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Index of Subjects I would like to hear an opinion from Zoe Lucas, who has given so much of her life to the protection of Sable Island. See the Green Horse Society website for the discussion forum on this topic. I would be interested also in hearing from Ian McLaren, who has a long term knowledge of Sable, and Andy Horn and Marty Leonard know the island well from their work there. And Sherman Boates would have insights from the government point of view, and April Hennigar who grew up on the island. I am not sure any longer of the role of The Sable Island Preservation Trust, although I sat on that board, prior to designation of government protection. I agree with Hans that our National Parks have done a great job protecting some of our beautiful wild spaces. Let's hear more from those who know the island. Cheers, Joan ---- Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > I think that almost everyone agrees that the current status of the Sable > Island is not tenable. Who exactly is managing the island? A coast guard > official controls access to the island, but what criteria does he/she > actually use for his/her decisions? It appears that permits are given > routinely right now. Is the coast guard really the best federal agency to > manage the island? > The two viable alternatives right now are designation as a federal > wildlife management area or as a national park.I don't know at this time > which alternative would be better for the island. A national park status > would certainly bring Sable Island a much higher visibility.. > And tourism on the island? I think that limited, controlled tourism would > be good for it, in part by helping to finance the infrastructure and staff > on the island. It would also build a public constituency for the island. If > interested people cannot visit, they are unlikely to do much for the island, > resulting in chronic underfinancing of the island's infrastructure and > staff. > Thank you, Andy H., for posting information about the upcoming meeting... > Dusan Soudek >
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