798 Highway 59, RR 3
Port Rowan, Ontario
N0E 1M0
March 01, 2014
Mr. J. Hughes
Head of Population Management
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
335 River Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H3
Re: Proposal for a Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Province of Ontario
Dear Mr. J. Hughes:
Further to my letter March 30, 2011 the purpose of this letter is to advise you of the current financial status of The Dr. Jerome Katchin Waterfowl Foundation as of December 31, 2013 as well as to confirm the funds that will be available to the Canadian Wildlife Service (CWS) at the end of 2014 and annually thereafter to the end of 2034.
I included a statement in my letter of March 30, 2011 indicating that I had committed sufficient funds to my foundation over a four (4) year period (2010 to 2013) to reasonably assure that $1,000.00 will be available at the end of 2011, $2,000.00 will be available at the end of 2012, $3,000.00 will be available at the end of 2013 and $4,000.00 will be available at the end of 2014 for a total of $10,000.00 for the implementation of a Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Province of Ontario.
A review of my foundation's "Year End Fund Activity Report" (copy enclosed) will show that $6,166.00 was available as of December 31, 2013 ($166.00 more than anticipated) confirming that my previously projected financial level of support to the Canadian Wildlife Service was accurate.
Furthermore I have included a copy of "2013 Year End - Classic Charitable Gift Fund Program" from Giftfunds Canada that you may find of interest.
Consequently there is no doubt that the $10,000.00 that I had originally pledged to the Canadian Wildlife Service for the implementation of a Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Province of Ontario will be available at the end of 2014.
Furthermore there is no doubt that the additional $4,000.00 per year that I had originally pledged to the Canadian Wildlife Service for the monitoring of a Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Province of Ontario will be available at the end of 2015 and annually thereafter to the end of 2034 for a total of twenty (20) years.
My additional two (2) pledges of $5,000.00 for the implementation of a Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan will be addressed in a subsequent letter as an additional (projected) $1,000.00 will be available at the end of 2015, $2,000.00 at the end of 2016, $3,000.00 at the end of 2017, $4,000.00 at the end of 2018, $5,000.00 at the end of 2019 and $6,000.00 at the end of 2020 for a total of $21,000.00 then continuing at $6,000.00 per year in perpetuity based upon Part 1 of the Financial Plan for The Dr. Jerome Katchin Waterfowl Foundation. I will disclose Part 2 of the Financial Plan to you and other interested parties at a later date.
Considering that we are currently in a position whereby we could potentially have a limited (tag only) Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Province of Ontario as early as the fall of 2015 (as I had originally envisaged) it behooves all interested parties to work together and seize this opportunity to reintroduce Ontario waterfowlers to Tundra Swan hunting.
I have documented in a previous letter that the Tundra Swan (a migratory game bird) had been hunted in Ontario from 1615 to 1918 ... over three hundred years ... prior to being "protected" due to unregulated overhunting. The Management Plan for the Eastern Population of Tundra Swans is based upon science and a current Tundra Swan population that can now sustain a limited (tag only) annual harvest.
The recently completed CWS Tundra Swan Season Assessment has confirmed what we need to know prior to the CWS applying for a Tundra Swan Recreational Harvest in the Provinces of Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Please forward copies of this letter with the supporting documentation to the other OWAC members (not included in the cc list) as I do not have their contact information.
I would like to thank you for your continued support of my proposal.
Sincerely,
J. Katchin, D.V.M.
PS I have received a request from Dr. S. Petrie (Executive Director, Long Point Waterfowl) not to include his name within the c.c list of my letters regarding this topic.
c.c.
Dr. F. Rohwer, President, Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Mr. J. Scarth, Senior Vice President of Policy, Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Mr. R. Donnelly, Regional Director - Eastern Canada, Delta Waterfowl Foundation
Mr. T. Worden, Chairman of the Board, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Mr. M. Dunfield, President, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Dr. T. Nudds, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Long Point Waterfowl
Dr. M. Schummer, Scientist, Long Point Waterfowl
Mr. B. Blackwell, President, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
Mr. G. Farrant, Head of Government Relations, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
Dr. T. Quinney, Head of Fish and Wildlife Programs, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
Mr. B. Moore, Chairman of Zone J, Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
Mr. J. Malcolm, President, Long Point Waterfowlers Association