VISION
ACCESS for ALL to the E&N lands; now and for future generations.
PURPOSE
We believe experiencing nature is a basic human right. It is a requirement of our well-being. Free public access to wild areas also supports social engagement with the environment and is therefore good for the environment.
MISSION
Our mission is to enlist the help of our governments to work with the landowners to achieve both of our goals. We want recreation access to the E&N lands restored, while understanding and working with the reasonable needs of the Land Owners.
OBJECTIVES:
1) – To increase our membership, giving us a substantial voice in which to lobby our governments.
2) – To make it known that our governments hold the deeds to these “Mosaic managed” lands in which we are denied access.
3) – We will petition our MLA’s to rewrite the Privately Managed Forest Lands Act (PMFLA) or challenge the legitimacy of the PMFLA to regulate government owned lands.
4) – To make it known, the ongoing actions of Mosaic Forest Management to lock the general public out of the lands that we ultimately own. All stakeholders should know about this including the Pension Fund Managers and the Minister(s) of Finance for British Columba, Alberta and Canada as well as the general public.
Open The Gates is a grass roots group, dedicated to regaining public access for all, on the E & N lands.