Implementation of the recommendations of the Ontario Parks Board

RE: Implementation of the recommendations of the Ontario Parks Board in Lightening the Ecological Footprint of Logging in Algonquin Provincial Park.

We, the undersigned, support CPAWS-Ottawa Valley's 4 Objectives for Algonquin Park:

1. The securing of a comprehensive public review of all logging in Algonquin Provincial Park, (as requested by the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario);
2. The implementation of the Ontario Parks Board recommendations to reduce the area that is open to logging in Algonquin Provincial Park;
3. The establishment of a timeline for the elimination of all logging in Algonquin Provincial Park and the removal of associated infrastructure;
4. The designation of the Algonquin interior as a wilderness zone as logging is phased out.

We also support the Ontario Parks Board Recommendations to:

(a) Remove 70,772ha from the "managed" forest, which is the forest open to exploitation by logging. This is a reduction of 17\% (p8);
(b) Reduce the number and impact of logging roads, and the activities associated with them;
(c) Improve the important protection for riparian zones, old growth stands and Brook Trout habitats.