisoners sporting unauthorized underwear, and the U.S. military is investigating to determine how they got the contraband.

Both prisoners were caught wearing Under Armour briefs and one also had on a Speedo bathing suit, items the military said were not issued by Guantanamo personnel or sent through the regular mail, according to a Defense Department letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press. …

I’m sure the poor sods being tortured over in America’s gulag would rather have a cutting torch or even a file rather than a pair of tacky underwear. 

Was this story reported by any of the American “news”, or are they still too busy bilging on about Britney’s latest meltdown or Paris finding God.

 

Makah Renegades Viciously Slaughter a Grey Whale

From Seattle Times: Makah tribal officials are dismayed over whale kill; whaler captain has no regrets

In most respects regarding rights and land claims I agree totally with the natives. But sorry Makah, not this time. In this day and age, there is absolutely no reason to be harpooning, machine gunning or otherwise killing or harming whales. Yes, I know this “hunt” wasn’t sanctioned by the tribe, however the impression is that the tribal elders are more concerned that it will complicate their efforts to legally kill whales again.

In days long past, people used to shout fair warning to passers by as they emptied their chamber pots out a second story window.

“Gardyloo!”

Traditions change, sometimes even for the better. Whale killing as a tradition is more offensive and destructive than emptying a piss pot on someone’s head and it needs to disappear forever.

 

Gardasil… Merck’s Cash Cow on Steroids

To celebrate their success in convincing many governments around the world to innoculate little girls against STD’s, Merck has unveiled the next phase of their campaign.

In a bizarre turn of events, Merck is now starting the push to vaccinate little boys. This development was hinted at as early as May, when an article was published suggesting that cancer of the throat and tonsils can arise from infection with a sexually transmitted virus.

The escalation of this phase has continued on schedule. It has now reached the point where unnamed “researchers” are advising that Gardasil should also be given to boys to help avert cancers linked to oral sex. Next step, watch for the slick, hypnotic “Tell Someone” type television ads to start targeting boys.

Be sure to read Newstarget’s Mike Adams article: Absurd vaccine marketing calls for cervical cancer vaccinations for young boys! Among other things, he’s been researching vaccination issues and the Gardasil story, and has several other articles that are worth looking at, including “The Great Thimerosal Coverup“.

 

Darth Cheney, if you will

Dick Cheney: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

In this interview from April 15th, 1994, oily Dick Cheney justifies the reasons why they didn’t invade Baghdad and topple Saddam Hussein in Gulf War I.

Video is posted by “grandtheftcountry“

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