Comments on: A Critical Moment to Speak Up for Alaska’s Wildlife – Be There

By: freshmeat

freshmeat — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:58:38 +0000

Where are you getting your vote count from? 67 vote cast by people outside of the Anchorage Bowl. My Source is the ADN article from this morning paper. Elected to the advisory board 1) Phil Lincoln, 345 2) Frank Neumann, 335 3) Greg Bell, 331 4) Ron Jordan, 313 5) Robert Caywood, 312 6) Mark Campbell, 307 7) Hank Hodge, 306 Steve Flory, 176 Voters by community Collected at sign-in to pick up ballots • Anchorage – 395 • Eagle River – 40 • Chugiak – 28 • Wasilla – 41 • Palmer – 16 • Sutton – 3 • Willow – 1 • Big Lake – 2 • Chickaloon – 2 • Cooper Landing – 1 • Seward – 1 Thanks.

By: Man_from_Unk

Man_from_Unk — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:27:04 +0000

“…sensible and well balanced management of our state’s fish and game….” blogger ‘huntforfood’ has pointed out the main purpose for the Fish and Game Advisory Committees but up here in the Norton Sound, the majority of the citizens do not know the real purpose of the Advisory Committee. It caters to Special Interest groups and presently they are ignoring the salmon crisis of the Nome area rivers. The Northern Norton Sound Fish and Game Advisory Committee keeps electing themselves in over and over again. Same old, same old. Killing off the moose and now targeting the muskox for meat. Forget about the salmon. It’s a farce group.

By: LiladyNY

LiladyNY — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:18:26 +0000

This is an important comment from Gryphen’s site about the sensible management of predators and prey. My son has a friend who lives in Arizona and raises sheep as a hobby. He keeps a llama to protect he flock. The llama has killed coyotes. This protective response by llamas has been well documented. Theses are good management practices suggested by CR46. The answer to all of life’s problems is not to kill something!
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CR46 said…

Gryphen,
while I am NOT an Alaskan, I would still like to comment. As a native Minnesotan ( no longer live there) I would like to let ALL Alaskans know that the Minn DNR has successfully brought back the wolf pop in Northern Minnesota ( as a land owner{still own the land} I would like to comment).
The higher wolf population has strengthened and made a healthier deer population. I have shared my land with a wolf pack for 15 yrs( 10 of which I lived on it sharing) I had livestock, horses and cattle–never lost even one to wolves–there are “natural deterents” to protect your herds–I used llamas in with my cattle and a mule and an adopted mustang in with my horses. FYI, llamas, mules, and mustangs will stand their ground and protect the herd.
But we never had an incident, because wolves prefer deer, rabbits and rodents( yes wolves are great hunters of mice) and as long as they have their “choice” of game will not choose to “hunt” livestock.
As a hunter, landowner, conservationist, native american…the re-interduction of the wolf in Norhern Minnesota has had a positive impact. Healthier, larger deer herds, very few incidences of livestock kills ( and those were due to incompetent owners that chose not to protect their stock with simple means).
The best thing for ANY region is to have a balanced healthy environment for ALL native species…please protect and cherish ALL of your members of your environment in Alaska, its best for your state and your future generations of Alaskans to have a healthy well-balanced environment like nature intended.

By: huntforfood

huntforfood — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:41:39 +0000

REALLY people, c’mon. Go on down and vote for those people who will support sensible and balanced management of our state’s fish and game. Things are far worse than you can imagine, and unless YOU get involved and start demanding that the state manage wildlife for ALL Alaskans, the mega-consumptive sport hunting group Sportsman for FIsh and Wildlife will continue their takeover of the Dept. of Fish and Game in this state, and you will see your wildlands turned into game farms to serve the particular needs of those well placed in the hunting industry. The push to make ADF&G an org devoted to maximizing hunting opportunity AND NOTHING ELSE has gained tremendous momentum with Palin and now Parnell. She inserted handpicked friendlies into the dept. of FIsh and Game who are completely devoted to creating an ungulate farm in our state. They will continue to push for predator control in more places, and with fewer restraints unless the majority of Alaskans push back and tell them NO! So don’t whine and complain about cute wolves being exterminated, and bears disappearing when you don’t do a thing to oppose it. If you live in Anchorage and care about balanced wildlife management, ACTIVATE and get out to that meeting!! BTW, I am a hunter and eat nothing but fish and game as does my family. That doesn’t mean I support what the BOG is attempting to do to the wildlife in this state.

By: AK_Fish

AK_Fish — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:53:28 +0000

The alert sent out by Anchorage2ATF reads:
“Environmental groups have mobilized to insert their preferred candidate’s in order to use the board to promote their agenda, including supporting the listing of cook inlet Beluga’s as endangered.”
No links were included.

Mudflats misquotes this statement above:
“Radical environmental groups have mobilized to insert their preferred candidate’s in order to use the board to promote their twisted agenda, including supporting the listing of cook inlet Beluga’s as endangered.”
Link included.

Do not expect any factual information here.

Mudflats live off the distortion of the facts.

Please see my response to this comment HERE. AKM

By: Blue_in_AK

Blue_in_AK — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:17:16 +0000

I’ll be there.

By: KaDonkaDonk

KaDonkaDonk — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:05:38 +0000

Are there any plans for a Juneau meeting?

By: SoCalWolfGal

SoCalWolfGal — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:42:22 +0000

Thanks AKM for urging everyone to stand up for Alaska’s wolves. I only wish I could be there. Look forward to some good news for a change.

By: Juneaudream

Juneaudream — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:04:51 +0000

A full understanding of the power for good..or for ugly..as this ‘point of contention’..rises and rages. A suggestion..each who is on the trail for health and wisdom..who plan to attend this meeting..take along a high school student..well informed as to what small-minded sorts are..capable of..and have them carry any cell phone/camera/video items..so that the voting adults can focus upon..decorum, wise comments..and..contained, adult deportments…which allows the students to watch, to RECORD..any and all..stupid ..’choices’..by people who would wear with pride..shirts like one which..springs to mind..in zealot-groups. Thereby..students watch adults who let emotion lead them, and..behaving BADly..and..they see what the..Educated adults..are capable of..with force-of-mind and modern scientific educations. Our students need to experience..first hand..the sight of dumbness, narrow viewpoints and lack of education..from a several generation situation. Dark ages..thats where..many..ARE coming from. And..do not fear for the students..they are strong, resilient..and need to know there really are..enemys from..within.

By: AvatarAlaska

AvatarAlaska — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:21:33 +0000

Here are one person’s talking on the proposed Board of Game actions. They were submitted to me by a friend who cares. Be at the BOG meeting on January 15, or submit the comments by mail or email, if you agree. There are two files: one is a text file, the other a PDF.

1) http://www.my-alaska.com/outgoing/TalkingPointsForm.txt
2) http://www.my-alaska.com/outgoing/TalkingPoints.pdf
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If these links don’t work, please send me a message and I’ll send them to you. After all, selling black bear gall bladders has been taboo here forever. Don’t let the BOG violate basic decency with some proposals which I thought were disdained even in the barbaric middle ages. Let’s show some respect for what Alaska is all about.