An excellent post ST.



solotripper wrote on Jun 24^th, 2010 at 9:10pm:

When I first started going to the Q, the outfitters got a break on camping fees. Reserve with them, you saved $4 or so for each night, over reserving thru park. That was per person. Say you have 4 people, that's $16 a night, times 7 days as an example, that adds up to $112. Not a make or break figure for some, but for families or large groups it can/did make a difference. My outfitter Q-Dave said...

I never knew of this plan.  That's a great idea which should be renewed.  



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Isn't it true that revenue from the more accessible parks, helps pay for the more remote, less used ones?

Don't think so up here.  Parks are given a budget.  All revenue earned by parks goes into the general coffers, not back to the parks or even that ministry.  I'm not completely sure of this, I was pretty tired when it came up around a campfire.



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Is there a difference between a Q- lake leech and the ones found outside the park :-?

Yes there is.  That's how speciation works and biodiversity happens.  
In the long term, like millenia long, wholesale cross contamination of otherwise isolated organisms can hurt ecosystems.  Biodiversity is very good and ensures long term survival.
In the short term, perhaps the leech from outside the park have a disease or defect or advantage that the leeches inside the park don't have.  Whatever peculiarity affects the local population.
Invasive species come in all sizes.
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You can't fall in love with something, if you don't experience it first hand.

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What's reasonable too some, may be way over budget for others.

There are free options, at least there are for me.  Crown Land is my land.  So long as I move my house so far every umpteen days I can stay there forever.  Pretty sure there are hard numbers for days & distance.



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...the nays were swept under the carpet.

I wouldn't be surprised, but that's not always a bad thing.  99.999% of the time everyone votes their own best interest.  Not always in the best interest of the park or whatever the subject at hand is.  Sometimes it's a travesty, but sometimes it's just nimby.   :-/

More often than not these plans go in favour of the locals.  Logging & mining jobs are the bread & butter.  One of the reasons Algonquin will never stop logging is because the political party that does it will lose the province with all the jobs lost.  The newer parks being made are often parks in name only, no protection, just fees.   >:(