Misinformation about a Haliburton Highlands conservation project has been spreading via social media.
The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust (HHLT) is working to protect a 100,000-hectare wildlife corridor connecting the Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands, Kawartha Highlands, and Silent Lake provincial parks, but the biggest obstacle it faced last winter was untruths. Inaccurate posts on Facebook and other sites fueled concerns about removal of snowmobile access, loss of hunting opportunities, and changes to commercial activity in the area, but the type of designation the HHLT is seeking actually protects those things.
Known informally as the Highlands Corridor, the area in question consists of private property, Crown land, and provincial parkland. Under the proposal, specific areas of Crown land would be designated as “conservation reserve” (CR). The HHLT points out that, “Within these newly designated areas, hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, ATV, and dirtbike use on existing trails, horseback riding and cycling, pet walking, campfires, etc., would continue to be permitted activities.”
The OFAH has been at the table from the onset of the initiative. Todd Hall, chair of the HHLT, noted there is a lot of common ground between the organizations. For more on the this story, click here.
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