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ate about 30 cars.<B This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_5NLZ86JQ8bT033TbW0vunA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable My reaction when I read the article was the same as yours, Fritz. I = wondered if increased access to the beach could be bad for the Piping = Plovers. Don Don MacNeill donmacneill@eastlink.ca ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Fritz McEvoy=20 To: NS NATURE=20 Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 9:18 AM Subject: RE: [NatureNS] CSI Important birding area get funding Hi All, Not 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 to do with improving bird habitat and protection and lots to = do with improving tourism infrastructure and access to the beach.=20 If the money had been spent on PIPL monitors, 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 expenditures will actually make the PIPL and other = birds situation worse not better.=20 I'll be very happy if someone can prove me wrong. All the best. Fritz McEvoy Sunrise Valley, CB=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- From: edoull@ns.sympatico.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] CSI Important birding area get funding Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:36:57 -0400 Popular birding beach receives $22,500 in improvements=20 By BRIAN MEDEL=20 Yarmouth Bureau=20 December 26, 2010 Chronicle Herald A Nova Scotia beach designated as an important birding area will be even = more accessible in 2011 following $22,500 in improve=ADments. The South Side Beach on Shel=ADburne County=92s Cape Sable Is=ADland is = a recognized bird area. Five migratory species, including the endangered piping plover, spend = time there each year. In the nearby town of Clarks Harbour, tourists often ask staff at the = town=92s visitor information centre how to get to Cape Sable Island=92s = various beaches, said Mayor Leigh Stoddart. The South Side Beach =93didn=92t have really good access," Stod=ADdard = said. But =93now with the addition of the boardwalk to the beach, along = with the picnic area and the parking lot . . . it has made a huge = difference." Because of the just-finished improvements, people can get to the white = sandy beach easily using the boardwalk, which also allows people who use = wheel=ADchairs to visit, the mayor said. Parking will also be easier be=ADcause the upgraded parking lot can = accommodate about 30 cars. The parking lot improvements, washroom upgrades, improved signage, = picnic tables and board=ADwalk were accomplished with an $11,000 federal = grant and $6,000 from the Cape Sable Important Bird Area, an = international con=ADservation organization, said a government news = release. Sable Fish Packers Ltd. owns the beach and leases it to the South Side = Beach Association. It gave $2,000 to the project while just over $3,500 = was given by the Municipality of the District of Barrington and the town = of Clarks Harbour, said the release. Citizens and municipal coun=ADcils are lobbying Ottawa to have the = shabby lighthouse painted, 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.=20 --Boundary_(ID_5NLZ86JQ8bT033TbW0vunA) Content-type: text/html; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18999"></HEAD> <BODY class=3Dhmmessage bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>My reaction when I read the article was the same = as yours,=20 Fritz. I wondered if increased access to the beach could = be bad for=20 the Piping Plovers.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Don</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Don MacNeill<BR><A=20 href=3D"mailto:donmacneill@eastlink.ca">donmacneill@eastlink.ca</A></DIV>= <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dfritzmcevoy@hotmail.com = href=3D"mailto:fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com">Fritz=20 McEvoy</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">NS NATURE</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 26, 2010 9:18 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [NatureNS] CSI Important birding area get=20 funding</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi All,<BR> Not to be curmudgeonly in = the=20 Christmas season but the money allocated to improvements of CSI's South = Side=20 Beach seems to have little or nothing to do with improving bird = habitat and=20 protection and lots to do with improving tourism infrastructure and = access to=20 the beach. <BR> If the money had been spent on PIPL = monitors,=20 on ways to keep people's dogs on leashes and/or keeping = ATVs off the=20 beach then that would be money more constructively spent in = helping=20 the CSI IBA. It seems to me these expenditures will actually make = the PIPL=20 and other birds situation worse not better. <BR> I'll = be very=20 happy if someone can prove me wrong. All the=20 best.<BR> &nbs= p; =20 Fritz=20 McEvoy<BR> &nb= sp; =20 Sunrise Valley, CB <BR> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> <BR>From: edoull@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>To: = naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject:=20 [NatureNS] CSI Important birding area get funding<BR>Date: Sun, 26 Dec = 2010=20 04:36:57 -0400<BR><BR><BR> <META name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft SafeHTML"> <STYLE> .ExternalClass DIV {;} &l