ONTARIO OUT OF DOORS MAGAZINE UNHAPPY WITH M.O.E.

Volume 43, Issue 8 the 2011-2012 Hunting Annual edition has a bone to pick with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. This situation is bizarre. Apparently the M.O.E. has issued an Order to another Ministry (M.N.R. ie. Natural Resources). The Environment Minister's Order can be viewed at www. ofah.org . For many years the Ministry of Natural resources in response to complaints and advice has been attempting to mitigate environmental damage done by cormorants. These birds not only devour large quantities of fish but their tree nesting en masse has literally killed trees, underbrush and other vegetation. Culling of cormorants has taken place as well as removal of nests in trees. Now apparently one provincial Ministry is placing a legal Order upon another essentially ordering them to assist cormorants by providing artificial ground-nesting sites. Regardless of which Ministry is right or wrong on the cormorant issue, don't Ontario taxpayers at least have the expectation that their provincial government will get their acts together on this issue? It is our money they are spending fighting and obstructing each other. Sheesh!