I strongly support the…

I strongly support the proposed changes to the black bear hunting regulations as presented. In addition, I recommended and strongly support a removal of the language restricting baiting within 200m of a maintained road or trail. The language of "maintained" is to convoluted in the Northern Ontario context as many tertiary logging roads may be temporarily maintained for a short period of time but then not used for many years, but show as scheduled for maintenance in Annual Work Schedules. The definition of maintain would suffice in most situations for Southern Ontario but creates to much uncertainty and creates non-uniform enforcement across the province. I suggest changing the wording surrounding "maintained" road to reference "Road Class" ie. baiting within 200 metres of a primary forest access road is permitted, but baiting within 200 m of an operation/tertiary forest access road is allowed regardless of maintenance activities.