There can be no protected species without protected spaces. We work toward the establishment of parks, ecological and wilderness reserves in each of our unprotected ecological regions.
Many people think of our province as having unlimited wilderness.
Yet the island portion is penetrated, not only by abandoned rail lines, but by hundreds of logging roads and transmission lines, so that ATVs and snowmobiles now have access to all but a very few areas. Over two-thirds of all the island's forests are owned or controlled by two paper companies. In Labrador, hydro reservoirs and mines already take up large land areas, and so far there is almost no protection for any of the remaining land. Recently, our fishery has shown us that even the most abundant resource will withstand only so much pressure. If we don't strengthen our protection efforts, the fate of our natural areas will be decided by others.