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> Burkhard --_87a148b0-8502-4cd8-8f5b-541ada03045d_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks to all who have commented on this horrendous proposal. The outrageou= sly short time for comments is part of the weakening of the EIA process tha= t has occurred over the past six years. =20 I had the good fortune to work as Chief Park Naturalist at Cape Breton H= ighlands NP from 1967-73=2C and Green Cove was such a fine example of the c= oastal headlands ecosystem that was easily accessible that it was the first= site selected for a self-guiding trail. The site has had one form or anot= her of ecological or geologic interpretation here ever since. =20 The memorial is totally inappropriate here and contrary to the primary purp= ose of National Parks. Please copy your comments to politicians or anyone = else that you can interest. It is not just the beginning of a slippery slo= pe for protecting our most valuable natural areas=2C it is well down that s= lope. Wayne P. Neily=20 Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotiia "In wildness is the preservation of th= e world." - Henry D. Thoreau "Think globally=2C Act locally." - Ren=E9 Dub= os=2C 1972. =20 > From: dwebster@glinx.com > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highlands Natural Park - War Memorial= Monument > Date: Tue=2C 2 Jun 2015 19:19:58 -0300 >=20 > Hi John & All=2C > Thanks Burkhard for the reminder. I had intended to send comments and= =20 > deadlines sneak up. > I am entirely opposed to this project and also consider it to be a=20 > Trojan Horse. It would be totally wrong for the park if only this monumen= t=20 > were erected but the 'patriotic owners' could be counted upon=2C after a = year=20 > or two=2C to explain that for the value of the monument to be more fully= =20 > appreciated (and to make a profit) it would be necessary to add an amusem= ent=20 > park=2C hotel=2C casino...=3B park supplies the land=2C they supply the f= unding with=20 > help from taxpayer who would also be required to fund road improvements. > I used option 1 but now regret it because I could see no way to acces= s a=20 > copy of my comments. > Yt=2C DW=2C Kentville > ----- Original Message -----=20 > From: "John and Nhung" <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Tuesday=2C June 02=2C 2015 5:23 PM > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highlands Natural Park - War Memorial= =20 > Monument >=20 >=20 > > Fully agree with your comment Steve and have opined on the website. > > > > Big issue for me is that this may be the start of a slippery slope re. > > priority management values for national parks=2C and therefore needs to= be > > nipped in the bud. > > > > If the must build this thing=2C they should do it somewhere else. > > > > I saw one comment about using the money to make Sambro Island a nationa= l > > park. Then it occurred to me that the last sight of Canada a lot of > > soldiers would have had would have been Sambro Island Light=2C which al= ready > > has major historical significance. Why couldn't the light serve the=20 > > purpose > > of that monument? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca] > > On Behalf Of Stephen Shaw > > Sent: June 2=2C 2015 2:58 PM > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highlands Natural Park - War Memori= al > > Monument > > > > Re Burkhard's note below=2C I'd have thought that the proposal to build= this > > privately funded=2C tasteless monstrous concrete eyesore in scenic CB w= ould > > have received more traction here. In the interests of providing a bit = of > > geological info (circulated from the chair of the Earth Sci dept at > > Dalhousie)=2C please see the following. I already replied using Option = 1=20 > > below > > (on-line). > > I think I still have a copy of the PDF file mentioned but the rules for > > NatureNS posts restrict me from attaching it. If anyone is interested= =2C I > > could send it privately. > > Steve > > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > > Subject: > > FW: Green Cove - Never Forgotten National Memorial Project =AD Detailed= =20 > > Impact > > Analysis > > Date: > > Tue=2C 26 May 2015 08:47:17 -0300 > > From: > > Rebecca A. Jamieson <beckyj@dal.ca><mailto:beckyj@dal.ca> > > To: > > 'Darlene Vanderijt' <dvanderi@dal.ca><mailto:dvanderi@dal.ca> > > > > Please distribute to the department=2C along with the attached Geolog=20 > > article > > by Sandra Barr. Note that the deadline for comment is June 5. > > > > Sandra Barr also tells me: The DIA by Stantec says that the Black Brook > > Granitic Suite is very large compared to that one small area at Green C= ove > > and hence the geological effect of the construction is "negligible". Bu= t=20 > > of > > course very little of that pluton is actually exposed or accessible. It= is > > best seen along the coast and=2C of the coastal outcrops=2C Green Cove = is=20 > > best - > > that is why Martha Hild and I included it as one of the sites in our bo= ok=20 > > on > > the Geology of Nova Scotia.The DIA also says that the environmental eff= ect > > of construction will be negligible - I truly doubt that! Look at what i= s > > being built=2C and where it is being built (waves crash over that outcr= op).=20 > > It > > will certainly not be part of the "natural beauty" for which the Cabot= =20 > > Trail > > is renowned - it will be an eyesore. > > > > Thanks=2C > > Becky > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > > From: Blair.Pardy@pc.gc.ca<mailto:Blair.Pardy@pc.gc.ca> > > To: > > Date: May 22=2C 2015 at 2:09 PM > > Subject: Fw: Never Forgotten National Memorial Project - Detailed Impac= t > > Analysis / Projet du m=E9morial national N'oublions jamais - Analyse=20 > > d'impact > > d=E9taill=E9e > > > > Starting today=2C Parks Canada will invite public comments on the Detai= led > > Impact Analysis (DIA) on the proposed project for Green Cove. > > > > The Never Forgotten National Memorial is a privately funded initiative = to > > commemorate Canada's war dead who lie buried in foreign countries=2C lo= st at > > sea or otherwise consumed into the landscapes of war. The proposed proj= ect > > for Green Cove=2C Cape Breton Highlands National Park=2C is currently=20 > > undergoing > > environmental review. > > > > The project is being assessed using the Detailed Impact Analysis (DIA) > > pathway established by Parks Canada to meet its obligations under the > > Canadian Environmental Assessment Act=2C 2012 (CEAA 2012). The draft DI= A for > > this project is available at pc.gc.ca/nfnm<http://pc.gc.ca/nfnm>. > > > > Parks Canada is seeking public input on the draft DIA report by June=2C= 5=2C > > 2015=2C in the following ways: > > > > 1. On-line: pc.gc.ca/nfnm<http://pc.gc.ca/nfnm> > > 2. E-mail: pc.infocb.pc@pc.gc.ca > > 3. Fax: 902 733-2362 > > 4. Mail: Never Forgotten National Memorial Project Parks Canada > > 259 Park Service Road > > Louisbourg=2C NS B1C 2L2 > > > > A limited number of hard copies are available at Parks Canada=20 > > Administration > > offices in Ingonish=2C Cheticamp=2C Baddeck and Louisbourg from 9am-4pm= =2C > > Monday-Friday. > > > > Following this public input period=2C the Never Forgotten National Memo= rial > > Foundation will be obligated to demonstrate to Parks Canada that public > > concerns and comments received during the consultation exercise have be= en > > adequately considered before submitting the DIA report for determinatio= n. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Blair > > ________________________________________ > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on > > behalf of Burkhard Plache [burkhardplache@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday=2C June 2=2C 2015 1:50 PM > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highlands Natural Park - War Memorial > > Monument > > > > This may be of interest to some of the list subscribers: > > > > Parks Canada is considering a proposal to build a seven story statue=20 > > within > > Cape Breton Highlands National Park=2C at Green Cove along the Cabot Tr= ail. > > > > CBC report: > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cape-breton-highlands-war-mem= orial > > -opposed-by-new-group-1.3096705 > > > > In case you are interested in details and/or to be heard by Parks Canad= a=2C > > you have until June 7 at > > http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/cbreton/plan/NFNM-MNNJ.aspx > > > > Burkhard Plache > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > http://www.avast.com > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4355/9924 - Release Date: 06/02/= 15 > >=20 >=20 = --_87a148b0-8502-4cd8-8f5b-541ada03045d_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 12pt=3B font-family:Calibri } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'>Thanks to all who have commented= on this horrendous proposal. The outrageously short time for comments is p= art of the weakening of the EIA process that has occurred over the past six= years.<BR> =3B<BR> =3B I had the good fortune to work as Chief Par= k Naturalist =3B at Cape Breton Highlands NP from 1967-73=2C and Green = Cove was such a fine example of the coastal headlands ecosystem that was ea= sily accessible =3Bthat it was the first site selected for a self-guidi= ng trail. =3B The site has had one form or another of ecological or geo= logic interpretation here ever since. =3B <BR>The memorial is totally i= nappropriate here and contrary to the primary =3Bpurpose of National Pa= rks. =3B Please copy your comments to politicians or anyone else that y= ou can interest. =3B It is not just the beginning of a slippery slope f= or protecting our most valuable natural areas=2C it is well down that slope= .<br><BR><p class=3D"ecxecxecxMsoNormal"></p><div>Wayne P. Neily =3B<br= >Tremont=2C Kings Co.=2C Nova Scotiia</div><span class=3D"ecxApple-style-sp= an" style=3D"color: rgb(0=2C 0=2C 0)=3B text-transform: none=3B text-indent= : 0px=3B letter-spacing: normal=3B word-spacing: 0px=3B white-space: normal= =3B border-collapse: separate=3B font-size-adjust: none=3B font-stretch: no= rmal=3B"><div> =3B</div><div><div style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-word=3B= ">"In wildness is the preservation of the world." - Henry D. Thoreau </div>= <div style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-word=3B"> =3B</div><div style=3D"-ms= -word-wrap: break-word=3B">"Think globally=2C Act locally." - Ren=E9 Dubos= =2C 1972. </div></div><div style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-word=3B"></div></s= pan><div style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-word=3B"> =3B</div><span class= =3D"ecxApple-style-span" style=3D"font:/normal Helvetica=3B color: rgb(0=2C= 0=2C 0)=3B text-transform: none=3B text-indent: 0px=3B letter-spacing: nor= mal=3B word-spacing: 0px=3B white-space: normal=3B border-collapse: separat= e=3B font-size-adjust: none=3B font-stretch: normal=3B"><div style=3D"-ms-w= ord-wrap: break-word=3B"> =3B</div><div style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-w= ord=3B"> =3B</div><div style=3D"-ms-word-wrap: break-word=3B"> =3B<= /div><div> =3B</div><BR><div>>=3B From: dwebster@glinx.com<br>>=3B = To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>>=3B Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Cape Breton H= ighlands Natural Park - War Memorial Monument<br>>=3B Date: Tue=2C 2 Jun = 2015 19:19:58 -0300<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Hi John &=3B All=2C<br>>=3B = Thanks Burkhard for the reminder. I had intended to send comments and <b= r>>=3B deadlines sneak up.<br>>=3B I am entirely opposed to this pr= oject and also consider it to be a <br>>=3B Trojan Horse. It would be tot= ally wrong for the park if only this monument <br>>=3B were erected but t= he 'patriotic owners' could be counted upon=2C after a year <br>>=3B or t= wo=2C to explain that for the value of the monument to be more fully <br>&g= t=3B appreciated (and to make a profit) it would be necessary to add an amu= sement <br>>=3B park=2C hotel=2C casino...=3B park supplies the land=2C t= hey supply the funding with <br>>=3B help from taxpayer who would also be= required to fund road improvements.<br>>=3B I used option 1 but now = regret it because I could see no way to access a <br>>=3B copy of my comm= ents.<br>>=3B Yt=2C DW=2C Kentville<br>>=3B ----- Original Message ----= - <br>>=3B From: "John and Nhung" <=3Bnhungjohn@eastlink.ca>=3B<br>&g= t=3B To: <=3Bnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=3B<br>>=3B Sent: Tuesday=2C Jun= e 02=2C 2015 5:23 PM<br>>=3B Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highland= s Natural Park - War Memorial <br>>=3B Monument<br>>=3B <br>>=3B <br>= >=3B >=3B Fully agree with your comment Steve and have opined on the we= bsite.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Big issue for me is that this may = be the start of a slippery slope re.<br>>=3B >=3B priority management v= alues for national parks=2C and therefore needs to be<br>>=3B >=3B nipp= ed in the bud.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B If the must build this thi= ng=2C they should do it somewhere else.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B I= saw one comment about using the money to make Sambro Island a national<br>= >=3B >=3B park. Then it occurred to me that the last sight of Canada a= lot of<br>>=3B >=3B soldiers would have had would have been Sambro Isl= and Light=2C which already<br>>=3B >=3B has major historical significan= ce. Why couldn't the light serve the <br>>=3B >=3B purpose<br>>=3B &= gt=3B of that monument?<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B -----Original Mes= sage-----<br>>=3B >=3B From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:natu= rens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]<br>>=3B >=3B On Behalf Of Stephen Shaw<br>&g= t=3B >=3B Sent: June 2=2C 2015 2:58 PM<br>>=3B >=3B To: naturens@cheb= ucto.ns.ca<br>>=3B >=3B Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highlands N= atural Park - War Memorial<br>>=3B >=3B Monument<br>>=3B >=3B<br>&g= t=3B >=3B Re Burkhard's note below=2C I'd have thought that the proposal = to build this<br>>=3B >=3B privately funded=2C tasteless monstrous conc= rete eyesore in scenic CB would<br>>=3B >=3B have received more tractio= n here. In the interests of providing a bit of<br>>=3B >=3B geological= info (circulated from the chair of the Earth Sci dept at<br>>=3B >=3B = Dalhousie)=2C please see the following. I already replied using Option 1 <b= r>>=3B >=3B below<br>>=3B >=3B (on-line).<br>>=3B >=3B I think = I still have a copy of the PDF file mentioned but the rules for<br>>=3B &= gt=3B NatureNS posts restrict me from attaching it. If anyone is intereste= d=2C I<br>>=3B >=3B could send it privately.<br>>=3B >=3B Steve<br>= >=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B -------- Forwarded Message --------<br>>= =3B >=3B Subject:<br>>=3B >=3B FW: Green Cove - Never Forgotten Natio= nal Memorial Project ­=3B Detailed <br>>=3B >=3B Impact<br>>=3B &g= t=3B Analysis<br>>=3B >=3B Date:<br>>=3B >=3B Tue=2C 26 May 2015 08= :47:17 -0300<br>>=3B >=3B From:<br>>=3B >=3B Rebecca A. Jamieson &l= t=3Bbeckyj@dal.ca>=3B<=3Bmailto:beckyj@dal.ca>=3B<br>>=3B >=3B To= :<br>>=3B >=3B 'Darlene Vanderijt' <=3Bdvanderi@dal.ca>=3B<=3Bmai= lto:dvanderi@dal.ca>=3B<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Please distribu= te to the department=2C along with the attached Geolog <br>>=3B >=3B ar= ticle<br>>=3B >=3B by Sandra Barr. Note that the deadline for comment i= s June 5.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Sandra Barr also tells me: The = DIA by Stantec says that the Black Brook<br>>=3B >=3B Granitic Suite is= very large compared to that one small area at Green Cove<br>>=3B >=3B = and hence the geological effect of the construction is "negligible". But <b= r>>=3B >=3B of<br>>=3B >=3B course very little of that pluton is ac= tually exposed or accessible. It is<br>>=3B >=3B best seen along the co= ast and=2C of the coastal outcrops=2C Green Cove is <br>>=3B >=3B best = -<br>>=3B >=3B that is why Martha Hild and I included it as one of the = sites in our book <br>>=3B >=3B on<br>>=3B >=3B the Geology of Nova= Scotia.The DIA also says that the environmental effect<br>>=3B >=3B of= construction will be negligible - I truly doubt that! Look at what is<br>&= gt=3B >=3B being built=2C and where it is being built (waves crash over t= hat outcrop). <br>>=3B >=3B It<br>>=3B >=3B will certainly not be p= art of the "natural beauty" for which the Cabot <br>>=3B >=3B Trail<br>= >=3B >=3B is renowned - it will be an eyesore.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>= =3B >=3B Thanks=2C<br>>=3B >=3B Becky<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >= =3B ---------- Original Message ----------<br>>=3B >=3B From: Blair.Par= dy@pc.gc.ca<=3Bmailto:Blair.Pardy@pc.gc.ca>=3B<br>>=3B >=3B To:<br>= >=3B >=3B Date: May 22=2C 2015 at 2:09 PM<br>>=3B >=3B Subject: Fw:= Never Forgotten National Memorial Project - Detailed Impact<br>>=3B >= =3B Analysis / Projet du m=E9morial national N'oublions jamais - Analyse <b= r>>=3B >=3B d'impact<br>>=3B >=3B d=E9taill=E9e<br>>=3B >=3B<br= >>=3B >=3B Starting today=2C Parks Canada will invite public comments o= n the Detailed<br>>=3B >=3B Impact Analysis (DIA) on the proposed proje= ct for Green Cove.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B The Never Forgotten Na= tional Memorial is a privately funded initiative to<br>>=3B >=3B commem= orate Canada's war dead who lie buried in foreign countries=2C lost at<br>&= gt=3B >=3B sea or otherwise consumed into the landscapes of war. The prop= osed project<br>>=3B >=3B for Green Cove=2C Cape Breton Highlands Natio= nal Park=2C is currently <br>>=3B >=3B undergoing<br>>=3B >=3B envi= ronmental review.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B The project is being as= sessed using the Detailed Impact Analysis (DIA)<br>>=3B >=3B pathway es= tablished by Parks Canada to meet its obligations under the<br>>=3B >= =3B Canadian Environmental Assessment Act=2C 2012 (CEAA 2012). The draft DI= A for<br>>=3B >=3B this project is available at pc.gc.ca/nfnm<=3Bhttp= ://pc.gc.ca/nfnm>=3B.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Parks Canada is s= eeking public input on the draft DIA report by June=2C 5=2C<br>>=3B >= =3B 2015=2C in the following ways:<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B 1. On-= line: pc.gc.ca/nfnm<=3Bhttp://pc.gc.ca/nfnm>=3B<br>>=3B >=3B 2. E-m= ail: pc.infocb.pc@pc.gc.ca<br>>=3B >=3B 3. Fax: 902 733-2362<br>>=3B = >=3B 4. Mail: Never Forgotten National Memorial Project Parks Canada<br>&= gt=3B >=3B 259 Park Service Road<br>>=3B >=3B Louisbourg=2C NS B1C 2L= 2<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B A limited number of hard copies are ava= ilable at Parks Canada <br>>=3B >=3B Administration<br>>=3B >=3B of= fices in Ingonish=2C Cheticamp=2C Baddeck and Louisbourg from 9am-4pm=2C<br= >>=3B >=3B Monday-Friday.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Following t= his public input period=2C the Never Forgotten National Memorial<br>>=3B = >=3B Foundation will be obligated to demonstrate to Parks Canada that pub= lic<br>>=3B >=3B concerns and comments received during the consultation= exercise have been<br>>=3B >=3B adequately considered before submittin= g the DIA report for determination.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Thank= you.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Blair<br>>=3B >=3B ____________= ____________________________<br>>=3B >=3B From: naturens-owner@chebucto= .ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on<br>>=3B >=3B behalf of Burkha= rd Plache [burkhardplache@gmail.com]<br>>=3B >=3B Sent: Tuesday=2C June= 2=2C 2015 1:50 PM<br>>=3B >=3B To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br>>=3B &= gt=3B Subject: [NatureNS] Cape Breton Highlands Natural Park - War Memorial= <br>>=3B >=3B Monument<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B This may be of= interest to some of the list subscribers:<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >= =3B Parks Canada is considering a proposal to build a seven story statue <b= r>>=3B >=3B within<br>>=3B >=3B Cape Breton Highlands National Park= =2C at Green Cove along the Cabot Trail.<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B = CBC report:<br>>=3B >=3B http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cape= -breton-highlands-war-memorial<br>>=3B >=3B -opposed-by-new-group-1.309= 6705<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B In case you are interested in detail= s and/or to be heard by Parks Canada=2C<br>>=3B >=3B you have until Jun= e 7 at<br>>=3B >=3B http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ns/cbreton/plan/NFNM-= MNNJ.aspx<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B Burkhard Plache<br>>=3B >= =3B<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B ---= <br>>=3B >=3B This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antiviru= s software.<br>>=3B >=3B http://www.avast.com<br>>=3B >=3B<br>>= =3B >=3B<br>>=3B >=3B -----<br>>=3B >=3B No virus found in this m= essage.<br>>=3B >=3B Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<br>>=3B >=3B Vers= ion: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4355/9924 - Release Date: 06/02/15<br>&g= t=3B >=3B <br>>=3B <br></div></span> </div></body> </html>= --_87a148b0-8502-4cd8-8f5b-541ada03045d_--
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