. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 6: Habitat Programs 95. In the coastal wetlands of Quebec's James Bay coast at certain times of the year, the swarms of biting insects become so numerous that even CWS biologists — in this case Leo-Guy de Repentigny and Gilles Chapdelaine doing a vegetation survey in 1972 — have no choice but to adopt protective gear (Photo credit: de Repentigny). 6. Land secured primarily for preservation of migratory bird habitat may be used for other productive pur- poses if they are not 7. Two programs to acquire adequate control
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 1999 Burnett: Chapter 6: Habitat Programs 95. In the coastal wetlands of Quebec's James Bay coast at certain times of the year, the swarms of biting insects become so numerous that even CWS biologists — in this case Leo-Guy de Repentigny and Gilles Chapdelaine doing a vegetation survey in 1972 — have no choice but to adopt protective gear (Photo credit: de Repentigny). 6. Land secured primarily for preservation of migratory bird habitat may be used for other productive pur- poses if they are not 7. Two programs to acquire adequate control of wet- land habitat are planned. a) [landowners] agree not to drain or fill the wetlands which they own, or bum the vegetation around them, in return for a payment based on the value of the surrounding land discounted at five per cent for a 20-year period. This procedure [should] maintain about two-thirds of the more than six million small potholes in the vitally important prairie breeding grounds. b) Purchase or long-term lease of large marshes which require management for greater produc- tivity and public use. Large marshes are impor- tant not only as breeding areas, but also as areas where the birds may winter or rest during migra- tion. They are also the areas where much of the hunting takes magnitude of a pro- gram to preserve all such areas, and the priori- ties for acquisition, cannot be finally determined until the ARDA-sponsored Land Capability Inventory, now under way, is completed and studied.'^ For the first time, the full weight of the Govern- ment of Canada was unequivocally committed to wildlife habitat conservation and, moreover, to funding a program in which direct acquisition and management of land would play an important part. Initially, it was forecast that as much as $5 million would be spent annually to lease up to million hectares of wetlands from prairie farmers. This gen- erous level of funding was never to be
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