Private company buys 67,000 acres and puts 70 hunt camps on notice

[werner.reiche]

I think IIRC, Gilroy either had or has a camp up there. I wonder if he was given a notice?

I think Gilroy owns his land.

[Gilroy]

I wonder........

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busi...sequestration/

[trimmer21]

I wonder........

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/busi...sequestration/

I just hit their Pay Wall. Do you have the Cole's Notes version?

[contaucreek]

Our camp is welcoming 2 displaced Domtar hunters. Their lease on the 100ac camp was to be $4000 this year.

[Sam Menard]

I just hit their Pay Wall. Do you have the Cole's Notes version?

A subsidiary of Manulife Financial Corp. lhas bought a large tract of forest in Maine to maintain as a carbon sink and source of revenue from third-party emitters seeking offsets in a growing voluntary market.

Boston-based Hancock Natural Resource Group Inc. has acquired more than 36,000 hectares of timberland along the border with Quebec. It will use the investment to generate income from selling carbon offsets and harvesting timber.

[Gilroy]

Just another little update on this thread.

Somebody up in Bancroft just donated another 12,000 acres to this organization thought the Nature Conservancy of Canada, so it looks like that will be lost to hunters AND that is being added to another 26,000 acres that will be part of the " Hastings Wildlife Junction"

https://www.quintenews.com/2021/10/2...near-bancroft/

Nowhere in Landescapes VISION is hunting considered? https://landescapes.org/the-park/


I see that the OFAH have dipped their feet in these waters https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...-property.html

There may be good intentions but from what I am hearing from a fraternal friend, hunters will be getting shut out and this will be death by a thousand cuts.

From my information this 26,000 acres will be in addition to the already 67,000 acres which is the subject of this post. Also [COLOR=#000000]and is adjacent to more than 30,000 hectares (74,312 acres) of Crown lands that have been specially designated as enhanced management areas due to their unique feature......


The Domtar land's which have are currently leased by hunters will go from $1.00 an acre lease to $4.00 a acre.
There is pressure on hunters to remove buildings and camps?
Some of the townships are asking $400.00 for a demolition permit.

Still trying to track down where Landescapes and Kawartha Land Trust got all the cash to purchase this initial 67,000acres?

My wife says this will end up being like a Banff scenario with nature trails, bird watching, and a few big Hotel Resorts, but hunters can forget about it.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada may have been the money people behind this purchase.


Update https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/pl...dlife-junction


BINGO


“It’s our intention that there would be limited hunting on these lands in accordance with how it is occurring currently and how it has occurred historically.”
Ferguson said research into the land and its wildlife is ongoing; Samann said he also made “stop-gap” agreements for this fall with some hunting groups.
There has also been contact with owners of surrounding properties and there is “absolutely” interest in further deals with people who want to be involved in such conservation work, she said. She also said there isn’t currently a big push to acquire more land there.