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to you until I was sure things were truly settled.<o:p></o:p></SPAN> ---2114655128-1760118566-1349476100=:66517 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good work to all involved Hans=0AYou are all to be congratulated and thanke= d.=0AOnly today I was making a small contribution to MICA=0Aand we got talk= ing about how well that worked in protecting Islands.=0ASo well the volunte= ers no longer are expected to buy dinner tickets!=0ABetter to sell them to = big spenders Lets me out - LOL!=0AI kind of forget how many Islands they ha= ve protected.=0AI remember telling someone just when we started "Better to = light=0Aa candle than complain about the darkness" I never thought we could= =0Aaccomplish what we did.=0AOther communities would do well to copy the pl= an.=0AEnjoy the fall=0APaul=0A=0A=C2=A0=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________= ________=0A From: Hans Toom <htoom@hfx.eastlink.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto= .ns.ca =0ASent: Friday, October 5, 2012 4:23:31 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] Fw= : Troop Island will be protected forever=0A =0A=0A =0AAs usual, I'm probabl= y the last person in Nova =0AScotia to know this!=0A=C2=A0=0A=C2=A0=0ASent:= Friday, October 05, 2012 3:45 PM=0ASubject: RE: Troop Island will be prote= cted forever=0A=0AFriends:=0A=C2=A0=0AMany =0Aof you will already know this= wonderful news. However I wanted to wait to write =0Ato you until I was su= re things were truly settled.=0A=C2=A0=0ANeedless =0Ato say as a long time = visitor to Troop`s Island I am totally delighted that many =0Agenerations o= f children and families will be able to use the island in =0Aperpetuity.=0A= =C2=A0=0ASpecial =0AThanks go to Ella McQuinn ,past Chair of St.Margarets S= tewardship Association =0Afor her skillful and patient charting of the wate= rs to get us to the final =0Adestination of purchasing the island .=0A=C2= =A0=0AThe =0Ajoyous announcement from Ella is below.=0A=C2=A0=0AHappy =0ATh= anksgiving to everyone. We have much for which to give =0Athanks.=0A=C2=A0= =0ARegards,=0A=C2=A0=0ABeth=0A=C2=A0=0A____________________________________= ___________________________________________________________________________= ________________=0A=C2=A0=0A=C2=A0=0A=C2=A0=0ATroop Island Will be =0AProte= cted Forever =0AThe tally is in and we=E2=80=99re =0Athrilled to confirm th= at 28 acres of Troop Island will be purchased Friday and =0Aheld in trust f= orever. We have received $818,000 of the $820,000 goal as of =0AThursday ni= ght and know that more pledges and cheques will arrive in the morning =0Aan= d throughout the next couple of days. Any funds over the goal will be added= to =0Athe endowment for the stewardship of the island. =0AWith little over= a month to pull =0Athe community campaign and remaining funds together sin= ce securing a last-minute =0Aoption to buy the island, the stakes were high= and the goal was ambitious to say =0Athe least. Yet the support has been o= verwhelming, which speaks to the deep =0Adesire Nova Scotians have for prot= ecting our coastline and special natural =0Aplaces. Troop Island in particu= lar has touched people not only for its beautiful =0Abeaches and shoreline = vistas, but also for the rare and varied natural features. =0AThe old growt= h forest, intertidal marsh lands, bird life and freshwater pond =0Arepresen= ts a variety of ecosystems that are becoming more precious to people of =0A= every age. We=E2=80=99ve heard from people young and old, locals and people= who=E2=80=99ve never =0Aeven seen the island, all passionate about protect= ing special places like Troop =0AIsland. Our youngest =E2=80=9CTroopers,=E2= =80=9D Nathaniel and Phoebe McLaren, donated all the =0Amoney in their pock= ets to =E2=80=9Chelp Theodore Tugboat save the island!=E2=80=9D Local =0Abu= sinesses, community groups and families stepped up, and people reached out = to =0Afriends and family and to contacts through social media, urging every= one to be a =0Apart of this legacy too. It has been incredible seeing how f= ar and how fast word =0Ahas spread and support has come pouring in. We even= heard from decedents of the =0Aoriginal Troupe family for whom the island = was named, and they are thrilled that =0Ait will be protected for future ge= nerations. =0AThe St. Margaret=E2=80=99s Bay =0AStewardship Association and= the Nova Scotia Nature Trust would like to thank =0Aeveryone for their ver= y generous contributions of time and money which have =0Ahelped to preserve= a unique piece of Nova Scotia=E2=80=99s coastal legacy. We hope this =0Apa= ssion and energy will continue as we work together with the local community= to =0Asteward this and other protected islands in the bay. We hope too, th= at the =0Aincredible momentum that built around this campaign will continue= to build =0Atowards protecting other coastal lands and islands in the bay = and across the =0Aprovince. =0AFor those still wishing to be a =0Apart of t= he Troop Island campaign, donations continue to be welcome. Additional =0Ad= onations will help to build a stewardship endowment fund for Troop Island, = =0Aproviding critical funds to steward and protect the island, in perpetuit= y. ---2114655128-1760118566-1349476100=:66517 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Good work = to all involved Hans</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-si= ze: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backgro= und-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>You are all to be congr= atulated and thanked.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-s= ize: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; backgr= ound-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Only today I was makin= g a small contribution to MICA</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0= ); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, seri= f; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>and we got ta= lking about how well that worked in protecting Islands.</span></div><div st= yle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman'= , 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma= l; "><span>So well the volunteers no longer are expected to buy dinner tick= ets!</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-f= amily: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: trans= parent; font-style: normal; "><span>Better to sell them to big spenders Let= s me out - LOL!</span></d