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<blockquote type=3D"c --000000000000fc7aab05a12a50dc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Interesting Patrick. Another variable is the hundreds of hectares of ecologically priceless salt marsh created in the Avon estuary by the original causeway. Its an ill wind... On Wed., Mar. 18, 2020, 17:04 Patrick Kelly, <Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca> wrote: > Hi all: > > I went to the public info session that was held in Windsor in 2018. My > understanding is that there were 4 variations. All included a set of gate= s. > The main reason is that if you stand on the causeway now during a really > high tide and extrapolate the lake level to the land side you can easily > see that it puts most of downtown Windsor underwater...... and with risin= g > ocean levels, compounded with Nova Scotia slowly sinking as a result of > rebound in the centre of the continent from the geologically recent Ice > Age, the problem would only get worse.... > > Pat > > > On Mar 18, 2020, at 4:53 PM, Donna Crossland wrote: > > CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie. > > I haven't been able to follow this issue as closely as it deserves, so I > appreciate the submissions from Nelson Poirier and Fred Schueler. We > should definitely care for the 'fishes' before 'trucks and cars'; it > would seem logical. There is nearly always a way to do both if we care > enough. Yes? > > Donna Crossland > > > On 2020-03-18 12:17 p.m., Fred Schueler wrote: > > On 3/18/2020 6:48 AM, Nelson Poirier wrote: > > > This note is directed to folks who may be concerned about the Avon > > River Causeway in Windsor. I lived in that area when the Avon River > > flowed freely. It is been sad for me to see what has happened this > > river with the erection of a causeway that reduced it to be > > unrecognizable to the way Mother Nature designed. > > > A very similar scenario has taken place with the Petitcodiac River in > > Moncton, New Brunswick with a well-intentioned causeway built in 1968 > > with fishway and adjustable gates to let the river flow. The huge > > Fundy tides deposited silt that turned it into a barrier choking off > > the river > > > * ...resulting in the extinction of the one Canadian population of a > > rare Unionid mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon, the Dwarf Wedge Mussel, > > because its anadromous host fish couldn't get past the causeway - > > > https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk= -public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/dwarf-wedgemussel-appra= isal-summary-2009.html > > > It took 42 years to get the causeway gates opened and now 52 years > > later a bridge is to be completed within the year to let the river > > flow free again replacing the causeway. > > > * ...but not allowing Alasmidonta heterodon to come back, because the > > nearest surviving population is somewhere in southern Maine. The Avon > > River Causeway should be forbidden not just for the harm it will do to > > the Avon River's Salmon and other species, but as a memorial to the > > loss of the Dwarf Wedge Mussel from Canada. > > > fred. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > > Fragile Inheritance Natural History > > 'Wildlife on Roads' - > > > http://doingnaturalhistory.blogspot.ca/2018/03/upcoming-book-wildlife-on-= roads-handbook.html > > 'Daily' Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > > 4 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0 > > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44.87156=C2=B0 N 75.70095=C2=B0 W > > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > "Feasting on Conolophus to the conclusion of consanguinity" > > - > > > http://www.lulu.com/shop/frederick-w-schueler/feasting-on-conolophus-to-t= he-conclusion-of-consanguinity-a-collection-of-darwinian-verses/paperback/p= roduct-23517445.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > Patrick Kelly > > 159 Town Road > > Falmouth NS B0P 1L0 > > Canada > > > (902) 472-2322 > > --000000000000fc7aab05a12a50dc Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">Interesting Patrick.=C2=A0 Another variable is the hundre= ds of hectares of ecologically priceless salt marsh created in the Avon est= uary by the original causeway.=C2=A0 Its an ill wind...</div><br><div class= =3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed., Mar. 18, 20= 20, 17:04 Patrick Kelly, <<a href=3D"mailto:Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca">Patric= k.Kelly@dal.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st= yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> Hi all: <div><br> </div> <div>I went to the public info session that was held in Windsor in 2018. My= understanding is that there were 4 variations. All included a set of gates= . The main reason is that if you stand on the causeway now during a really = high tide and extrapolate the lake level to the land side you can easily see that it puts most of downtown Wi= ndsor underwater...... and with rising ocean levels, compounded with Nova S= cotia slowly sinking as a result of rebound in the centre of the continent = from the geologically recent Ice Age, the problem would only get worse.... <div><br> </div> <div>Pat</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div> <div> <div>On Mar 18, 2020, at 4:53 PM, Donna Crossland wrote:</div> <br> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div>CAUTION: The Sender of this email is not from within Dalhousie.<br> <br> I haven't been able to follow this issue as closely as it deserves, so = I<br> appreciate the submissions from Nelson Poirier and Fred Schueler.=C2=A0 We<= br> should definitely care for the 'fishes' before 'trucks and cars= '; it<br> would seem logical.=C2=A0 There is nearly always a way to do both if we car= e<br> enough.=C2=A0 Yes?<br> <br> Donna Crossland<br> <br> <br> On 2020-03-18 12:17 p.m., Fred Schueler wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3D"cite">On 3/18/2020 6:48 AM, Nelson Poirier wrote:<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">This note is directed to folks who may be concern= ed about the Avon<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">River Causeway in Windsor. I lived in that area w= hen the Avon River<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">flowed freely. It is been sad for me to see what = has happened this<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">river with the erection of a causeway that reduce= d it to be<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">unrecognizable to the way Mother Nature designed.= <br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">A very similar scenario has taken place with the = Petitcodiac River in<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">Moncton, New Brunswick with a well-intentioned ca= useway built in 1968<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">with fishway and adjustable gates to let the rive= r flow. The huge<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">Fundy tides deposited silt that turned it into a = barrier choking off<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">the river<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">* ...resulting in the extinction of the one Canad= ian population of a<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">rare Unionid mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon, the D= warf Wedge Mussel,<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">because its anadromous host fish couldn't get= past the causeway -<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><a href=3D"https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-c= limate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-sta= tus-reports/dwarf-wedgemussel-appraisal-summary-2009.html" target=3D"_blank= " rel=3D"noreferrer">https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/se= rvices/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/dwar= f-wedgemussel-appraisal-summary-2009.html</a><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">It took 42 years to get the causeway gates opened= and now 52 years<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">later a bridge is to be completed within the year= to let the river<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <blockquote type=3D"cite">flow free again replacing the causeway.<br> </blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">* ...but not allowing Alasmidonta heterodon to co= me back, because the<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">nearest surviving population is somewhere in sout= hern Maine. The Avon<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">River Causeway should be forbidden not just for t= he harm it will do to<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">the Avon River's Salmon and other species, bu= t as a memorial to the<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">loss of the Dwarf Wedge Mussel from Canada.<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">fred.<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">-------------------------------------------------= -----------<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0F= rederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0F= ragile Inheritance Natural History<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">'Wildlife on Roads' -<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><a href=3D"http://doingnaturalhistory.blogspot.ca= /2018/03/upcoming-book-wildlife-on-roads-handbook.html" target=3D"_blank" r= el=3D"noreferrer">http://doingnaturalhistory.blogspot.ca/2018/03/upcoming-b= ook-wildlife-on-roads-handbook.html</a><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">'Daily' Paintings - <a href=3D"http://kar= staddailypaintings.blogspot.com/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer"> http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/</a><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">4 St-Lawrence Street Bishops Mills, RR#2 Oxford S= tation, Ontario K0G 1T0<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">=C2=A0on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain =C2=A04= 4.87156=C2=B0 N 75.70095=C2=B0 W<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">(613)258-3107 <bckcdb at <a href=3D"http://ist= ar.ca" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">istar.ca</a>> <a href=3D"http://pinicola.ca/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">http:/= /pinicola.ca/</a><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">-------------------------------------------------= -----------<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">"Feasting on Conolophus to the conclusion of= consanguinity"<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">-<br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite"><a href=3D"http://www.lulu.com/shop/frederick-w-s= chueler/feasting-on-conolophus-to-the-conclusion-of-consanguinity-a-collect= ion-of-darwinian-verses/paperback/product-23517445.html" target=3D"_blank" = rel=3D"noreferrer">http://www.lulu.com/shop/frederick-w-schueler/feasting-o= n-conolophus-to-the-conclusion-of-consanguinity-a-collection-of-darwinian-v= erses/paperback/product-23517445.html</a><br> </blockquote> <blockquote type=3D"cite">-------------------------------------------------= -----------<br> </blockquote> <br> --<br> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br> <a href=3D"https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"norefe= rrer">https://www.avast.com/antivirus</a><br> <br> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> <div><span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:H= elvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-sp= acing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;tex= t-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><spa= n style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;= font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;let= ter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;w= hite-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvet= ica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal= ;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:no= ne;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvet= ica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal= ;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:no= ne;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <p style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/n= ormal Courier"><br> Patrick Kelly</font></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/n= ormal Courier">159 Town Road</font></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/n= ormal Courier">Falmouth NS<span>=C2=A0<span>=C2=A0</span></span>B0P 1L0</fo= nt></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/n= ormal Courier">Canada</font></p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px;font:normal normal normal 12px/normal Courier;min-height:14px"> <br> </p> <p style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0= px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font:normal normal normal 12px/n= ormal Courier">(902) 472-2322</font></p> </span></div> </span></div> </span></span></div> <br> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> --000000000000fc7aab05a12a50dc--
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