xs 7 - Wednesday, February 21, MaIiLBox Ducks Unlimited column ‘biased’ Dear Editor: I read with interest Bob Hunt- er’'s column in your Dec. 3) edi- tion. It is a remarkable example of lazy and unprincipled journalism in which he takes selected informa- tion from others, exaggerating bias, inaccuracies and downright faisehoods. As a long-time director of Ducks Unlimited (DU) Canada and a per- son active in local conservation af- fairs, | would like to comment. Hunters, or so-called consump- tive users, have always been ihe first to recognize the needs for conservation in whatever field, However, today conservation has a much wider involvement. In B.C. today I doubt that 15 per cent of DU's membership are hunters. DU is a conservation organization and it is immaterial whether people hunt or don’t hunt. As to waterfowl in Canada, they are not doing too badly generally, other than on the Prairies where the situation is serious. Without DU I can tell you the situation would be a lot worse. Although everyone is now a ““conservationist,’’ few people will take this to the point of putting up money. No one who is a member of DU thinks his 20 bucks gives him carte blanche. With regard to the remarks pur- ported to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service special agent Dave Hall, | invested in a phone call to explore this one. Even the possibility of the offences described actually occurr- ing seemed so remote as to be vir- tually impossible. In any event, and although wild- ly exaggerated, it seems there are some unprincipled hunters in the far south, such as the bayous of Louisiana, who have disregarded bag limits for generations and Hunter ‘offensive’ Dear Editor: Mr. Hunter’s column has turned into vicious and vitriolic attack on anyone who doesn’t share his views on the environment. Members of Share B.C. who live in resource-based communities are concerned for their jabs — they have children to raise and mor- tgages to pay. That doesn’t make Foresters defended OPEN LETTER TO BOB HUNTER Are you always this prickly or are you deliberately being pro- vocative? I am one of those hardcore rednecks from a rural community that you referred to in a recent column. Frankly, I think that I - have come a long way, baby, from the hallowed hills of West Van- couver to the verdant mountains of Vancouver Island. My neighbors and I live sur- rounded by West Coast beauty and, of all things, we work in the forest industry and have made our living at it for most of our adult lives. We do not foul our own nest. The forests provide our liveli- hood and our recreation. It is in our best interests and in our children’s to see that they are taken care of properly. T find it curious that you label us, people who provide the eco- nomic energy of this province, and somehow define us as the enemy. Your attitude is narrow-minded and does net lead to solutions. Parks versus economic activity is a difficult conundrum and the an- swers will have ramifications to all of us and the way we live. Solu- tions are in order, not blame and name-calling. You obviously need to get out from behind your typewriter and find out what is really happening in the forest of B.C. Lisa Cobble Hill Wolo Correction Notice Warehouse Flyer Appearing Wed., Feb. 21, 1990 Page 15 — Oue to circumstances beyond our control the following items will not be available: Listerene Mouth Wash & Etferdent Denture Tablets We are sorry lor any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. them ‘‘rednecks.’’ Their attitude of compromise is one it wouldn't hurt Mr. Hunter to adopt. Tourists who travel to Car- manah go to see the giant Sitka spruce, which .are already part of MacMillan Bloedel’s proposed Sanctuary. The other 92 per cent of the valley. is made up of hemlock and balsam stands of trees vital to the economic well-being of our communities. It does not have to be an ei- ther-or situation — we can have both. Mr. Hunter would probably say, yes, so what if a few ‘‘rednecks’’ lose their jobs, so what if some “‘redneck’’ families lose their homes. His arrogance and callous contempt for others is offensive. His fanatical ranting adds nothing to the environmental debate. With all the fine writers in Van- couver, surely you can do better than Bob Hunter. Ken Nickell Duncan Manager where bird concentrations in the winter are enough to enable ex- cesses. If these people were members of DU we could more likely reach them, and Ducks Unlimited Inc. (the U.S. organization) is conduc- ting an education program to change some of these attitudes. How a man can blame DU for any infraction of wildlife regula- tions is beyond me. Regulations are a function of government, as is enforcement, and the overall pro- tection of our wildlife resources. We have no input in these areas, other than our own conservation work, Although government may now The Walwyn Stripped Bond Difference | | CALL ROD CLARK 669-6262 be in a position to help through the North American Waterfowl] Plan, DU has for years been the only organization with an interest and the ability to do anything. DU Canada is a conscientious, hard-working organization with a devoted and competent = staff together with hundreds of volun- teers. We have some 60 chapters in communities across the province but we are lacking on the North Shore. | would love to hear from anyone interested in a_ local chapter. Just phone me at 463- 6561. Richard B. Trethewey Maple Ridge QGuacruple your money. 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