(Keystone) Caribou and Standard Basin Closure in effect next season.

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INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE CONGRESS
June 7, 2011
DELEGATES FROM THE REVELSTOKE SNOWMOBILE CLUB AND THE SNOWMOBILE REVELSTOKE SOCIETY ATTENDED THE 43RD INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE CONGRESS RECENTLY HELD IN CALGARY, AB.

PURPOSE OF ATTENDING THIS CONGRESS WAS TO SOLICIT HELP FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE COMMUNITY IN OUR EFFORTS TO KEEP SNOWMOBILE AREAS OPEN AROUND REVELSTOKE. THIS HELP WAS FORTHCOMING.

A SPECIAL DIRECTORS MEETING WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK TO DECIDE ON THE COURSE OF ACTION THE CLUB WILL PROCEED WITH. AT THAT TIME MEMBERS WILL BE INFORMED AS TO THE CLUBS DECISION.

 

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You can imagine what we said when we walked into this store.
Anyone know what would it cost for 17 caribou and then the wolves, all full body mounts?

 

[oler1234]

good ol bass pro

 

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We have started a letter campaign to B.C.`s Premier, Christy Clark.
We are asking that everyone sign the letter and send them by mail back to the RSC, we would like copies of your letters. Thanks again to everyone at the ISC who supported us, we collected over 200 signed letters Sat.
Previous campaingns have seen over 6,000 letters sent to Gov. hope this one gets more.
This is important everyone, if you enjoy snowmobiling in B.C. please send your letter in and support the RSC and SRS in their efforts to keeping riding areas open for us all to enjoy.

View attachment Letter-to-Premier-Christy-Clark.pdf

 

[moyiesledhead]

You can imagine what we said when we walked into this store.
Anyone know what would it cost for 17 caribou and then the wolves, all full body mounts?

Yup.....more Caribou in the Bass Pro shop than the South Purcell mountain range. It would be funny if it hadn't caused me so much pain over the last ten years!

 

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Sounds like they will be transplanting 20 to your herd and another 20 next yr.
enjoy. :d Feel your pain.

 

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We have started a letter campaign to B.C.`s Premier, Christy Clark.
We are asking that everyone sign the letter and send them by mail back to the RSC, we would like copies of your letters. Thanks again to everyone at the ISC who supported us, we collected over 200 signed letters Sat.
Previous campaingns have seen over 6,000 letters sent to Gov. hope this one gets more.
This is important everyone, if you enjoy snowmobiling in B.C. please send your letter in and support the RSC and SRS in their efforts to keeping riding areas open for us all to enjoy.

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I'm easily confused Kathy. Do you want us to send the signed letter directly to you guys or send it to Clark and then send a copy to you? Also what is the address for the RSC? Thanks!

 

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Please send your signed letter and any others you can collect to the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club Box 1849 Revelstoke, B.C. V0E 2S0. We want make copies of your signed letter for our records. The Club will forward them on to Christy Clark`s office. Thanks.

 

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It might be a good idea to post this info in the SNOWMOBILE CHAT section as well Kathy. It may reach a few more people.

 

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Done, you can also scan and e-mail your signed letter to sledrev@telus.net.
Thanks.

 

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You can imagine what we said when we walked into this store.
Anyone know what would it cost for 17 caribou and then the wolves, all full body mounts?

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I am sure those are not MOUNTAIN CARIBOU.

Kathy, can you please tell me if they are? If they aren't, it just makes us sledders look like a bunch of uneducated hypocrites .

 

[FernieHawk]

Signed and emailed...

Thanks for your efforts.

 

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I was told that the animals in the display aren`t mtn. caribou, but wolves sure kill them too and so do grizzlies, wolverines and cougars. They look just like them, the Mtn. Caribou has a different gene.
Wildsight`s sight says "The globally unique mountain caribou is a variety of woodland caribou that has adapted to the special conditions of B.C.’s wet, mountainous forests".

 

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Here are pics. of alive ones I took up Frisby Apr. 24/05

 

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Here are pics. of alive ones I took up Frisby Apr. 24/05

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They look pretty disturbed by the presence of sleds......
I wonder if they stand there and look when Helicopters fly over?

 

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If you stay on your machine with it running they smile for pics. :d

 

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Scientists tell us the Frisby herd has habituated to snowmobilers, they don`t know why.
These ones are up Frisby again Apr. 10/05 so areas are still closed for habitat. This is along the main corridor that is open to snowmobiling. There were 21 riders stopped at the green tower that had all rode past them in smaller groups for the last hr. We didn`t even know they were others till others told us. You can see the animals in the background in the last pic. and in the 1st pic. yes they are laying down.

 

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Scientists tell us the Frisby herd has habituated to snowmobilers, they don`t know why.
These ones are up Frisby again Apr. 10/05 so areas are still closed for habitat. This is along the main corridor that is open to snowmobiling. There were 21 riders stopped at the green tower that had all rode past them in smaller groups for the last hr. We didn`t even know they were others till others told us. You can see the animals in the background in the last pic. and in the 1st pic. yes they are laying down.



The reason they are habituated to sledders is because we don't bother them. Hence why is this problem of ours a problem to begin with?