-TRAIL WALKS LOCAL FOOD, HABITAT CREATION & MORE
-BOB HUNTER MEMORIAL PARK, June 4th, 6PM on…
HAVE FUN!
-TRAIL WALKS LOCAL FOOD, HABITAT CREATION & MORE
-BOB HUNTER MEMORIAL PARK, June 4th, 6PM on…
HAVE FUN!
Friends of the ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK, represented by the Hon. Peter Kent, the Hon. Pauline Browes and Toronto Deputy-Mayor Glen DeBaermaeker met with the new ONTARIO PLANNING REVIEW COMMISSION, Chaired by the Hon David Crombie, and presented the following points to the Commission:
-Urging the Commission to support the concept of the Rouge National Urban Park (i.e. Bill C40)
-Encouraging the Commission to push the Ontario Government to honour their promise to transfer the Provincial lands that were previously agreed upon to the new park
-Asking the Commission to support the inclusion into the Park of all remaining adjacent Federal lands
-Requesting the Commission to support the protection of the natural National Historic features from the Oak Ridges Moraine to the mouth of the Rouge River
-Asking the Commission to support the development of an extensive trail network connecting the Oak Ridges Moraine, the Green Belt and Lake Ontario
The Commision is scheduled to report in September of this year.
In the meantime, you can help by contacting the Ontario Planning Review Commission, indicating your support!
katherine.morton@ontario.com
416-325-7370
Posted in conservation, environment, frogs, Hiking, Nature Walks, Rouge National Urban Park, Wild in the City
Tagged fern, fiddlehead, frogs, red tailed hawk, tadpoles, vulture
A group representing the Friends of Rouge National Urban Park are scheduled to meet the Hon. David Crombie of the Ontario Growth Secretariat to discuss the new National Urban Park issues on May 21, 2015.
NOTE: The pictured fiddlehead photo above represents a species that is heavily poached in the Park. The north portion of the Park is now patrolled but the south portion is not thanks to the Wynne government’s inaction on transferring the agreed-upon lands under their jurisdiction to Parks Canada, and the province accordingly is not offering any protection, either!
Posted in conservation, environment, Hiking, Nature Walks, Wild in the City
Tagged illegal harvesting, poaching, wildflowers in the city