A lot was made of the Hon. Joe Oliver's turfing out American environmental groups meddling in our Boreal Forest this Spring. (see post: Three Cheers for Joe). Protests coming mainly from the groups enjoying the foreign money.
In Memphis, Tenn. (PRWEB reports) June 8, 2012 Ducks Unlimited celebrated 75th anniversary of their work. No complaint there, and congratulations.
However, among the 1,400 people attending was Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar who had a special meeting with DU and PEW Charitable Trusts to, quote, "redouble partnership efforts" end quote, to , quote, "protect Canada's boreal forest" end quote.
PEW Charitable Trusts president and CEO Rebecca Rimel and DU CEO Dale Hall signed a 10-year memorandum of agreement in effort to "quote "safeguard Canada's boreal forest" end quote.
Quote -" The work is based on a '50-50" concept that provides strict protection for half of the boreal forest, with sustainable standards applied to the rest." end Quote. To me that reads as total control of our Boreal Forest from one end of Canada to the other, by US Environmental Groups.
At the end of the meeting DU got handed a 75 million dollar estate gift for North American waterfowl conservation.
Waterfowl wetlands and boreal forest timber lands are quite different - let's hope that money is used for the right purpose.
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