Times Advocate, 1997-08-20, Page 31 N THENF. LN_S
Tines -Advocate, August 20, 1997
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Too many Pinery deer may force a cull
Though a cull isn't planned for the next year, there are over four times
3s many deer as the park can sustain
By Craig Bradford are about 30 deer.per-square-kilo
metre now. While through the
T -A Reporter '
GRAND 'BEND - .Deer lovers
who frequent Pinery -Provincial -
Park can breathe easier - for
-while. - •
Despite other Media reports, there
s "no deer cull planned at the park.
for the next -year though deer pop -
dations there a5-_ .four to five times
he park's capacity.
put. Pinery naturalist -Terry Crape
lid admit a "herd reduction:' or
will inevitably- he done. •
"Sometime in the next year we
will put together plans for a herd'
'eduction," -Crabe said, hut park
ind Ministry of Natural Resources
tfficials have. not, set a date` for,
.vhe,ta cull would begin.
A cull would mean a-30 per cent
Jeer population reduction. Crabe
.aid. 'More than 290 deer would he
shot by MNR staff over -a one 10
wo month .period. perhaps with
;pmt .heft by community "Van-
-acts." Crabe. said: 1.Jsing shotguns
.s "the • most efficient, and .quick
way -of achieving result,~." Crabe
The meat would' likely go to •
' trca food batiks. '
Though' a cull is on -the hackhurn- . .
!r, Crape said something definitely
•.'las_'to be done In correct what 'has ,
_leen a.lingering. serious park -wide
iroblem. - • _
The .6.250 -acre: (2.534 hectare.).
lark has, more than 650 deer when -
•t.an safely sustain between 150
, Ind' 175 or six or:seven deer per
• ;quare kilometre. Crahc said: There
warmer months deer move in and
out of the park. many factors have
contributed, to•bumper deerpopula
tions, Crape said. These" include:
. mild winters mean •more newborn
deer survive; there are less huniers
now and deer season is only four
• days long except for '93C'.'a spe-
cial hunting.. area at the 'Pinery ac:_
five ' from mid-August to' mid-
December established. to cut down'
crop damage and'car-deer accidents
on:Hwy. 21•: changes in farm tillage
practices leave more feed in fields
• civet the winter which leads to more
young deer surviving and a healthi=
er herd: some deer-; • - .
have „adapted- .and "We've
can . now -eat. corn
and . beans: ,- many .
deer .simply stay in
.the protected park •`
area. •• • .
- "There is - still a -
•
large herd in' the,centreof the park,
that doesn't motive,'' trahe Said.. -
•They're literally eating the vegeta-_
tion faster than it can replenish it-
• ..• .
Deer appetites are- so much of a
problem there are .no trees 35 years
and younger in the -park and- no
trees whatsoever on•the •lake -side of
the -Ausahle- River- the deer eat
the shoots helbre they Can grow .to
maturity: .
"We've.„literally 'seen the park ;
'beaten into the ground.” Crabe-
said. "What's needed over time is'a
herd reduction. yet (the deer pop •
-
ulation t -down to a healthy level and
,keep it there." •
'While many nature=lovers .look
•forward to deer appearitig' in their
backyards- and animal rights ac-
tivists argue • against - organized
culls, Crabe` said the park's man-
date is to protect the entire ec-
osystem •which 'high deer popula-
tions threaten.,. • ' _
. "There will -always, he people
who disagree with„(culls): Nobody
enjoys doing that to 206 deer.”
Crape said. "But -the other 'side o('
the..coin is we have to protect the
entire park or it will he losi." Many
Unique- species to the Pinery, � in-
cluding •insects -that are (ound- no.
where .else -on earth, are ---threatened
• by deer's tendency to.
literally- eat aJI vegetation. -
from the ground .up
to 5'., -where . most •
fauna in the r. park
live: he said. -
:Other -Options 'an-
imal -activists - have
suggested•such as moving -the deer
to other parks or the.- wild and hirth-
,control , are either. too difficult to:
manage or,impossible to do in.prac-
tice.`crabe-said deer are hard. to. -
..•catch and unlike some other, wild
animals, do not take well to being
moved. If moved. deer need to he
sedated and a lot.. of the deer star}•c
to death within a year.hecausc the
existing -deer -hierarchy means they.
get the worst-territory'to.fdd in and
can't adapt quick)) enough tit.new'
•food sources_ Birth eontrot takes
two dart 'dosages, and Crape: said
after one shot -deer disappear deep
into the . park never to he - •seen
seen t
beaten
g
he park
into the
round."
Bringing back tradition::The Cadet Training Program graduation ceremonies were. held last
Nednesday at the Centralia/Huron Airpprk. Above, the cadets march'to their positions for their
, eview.- - •-
•
•
T o cadets gra u -at e
HURON PARK -The proud tra The two -place planes are con- The .last- test was completed only
Jition of training airmen at the Cen- trolled by.a strck:rather than a yoke: two days`before the ceremony.
tralia/Huron Airpark reached a ; Most pilots prefer the stick because Jones was 'very impressed with'
milestone' with the cadet.gradtia tion . 'of the feel of the controls. • . the facilities at the airport. .Thc
:ceremonies last Wednesday, Six . Cadet James Gordon of,. Ka- proximity of the sleeping and eat -
teen cadets from across Ontario ob- . puskasing ..was beaming following ing quarters- to the flying facilities
• tained - their- private pilotlicenses . the ceremony. makes it ideal fortraining.
through, the Air Cadet Program. f.' "I loved it. [.thought it was the . He said the chances of AAS re -
sponsored by the Department of •: best' course yet," exclaimed Got-- - ceiving .the schdlarship to run the
National Defense.(DND) and Arad-
.my Air,Services (AAS),
This iwas. no ordinary class of ca -
Jets — three cadets finished in the
:op -.10 across Canada,and the class
itself was the top in Ontario.
Although cadets are traditionally
:rained in Cessnas, this school used
five London=built Katanas. Senior
.Supervisory Officer Captain Trevor
. loves said the -cadets were the envy
,._aLthe other classes tiecause_of the_
•Katanas.
don. adding I love
flying."
Gordon will be at-
tending .Carlton Uni-
versity in Ottawa in
September where he
dopes to study aero
space; engineering.
'While the cadets
were all smiles, the instructors were
also proud. Instructor Sue Kime
_said* wasa "real challenge to get
them. to their license'in six ,weeks."
"It's great to
bring'back the
tradition."
-71%Casturi
cadet training , next
year are ' good ` al-
though the conal
tion is strong. If the
- program returns
next year, the class
will include female
ode's. •
- "It's great to
bring back the tradition.' said
Jones, adding with the condition of
the facilities, DND "could rebuild
history" arc Italia.
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Crabe said public input on a pos-
sible' future cull will not he solicit-
ed since ii was gleaned in '95 for
• an amendment in the park's man-
agement plan. Most input of .atoll
was positive at that time. he said.
A cull was being, planned .in '95
-but was put tiff for .many . reasons
including the "unrest in the Grand
Bend area at the time. 'The native
.standoff versus - the OPP at : Ip-
perwash was occurring at• that tine.
•. Subsequent plans. (lir s"t -reduction
have also peen put on -hold for
many reasons, -.Crape said, in-
cluding the forntaIu)n of, Ontario
• Parks in '96.. -
"We :re . getting 't0F some crucial'
stages a«he in management,"
`Crabs said. -' • -
in other deer -hunting news. the -
MNR announced changes to farm-
-er/landowner Huron/Perth . • con-
trolled hunting cligihitity and hen. i-
ing seasons recently. To be eligible
,to hunt deer. a farmer must hold a
Huron County teacher
elected vice-president of
Ontario Women Teachers
HURON COUNTY - Florence: Ketilor of Bayfield. a French as a
• second language teacher, with the. Huron County. Board'of Educa-
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in addition to her French teaching responsibilities.; Florence h,,,
also taught in•the intermediate and junior grades. and was French
ordinator for the Huron County Board of Education tor- several
years. • : - •..
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change Foundation and has travelled extensively with students.
• Florence has been•an active`.participant in Federation activities lo-
cally and provincially for more than 15 years. serving as governor at
the Ontario Teachers' Federation and as a delegate at the Canadian
Teachers' Federation. She is a former President- of the Huron -Wom-
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-own 50 acres of land -or more. if el-
igihlc. up. to three- immediaterel-
atives'. (parents.. spouse. children
• are also'eligihle: Farmers who have
received a written exemption rather
thin a farm registration number can
get a validation tag. - -
- Applications for the hunting lot-
tery _draw • are available at Huron
•• and Perth licence issuers and MNR
.offices, :Deadline for application
. submission is Sept. 4. 4:30.p.m. --
For more information -on MNR
deer.huntmg rules; contact the Clin-
-ion MNR office at 1, -5I9 -482-342x.
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