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Willful ignorance.

Frank B. Arenas
P.O. Box 600
Coleman, FL 33521-0600
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(352) 748-6629

On 2/3/2021 12:56 PM, Karl Ambrose wrote:
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>>
>>  The PDF file Is a letter from Nick Wiley. My response is below. He
>> also responded to my response.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Wiley, Nick <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>>>>> To: Linda <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>>>>> Cc: Sutton, Eric <[log in to unmask]
>>>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>; Eason, Thomas
>>>>>> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>; Eggeman,
>>>>>> Diane <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>;
>>>>>> Smith, Susan <[log in to unmask]
>>>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>; Fitzwater, Jennifer
>>>>>> <[log in to unmask]
>>>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>; Tupps, John
>>>>>> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
>>>>>> Sent: Wed, Jun 15, 2016 7:51 am
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Response to Your Response
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mr. Ambrose.   We are not going to debate or discuss this further
>>>>>> with you.  We have explained the facts very clearly and our staff
>>>>>> has spent a great deal of time answering these questions.  Thank
>>>>>> you.  Nick
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick Wiley
>>>>>> Executive Director
>>>>>> Florida Fish & Wildlife
>>>>>> Conservation Commission
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Karl J Ambrose
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Good afternoon Mr. Wiley,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Thank you very much for your response.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I still have many concerns.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Regarding your provision of the best large core habitats for
>>>>>>     the Bears in Florida, specifically the Eastern, Northern and
>>>>>>     Central BMU's, could you please provide me with a map of those
>>>>>>     areas?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I have provided you with pictures of the massive areas that
>>>>>>     are in total contradiction to your statement.  I would very
>>>>>>     much like to visit the areas you are referencing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     The statement that the US Forest Service and the Florida
>>>>>>     Forest Service have an excellent record of managing wildlife
>>>>>>     habitat on all of Florida's National and State Forests is a
>>>>>>     matter of opinion and I, as well as many other Floridians,
>>>>>>     disagree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Their efforts to "improve" the longleaf pine ecosystems would
>>>>>>     have been important knowledge to have been distributed prior
>>>>>>     to the hunt last year.  It would have been, and is now, being
>>>>>>     factored into the public opinion and viewpoint of the projects
>>>>>>     and how they are affecting the bear migration.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     The fact that we had to discover for ourselves these projects
>>>>>>     and their affects on the bears, we now know that you were
>>>>>>     aware of this information and the negative impact it would
>>>>>>     have had on the FWC's viewpoint prior the hunt, had it been
>>>>>>     public knowledge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     The Biological Assessments for the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
>>>>>>     Restoration state that the bear will be displaced for short
>>>>>>     periods of time (1-3 years).  I have asked Sarah Barrett and
>>>>>>     Thomas Eason numerous times where they thought these bear
>>>>>>     would go.  Still, I have no feedback from them regarding where
>>>>>>     their anticipation of this displacement would send the bear to.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I have never gotten a response from Susan Blake regarding the
>>>>>>     same question.  She would not provide a name or contact
>>>>>>     information for the Biologist who signed off on the RCW
>>>>>>     project Biological Assessment for the Ocala National Forest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I believe that the bulldozing in the southern part of the
>>>>>>     Ocala National Forest, just north of Paisley, is responsible
>>>>>>     for pushing the bear through the corridor which leads to Lake
>>>>>>     Mary, where all of the conflict with humans occurred.  You are
>>>>>>     correct in that their great sense of smell lead them there and
>>>>>>     all of you should have anticipated that, instead of being
>>>>>>     baffled by their migration to that area.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Today, in a unanimous vote, the Alachua County Commission
>>>>>>     provided not only a Resolution, but an Ordinance, which
>>>>>>     prohibits hunting of bears on any Alachua county-owned land. I
>>>>>>     am proud that others are seeing the err of the FWC's ways.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     I am looking forward to receiving the map.  If we have so many
>>>>>>     bear in this state, why is it so difficult to even see them in
>>>>>>     their natural environment?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Therein, lies the discrepancy of the entire plan.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Have a wonderful day,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Karl J. Ambrose
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

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