Thank you for the…

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on SAR regulations. My comment is that in many cases the current regulations serve to frustrate the implementation of Good Forestry Practices as prescribed by member of the Ontario Professional Foresters Association. The prescriptions are designed to maintain or improve forest habitat conditions and pose no risk to the future of SAR in the vast majority of cases. Many of the things that threaten SAR, such as white nose fungus in the case of bats, have nothing to do with responsible forest management. Targeting forestry operations for red tape on SAR does nothing to protect species at risk, and causes costly delays and in some cases prevents the implementation of Good Forestry Practices.

Thanks again for the opportunity to comment.