Stop Advertising and Start Making Changes - Our Park's Ecosystems Have Withered Away

(SUMMARY)
It seems for the past year or so, I have been fighting an uphill battle against a stronger force I cannot handle by myself. The Bruce Peninsula National Park has become the subject to over popularity in recent years causing damage to ecology.

I have been emailing, and asking people to limit advertisements to the area. I do think teaching people about local geography is important and CRUCIAL. It's time to start educating people. It is WELL time for change.

Stop cramming people in like sardines. What is wished for is new laws and regulations to help keep our parks healthy and sustainable for the future. This CAN'T be done by turning the area into a tourist draw and opening the flood gates to the whole population of Canada. If there is CLEARLY an issue, send measures to divert people from the dunes. Sandbanks does this and they are a Provincial Park! It's time to ban actions and take measures. Ban bulky tents, and coolers.

This park is NOT the beach and ultimately, this is a SAFETY issue. Bruce Peninsula's crowding problem hurts more than you think and we have a chance to reverse the negative effects. Garbage tossed on the ground like nothing, dangerous hazards from others bulky items. No passage ways for emergencies etc.

Who can help this resolve issue? (WHO)
WE as a society need to solve this issue. We need to come together and converse. Divisions get one no where. We need to contribute ideas and find MIDDLE GROUND not only for future visitors but for the ecology in the parks across the Peninsula. NO agency OR group is faulted. It's time we communicate. Communicate with the government, communicate with local/municipal parties for change. This can't be done by sitting in the dark.

The wonderful Parks staff and NUMEROUS volunteers are trying endlessly to help. It's our turn to join in on the action. Kudos to those mentioned for working for a bettor park. TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A GREAT CHANGE.

What I hope to get accomplished by this? (FOCUS)
This petition is intended to be the start of change, beginning with new rules or regulations that will help ease the unsafe conditions of the park and to get people aware, awareness! It has become so that walking into Indian Head cove is dangerous. It has become an urban play yard without supervision where people are free to smash glass if they wish. You have rows of people sitting on rocks with huge tents, umbrellas, coolers, boom boxes and such that you become sort of lost and don’t know where to put your foot and the people that don’t have any room sit on rare vegetation. Killing them off. The first thing that comes to my mind is no doubt safety. We have native species of wild flowers migrating into distances far from hiking trails, litter, idling, bumper to bumper vehicular traffic contributing to air pollution and depletion of our Dark sky reserve we are lucky to have in Southern Ontario and just the scare away of many beautiful animals that used to be an abundant of.

Tourism in Ontario has become an appalling game. It is a struggle for each municipality to promote their area equally, thus, creating a tension and competition between each area. Muskoka VS Kawartha Lakes; Simcoe VS Grey; Bruce VS Lambton etc. When can one say enough is enough? When can we stop focusing on drawing other people in when we can be focusing on the lives, health and future of our current population of tourists and residents? Showcase Ontario as a whole. The lakes, the diverse culture, the land, the heritage... Don't split the province into sections! Unfortunately, social media and ADVERTISING AGENCIES for the province of Ontario are NOT HELPING THE CASE even after many pleas to "stop it" with the luring photographs to our region as it's clearly not healthy. Stop working on trying to bring people up here. We are already doing a swell job on that. We need a major paradigm shift for the whole peninsula.

Everyone is "I gotta make that money. Gotta do it" they forget why they live here, what they live with, and how to live with nature. People in an area such as Grey Bruce where Tourism is the most crucial aspect to the economy tend to be very narrow minded. They fear more security measures on our environment would act as roadblocks in tourism. But in reality, this is not the case. It's working in cooperation with the visitors and the environment. If we don't apply firm rules just like many Ontario tourist town do, (Cobourg Ontario's recent motion passed banning tents from the Northumberland beach is one of many examples) our environment will decay at a faster place than staff and volunteers can help it prosper... then we won't have a park. visitation is good in reason and everything has its balance. WE have a CARRYING CAPACITY which is being peaked. We can all be happy and share this land together. Everyone. But you have to be open to change.