In a message dated 11/27/1999 9:18:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Subj: Re: Starving grizzlies killed in Canada Date: 11/27/1999 9:18:17 AM Eastern Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jimmy Boy Dial) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A - JIMMY BOY DIAL - HOME) I was born near this area. People up and down this coast have great respect and love for the bears. Everything possible is done to protect them - and when it becomes necessary to kill one - it is done with great sorrow - and only when necessary. The timber companies have done great damage to salmon streams up and down the Alaskan and Canadian coasts in this area. They clear-cut large areas; than they replant new seedlings. The whole area is volcanic in origin. The timber grows on mountains and hills that extend right into the sea. The layer of soil is very thin. The area has lots of rain - over 100 inches/year in most of it; the rain washes the soil and seedlings into the salmon streams - making then unfit for spawning. Much of the land along the Alaskan coast belongs to my native corporation, (Sealaska). Many of my people desperately need the jobs and the dividends. It has posed a real dilema for us; in the more critical areas - we have stopped clear-cutting. The Alaskan fishing industry is now mainly controlled by the Norwegians and the Japanese. They don't care what happens to us, Alaska, the bears, or the salmon. There are three fishing boats in my family. When the fish are sold - they sell at cheap prices set by the Norwegian and Japanese companies that own most of the canneries. (Forgive mispellings, I'm very tired) Kashka >> More WTO stuff? Prudy
I was born near this area. People up and down this coast have great respect and love for the bears. Everything possible is done to protect them - and when it becomes necessary to kill one - it is done with great sorrow - and only when necessary. The timber companies have done great damage to salmon streams up and down the Alaskan and Canadian coasts in this area. They clear-cut large areas; than they replant new seedlings. The whole area is volcanic in origin. The timber grows on mountains and hills that extend right into the sea. The layer of soil is very thin. The area has lots of rain - over 100 inches/year in most of it; the rain washes the soil and seedlings into the salmon streams - making then unfit for spawning. Much of the land along the Alaskan coast belongs to my native corporation, (Sealaska). Many of my people desperately need the jobs and the dividends. It has posed a real dilema for us; in the more critical areas - we have stopped clear-cutting. The Alaskan fishing industry is now mainly controlled by the Norwegians and the Japanese. They don't care what happens to us, Alaska, the bears, or the salmon. There are three fishing boats in my family. When the fish are sold - they sell at cheap prices set by the Norwegian and Japanese companies that own most of the canneries. (Forgive mispellings, I'm very tired) Kashka ===========> > > VANCOUVER (AP) - Rangers and villagers killed nine grizzly bears on > Canada's western coast, after large numbers of the animals began > foraging in town when their traditional supply of salmon dried up, > officials said Wednesday. A mother bear and two cubs were killed > Wednesday in the most recent shootings and three other bears were > airlifted out of the region. Residents of Oweekeno village on the > central British Columbia coast say they have never seen so many bears > in town, said Tom Gottselig, the fisheries administrator for the > Oweekeno First Nation, an Indian group. He blamed the lack of salmon, > which make up 70% of the bears' diet. The area, also known as Rivers > Inlet, has recorded more than 3 million sockeye salmon returning to > spawn in past years, Gottselig said. This year's figure was expected > to be 3,500, he said. See > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562246939-538 > > -- >
