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Index of Subjects --_9d14b591-c901-4d42-8faa-11afca98ad3f_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All=2C Not to be curmudgeonly in the Christmas season but the money allocated t= o improvements of CSI's South Side Beach seems to have little or nothing to= do with improving bird habitat and protection and lots to do with improvin= g tourism infrastructure and access to the beach.=20 If the money had been spent on PIPL monitors=2C on ways to keep people's= dogs on leashes and/or keeping ATVs off the beach then that would be money= more constructively spent in helping the CSI IBA. It seems to me these exp= enditures will actually make the PIPL and other birds situation worse not b= etter.=20 I'll be very happy if someone can prove me wrong. All the best. Fritz McEvoy Sunrise Valley=2C CB=20 From: edoull@ns.sympatico.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] CSI Important birding area get funding Date: Sun=2C 26 Dec 2010 04:36:57 -0400 Popular birding beach receives $22=2C500 in improvements=20 By BRIAN MEDEL=20 Yarmouth Bureau=20 December 26=2C 2010 Chronicle Herald A Nova Scotia beach designated as an important birding area will be even mo= re accessible in 2011 following $22=2C500 in improve=ADments. The South Side Beach on Shel=ADburne County=92s Cape Sable Is=ADland is a r= ecognized bird area. Five migratory species=2C including the endangered piping plover=2C spend t= ime there each year. In the nearby town of Clarks Harbour=2C tourists often ask staff at the tow= n=92s visitor information centre how to get to Cape Sable Island=92s variou= s beaches=2C said Mayor Leigh Stoddart. The South Side Beach =93didn=92t have really good access=2C" Stod=ADdard sa= id. But =93now with the addition of the boardwalk to the beach=2C along wit= h the picnic area and the parking lot . . . it has made a huge difference." Because of the just-finished improvements=2C people can get to the white sa= ndy beach easily using the boardwalk=2C which also allows people who use wh= eel=ADchairs to visit=2C the mayor said. Parking will also be easier be=ADcause the upgraded parking lot can accommo= date about 30 cars. The parking lot improvements=2C washroom upgrades=2C improved signage=2C pi= cnic tables and board=ADwalk were accomplished with an $11=2C000 federal gr= ant and $6=2C000 from the Cape Sable Important Bird Area=2C an internationa= l con=ADservation organization=2C said a government news release. Sable Fish Packers Ltd. owns the beach and leases it to the South Side Beac= h Association. It gave $2=2C000 to the project while just over $3=2C500 was= given by the Municipality of the District of Barrington and the town of Cl= arks Harbour=2C said the release. Citizens and municipal coun=ADcils are lobbying Ottawa to have the shabby l= ighthouse painted=2C something Stoddart has been working on for five years.= Feder=ADal Fisheries and Oceans minister Gail Shea has indicated the light= =ADhouse would be painted in 2011. = --_9d14b591-c901-4d42-8faa-11afca98ad3f_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style> </head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'> Hi All=2C<BR>  =3B =3B =3BNot to be curmudgeonly in the Christmas season but = the money allocated to improvements of CSI's South Side Beach seems to have= little or nothing =3Bto do with improving bird habitat and protection = and lots to do with improving tourism infrastructure and access to the beac= h. =3B<BR>  =3B =3B If the money had been spent on PIPL monitors=2C on ways to= keep people's =3Bdogs on leashes and/or keeping ATVs =3Boff the be= ach =3Bthen that would be money more =3Bconstructively spent in hel= ping the CSI IBA. It seems to me these expenditures =3Bwill actually ma= ke the PIPL and other birds situation =3Bworse not better. <BR>  =3B =3B I'll be very happy if someone can prove me wrong. =3BA= ll the best.<BR>  =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb= sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B Fritz McEvoy<BR>  =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb= sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B Sunrise Valley=2C CB =3B<BR> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> <BR> From: edoull@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: [Na= tureNS] CSI Important birding area get funding<BR>Date: Sun=2C 26 Dec 2010 = 04:36:57 -0400<BR><BR><BR> <META name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft SafeHTML"> <STYLE> .ExternalClass DIV {=3B} </STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN class=3Decxmaintitle><B>Popular b= irding beach receives $22=2C500 in improvements</B></SPAN>=20 <P align=3Djustify><SPAN class=3Decxabody>By</SPAN><SPAN class=3Decxabody><= B> BRIAN MEDEL</B></SPAN><SPAN class=3Decxabody> <BR>Yarmouth Bureau</SPAN>= <SPAN class=3Decxabody> <BR>December 26=2C 2010 =3B Chronicle Herald</S= PAN></P> <P align=3Djustify><SPAN class=3Decxabody><BR>A Nova Scotia beach designate= d as an important birding area will be even more accessible in 2011 followi= ng $22=2C500 in improve­=3Bments.<BR><BR>The South Side Beach on Shel&sh= y=3Bburne County=92s Cape Sable Is­=3Bland is a recognized bird area.<BR= ><BR>Five migratory species=2C including the endangered piping plover=2C sp= end time there each year.<BR><BR>In the nearby town of Clarks Harbour=2C to= urists often ask staff at the town=92s visitor information centre how to ge= t to Cape Sable Island=92s various beaches=2C said Mayor Leigh Stoddart.<BR= ><BR>The South Side Beach =93didn=92t have really good access=2C" Stod­= =3Bdard said. But =93now with the addition of the boardwalk to the beach=2C= along with the picnic area and the parking lot . . . it has made a huge di= fference."<BR><BR>Because of the just-finished improvements=2C people can g= et to the white sandy beach easily using the boardwalk=2C which also allows= people who use wheel­=3Bchairs to visit=2C the mayor said.<BR><BR>Parki= ng will also be easier be­=3Bcause the upgraded parking lot can accommod= ate about 30 cars.<B