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10-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 25th, 1980 Tough times for Ontario parks Are you thinking of visiting an Ohtario park this -sum- mer? Planning to canoe into the wilderness, or join the throngs on sunny beaches, or just look at the flowers? If so, you likely already appreciate the value of these tracts protected for their wild beauty and for recreational use. But the future of Ontario's Ontario's park system is less secure than its tranquil surface surface reveals. The lead article in the summer issue of "Seasons", Ontario's leading nature magazine, looks at recent trends affecting Ontario parks and their role in the Eighties, According to -a government policy adopted last year, the parks system is intended to achieve four objectives - nature protection, recreation, heritage appreciation, appreciation, and tourism. But those objectives are being undermined undermined by worrisome trends towards fewer visitors and lower budgets over the past four years. The dramatic increases in visitors to parks throughout the 1960's and early 1970's seem to be a thing of the past. Provincial expenditures on new parks, and even on the operation of existing parks, have been straight-jacketed, and the effects of inflation have in reality reduced funds by 8 or 9 percent a year. From 1971-1979, park budgets rose by only ,31 percent, well below the inflation rate, while the total budget of the Ministry of Natural Resources almost tripled. Acquisition of new parkland was hardest hit - annual increases of 20,000 acres in the early Seventies plummented to under, 2,000 acres per year by 1977. The resulting vicious circle sees shorter park seasons and reduced services attracting still fewer visitors, and more and more potential park users turning to Crown lands that should have been added to the parks system long ago. In the meanwhile, new park areas needed to ensure that all the natural landscapes of our province are represented are allowed* to be destroyed by logging or mining activities or other commercial operations operations This dangerous weakening of Ontario's parks is more than simply a product of economic restraint. It is occurring largely because the -politicians &nd senior civil servants interpret declining use to mean that most of you no longer care about a healthy parks system. If you want to show that you care, copies of "Seasons" can be obtained at your newstand, or from FON, 355 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, for $2.50. by Ron Reid, Federation of Ontario Naturalists. Clarke Public LIBRARY PHONE 983-5507 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday .10:0010 5:00 p.m. Orono, Ontario WAKEFIELD INSURANCE agcy. Mel Hartwig Excavating ORONÔ ONTARIO . 983-5140 Bulldozing -- Back Hoe Septic and Tile Beds Sand, Gravel and Top Soil WORK WANTED D. & R. 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