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		<title>Karl Stevenson&#8217;s address to SPPAC, 19 Nov 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 20:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karl Stevenson, Jennifer Pass, and Bob St.John presented the case against Clayoquot Wilderness Resort&#8217;s application for exclusive horse use in the Bedwell Valley within Strathcona Park to a SPPAC (Strathcona Park Public Advisory Committee) meeting on Nov 19, 2010. Here is Karl&#8217;s address to the meeting&#8230; Thanks for allowing us to make our presentation to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1450&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strathcona : A Park For All Activities?   (by Karl Stevenson)</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2010/04/26/strathcona-a-park-for-all-activities-by-karl-stevenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fifth in a series of articles about Strathcona Park. My last article contained an error. I wrote that a permit had already been granted for commercial horse use in the park. This isn&#8217;t true. The permit has not yet been granted. One of the main things that the original Strathcona Park Master [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1030&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How the Strathcona Park Master Plan Was Butchered (by Karl Stevenson)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of articles on the history of Strathcona Park. This is the fourth in a series of articles on Strathcona Park. The previous articles have shown how the park has historically received little protection from governments, and has instead been plundered by them, in a pattern that has continued [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=1010&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gains From the 1988 Strathcona Blockade (by Karl Stevenson)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the third in a series of articles on the history of Strathcona Park. No one who took part in the 1988 Strathcona Blockade expected it to be fun, and it wasn&#8217;t.  It was exhausting, draining, and terrifying.  We hadn&#8217;t wanted to do it in the first place, and, when it was done, we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=991&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Strathcona Blockade of 1988  (by Karl Stevenson)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of articles on Strathcona Park. The first article talked about some of the history of Strathcona, which includes mining, damming, logging and various other abuses which were inflicted upon the park by commercial interests over the years. Although the park boundaries looked great on maps, they provided little [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=941&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Minister rejects meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is the reply to our request for a meeting with Minister Penner regarding recent changes to the Strathcona Park Master Plan: Hello Mr. Milne, On behalf of the Honourable Barry Penner, Minister of Environment for British Columbia I would like to thank you for your offer of a meeting. I apologize, Minister Penner [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=932&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strathcona Park: A Sad History (by Karl Stevenson)</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2009/12/05/strathcona-park-a-sad-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first in a series of articles dealing with Strathcona Park. Although I write specifically about Strathcona, it should be obvious that changes to one provincial park are very likely to affect other parks in the system. In these articles I will try to show, using Strathcona Park as an example, that wilderness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=927&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bedwell Bridge Repair And What It Means (by Karl Stevenson)</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2009/10/21/bedwell-bridge-repair-what-it-means-by-karl-stevenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 16, 17, and 18, a team was sent to the foot bridge over the lower Bedwell River to stop the bridge from falling into the river. At some time last winter, the snow load broke the 2 pins securing the bridge to rock on the east bank of the river, and the bridge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=835&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>THE FRIENDS ASK: NOW WHAT ? (LeRoy McFarlane)</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2009/09/02/the-friends-ask-now-what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Strathcona Park landed on their feet after the long awaited decision from the Minister of the Environment. Barry Penner&#8217;s &#8220;information bulletin&#8221; informs the public that commercial operators will be allowed to lead guided horse tours in Strathcona Park. This represents a major departure from the intent of the Park&#8217;s Master Plan. To [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=199&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Strathcona Update (Karl Stevenson)</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2009/08/26/strathcona-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Friends of Strathcona Park (FOSP) is an organization which was formed in the 1980&#8242;s, largely through the efforts of Steve and Marlene Smith who now live in the Comox Valley. Strathcona Park, the first provincial park in BC, was created in 1911, and has suffered abuse, in the form of logging, mining, etc., from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&amp;blog=9188803&amp;post=4&amp;subd=friendsofstrathcona&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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