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Index of Subjects Hi James, Would you email me what you have? I can't attend the open house, but I'd like to have more information. Thanks, Joanne On 10-Sep-07, at 22:10 PM, James Hirtle wrote: > Hi all: > > This is something that was brought to my attention by Brad > Armstrong and he would like input from birders and others on the > potential environmental threat and impact to birds. Apparently the > area to be cut over borders Card Lake for this project. Interested > parties should attend the meeting if you are able to. Sorry for > the short notice as it is this Wednesday, but Brad and I only found > out about this meeting within the past half week. Apparently the > turbines are not to be the shorter ones, but are supposed to be > huge and will still far up into the air. This was first brought to > the publics attention in the Chester Clipper as of the last > edition. If anyone wants to see the map and the full attachment > sent to me, please email me personally, and I will sent thus > attachment to you. It is not much more than below, but it does > give a map of the area that the project covers. > > Sincerely, > > James R. Hirtle > Dublin Shore > > > > South Canoe Wind Park > Environmental Assessment > Public Open House > When: Wed, Sept 12th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM > Where: Upper Vaughan Community Hall > Little Red School House, 1015 Highway 14, Upper Vaughan > Dear Resident/Stakeholder, > Minas Basin Pulp and Power Company Limited, a part of Scotia > Investments Ltd., and Ventus Energy Inc > are currently proposing the development of a wind energy project in > Central Nova Scotia. The lands > owned by Minas Basin stretch through both the Municipalities of the > District of West Hants and the > District of Chester. Today the lands are used for logging and are > located in a prime area for wind energy > development. The map below shows the project area and the proposed > electrical corridor. > The project is proposed to include approximately 55 wind turbines > up to 140 metres tall. The electricity > produced at the site could be up to 100 MW, enough to power up to > 35,000 Canadian homes every year. > The project is currently in the planning and development stage. An > Environmental Assessment to meet > both the Provincial and Federal requirements is ongoing. M.K. Ince > and Associates is conducting the > Assessment which involves an analysis of the potential impacts of > the proposed project on the natural, > social and cultural aspects of the environment > during the construction, operation and > decommissioning. Field studies are currently > underway. > We hope you will attend this Open House to offer > your feedback, ask questions and learn about: > • wind energy > • the details of the project > • the ongoing Environmental Assessment > Carolyn Marrack > Ventus Energy Inc. > 416 214 1112 xt225 > cm@ventusenergy.ca > Julia Kossowski > M.K.Ince and > Associates Ltd. > 905 689 3900 > southcanoe@mkince.ca > Terry Gerhardt > Minas Basin > Pulp and Power > 902 684 1707 > tgerhardt@minas.ns.ca > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail. Even hotter than before. Get a better look > now. www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA148 __________________________________ Joanne Cook (mailto:forests2@ecologyaction.ca) Coordinator, Standing Tall Campaign for Environmentally Responsible Forestry, Ecology Action Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 902.429.1335 (voice); 902.422.6410 (fax). http://www.novascotiaforests.ca & http://www.ecologyaction.ca * Do not meddle with the Forces of Nature, for you are small, insignificant, and biodegradable. *
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