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Index of Subjects Mary, The mailing address for St Margarets Bay Stewardship Association's Micou's Island Initiative can be found at the web address listed in Dusan's E-mail below - or you can simply Google Micou's Island Initiative. Eleanor Lindsay Mary Macaulay wrote: > OK Dusan - can you give us a mailing address please. > thanks, > Mary > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Province purchases natural areas > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:52:21 -0400 > > Hi Eleanor, all others: > Yes, the government announcement was slightly confusing, even > redundant, as the planned purchase of the two Mahone Bay islands was > already announced by the provincial government. > The St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association > http://www.heartofthebay.ca/ needs a lot more help with its > fundraising campaign for "Micou's Island." But the Mahone Islands > Conservation Association's pledge campaign has been oversubscribed and > only 21 % of the pledged amount is necessary to complete the planned > purchase of Coveys and Bachmans islands. Any extra collected funds > will go towards future land purchases. > This is a golden opportunity for NatureNS folks to step up to the > plate and support the SMBSA campaign.... > Dusan Soudek > > Eleanor Lindsay wrote: > >> Not all of this "wonderful" news is quite what it seems: >> >> The St. Margaret's Bay Stewardship Association (SMBSA), which >> initiated the >> preservation of Micou's Island in the first place and doggedly pursued >> saving the island when no one else would step up to the plate, is in the >> middle of a $1m fundraising campaign to which the DNR has contributed >> $500k. Given my understanding that the island has to be >> purchased by the end of March or the current owner will put it up for >> sale on the wider market, the media reports have done disastrous >> damage to >> the Association's efforts - now when SMBSA canvassers knock on doors >> they're told: "Hey, why should I give you money? Don't you read the >> paper? >> The Province is buying Micou's." >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find out the restaurants participating in Winterlicious > http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=43.658648~-79.383962&style=r&lvl=15&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=3702663&cid=7ABE80D1746919B4!1329 > >> From January 26 to February 8, 2007 > > >
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