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		<title>Oinimitis Centennial Trail by Karl Stevenson</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/06/06/oinimitis-centennial-trail-by-karl-stevenson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Editor I’m a director of Friends of Strathcona Park, but these thoughts are entirely my own. This summer, unless things change, we’ll be working to complete a very low impact trail through the Bedwell Valley, and we hope that a large number of volunteers will join us. For myself, I’ve never wanted a trail [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1697&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cooperative Trail Building in Jasper National Park</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/05/17/cooperative-trail-building-in-jasper-national-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 17:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought you might be interested in the cooperative trail building in Jasper National Park.  It seems that Park Canada is planning a hiker-only route in the Tonquin Valley and doesn&#8217;t have any difficulty with having the Alpine Club of Canada providing the labour. Darrell Tomkins ACC Edmonton Section –BREEZE / e-News May 2011 Tonquin [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1670&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reply from Minister Lake</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/14/reply-from-minister-lake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us who recently sent letters to our new Minister of Environment Terry Lake got a standard form letter reply from him. (Note that someone on the Minister&#8217;s staff may need to re-read the form letter documentation!). Here is the form letter, and a replies to that letter by Renee Poisson, Darrell Tomkins, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1636&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More Letters to Minister Terry Lake</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/08/more-letters-to-minister-terry-lake/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello readers, These are some of the great letters written to our Minister of Environment, Terry Lake, as a result of our Facebook &#8216;Letters to Lake&#8217; event. The Minister has not as of yet signed the Park Use Permit for Clayoquot Wilderness Resort to establish a private horse operation in Strathcona Park. However BC Parks [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1624&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letters to Minister Terry Lake</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/04/05/1613/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello readers, The following letters were recently mailed to our new Minister of the Environment, Terry Lake. The Minister has not as of yet signed the Park Use Permit for Clayoquot Wilderness Resort to establish a private horse operation in Strathcona Park. However BC Parks has already given it their stamp of approval on February [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1613&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Families Second in the Park</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/03/11/families-second-in-the-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Families first, promises B.C.&#8217;s new premier Christy Clark. My hope is that her promise will apply to my family when it comes to access and use of facilities in our publicly owned parks. BC Parks is poised to approve a permit to Clayoquot Wilderness Resort to construct what is essentially a private use facility in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1601&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Out Today Before It&#8217;s Too Late (by Carol Hunter)</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/01/12/speak-out-today-before-its-too-late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carol Hunter 591 Kinnikinik Way Comox, BC V9M 3V8 250-339-2300 Dear Editor, The provincial government is poised to grant a Park Use Permit (PUP) to Clayoquot Wilderness Resort (CWR) to take their exclusive clients on horse trips into the Bedwell Valley. The Bedwell Valley is one of the few true wilderness valleys left in our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1489&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public trust betrayed, by Ken Van de Burgt</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2011/01/04/1477/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Open Letter – Please give wide dissemination 1 January 2011 Honourable Murray Coell BC Minister of Environment PO Box 9047 STN PROV GOVT Victoria BC V8W 9E2 Dear Sir Reference: A. Your email November 19, 2010 B. My email to BC Minister of Environment, Barry Penner, 30 August 2010 (Reference: 130187) Thank you for your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1477&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>B.C. FIRST PROVINCIAL PARK, STRATHCONA @ 100 YEARS OLD,&#8221; MUST NOT DIE&#8221;&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2010/11/09/b-c-first-provincial-park-strathcona-100-years-old-must-not-die/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://friendsofstrathcona.org/?p=1437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Minister Coell, Congratulations on your recent appointment as our new Minister of the Environment. We all look forward to working with you on some very serious issues regarding deregulation in our oldest Provincial Park,Strathcona. Of particular concern to many people on the north end of Vancouver Island, and else where, is B.C.&#8217;s first and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1437&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Permits for Strathcona Park</title>
		<link>http://friendsofstrathcona.org/2010/11/09/permits-for-strathcona-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is with a sense of urgency that I am voicing my concerns over the governments decision to grant Clayquot Wilderness Resort a permit to operate horse tours in Strathcona Park. I’m sure most would agree that the governments role is to follow the wishes of the people it serves. With this in mind, I’m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=friendsofstrathcona.org&#038;blog=9188803&#038;post=1435&#038;subd=friendsofstrathcona&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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