MNR Petition and hello

[upsidedown]

Hi everyone! Im new to the board but I hope to be here for a while. I did however find this site because of something that has struck a cord with me and i cant shake it. I'm not sure if this has been posted before or if anyone on this site has signed this but I have to put this up. I'm just a young guy that has been teaching myself how to fish and picking up as much as I can from all the "old dogs" but the more I fish and see the state of our sport the more disgusted I get with it. In 2 years of fishing I have seen the good (good people helping each other and having fun, obeying the laws and respecting our resources) and the bad (vulgar comments and disrespect between fellow sportsmen, indiscriminate killing, poaching, and mistreatment of our resources). I try and support The MNR as much as I can but it is everyones responsibility. I refuse to go fishing with people without fishing licenses and even drive them to get one and sometimes even help them pay for it, and i get sportsman license even though I don't keep many fish at all. I'm sure most of the people on this site do the same things but we need to do more. I'm sick of having a license and not getting carded even once a year! Now that I vented I want to share with you all a petition that I found that I am very disappointed in. With all the movement towards conservation and environmental protection there is still no improvements to our MNR. And though I'm ashamed to admit it, it is OURS and it is what WE made it/let it become.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savethemnr2007/

 

[openfire]

Welcome to the new board, and thanks for posting the link.

I didn't realize that the MNR was in trouble.

*edit* I had made a comment about being carded by 2 MNR officers... I now recall that it was in fact 2 OPP officers */edit*

As for the petition, it only has 113 signatures so far. I think many more signatures will be needed to have the desired impact. You should post this on all of the fishing and hunting boards to help bring in more signatures.

Welcome aboard and cheers!