MAY 13, 2008

Fishing regs change

If you're dropping a line in the water, update yourself on the changes.

DOCUMENTS: MNR press release (DOC)

                      Zone 11 fishing regs (PDF)

EXTERNAL LINK: Ontario's fishing regs 2008

MAY 8, 2008

Backcountry maintenance expands

The canoe-route and campsite maintenance program is expanding this year to cover Crown land, the land outside of parks.

The program will be built around an expansion of the backcountry park-warden program, which had been limited to the parks. Parks is in the process of hiring four more staff — two interior wardens and two Crown land rangers. Three two-person crews will travel the area, largely by canoe. 

Ontario Parks and the North Bay district of Ministry of Natural Resources are jointly managing the program. They are forming a partnership with local groups — youth camps, municipality, Temagami First Nation, Friends of Temagami, outfitters — that will contribute local knowledge and clean-up power.

The additional wardens and rangers, funded by the district, will also patrol for legal infractions, and camping permits in the parks.

The expanded patrol area of Crown land will be bounded by Hwy 11, Lady Evelyn Lake, Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Park, Sturgeon River, and Lake Temagami (Zone 1 in TIP).

Park patrols extend to parks that are beyond this area. Park wardens  may patrol the Temagami River and Chiniguchi River parks, where camping permits are not currently required.

The enlarged program was finalized in last year's Temagami's Integrated Plan (TIP).

  EXTERNAL LINK: Temagami Integrated Plan

  BACKGROUND: Backcountry Parks Guide