[NatureNS] CSI Important birding area get funding

From: Don MacNeill <donmacneill@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 09:39:01 -0400
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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

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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

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>My reaction when I read the article was the same =
as yours,=20
Fritz.&nbsp; I wondered if increased access to the beach could =
be&nbsp;bad for=20
the Piping Plovers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Don</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT>&nbsp;</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;to do with improving bird =
habitat and=20
protection and lots to do with improving tourism infrastructure and =
access to=20
the beach.&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; If the money had been spent on PIPL =
monitors,=20
on ways to keep people's&nbsp;dogs on leashes and/or keeping =
ATVs&nbsp;off the=20
beach&nbsp;then that would be money more&nbsp;constructively spent in =
helping=20
the CSI IBA. It seems to me these expenditures&nbsp;will actually make =
the PIPL=20
and other birds situation&nbsp;worse not better. <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp; I'll =
be very=20
happy if someone can prove me wrong.&nbsp;All the=20
best.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
Fritz=20
McEvoy<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb=
sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
Sunrise Valley, CB&nbsp;<BR>
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2010=20
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