[NatureNS] "Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered species

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David Webster, you write,

>     In any case rare species are just ornamental, in that being sparse 
> they don't pay their way in the ecosystem economy.
>

I beg to differ. The reason they're rare is environmental degradation. 
Some were once common, others less so, but they all had a place here in 
Nova Scotia. We have wrecked their habitat. Rehabilitation means 
restoring habitat and undoing the damage we've perpetrated, which will 
also address the "enormous loss" you mention:
>
>     The enormous loss in numbers of once common animals, e.g. frogs 
> and toads, mostly due to habitat loss/degradation, is far more 
> serious. In the 50's, e.g. many secondary roads had a necklace of 
> vernal pools for tadpole rearing on both sides. With urban sprawl and 
> road 'improvement' these became history. And so on and so on.
>
Doug Linzey
Resident on a piece of recovering Acadian Forest in Arlington, NS

> On 6/1/2020 9:21 AM, John Kearney wrote:
>>
>> This decision may be a pyrrhic victory as our forests, agricultural 
>> land, and wetlands continue to be pillaged by industry and 
>> recreational activities. We will see if a recovery plan written on 
>> paper will have any effect on saving wildlife. Despite having a 
>> Canada Warbler recovery team in place, the provincial government 
>> recently approved the expansion of a quarry in Annapolis County right 
>> up to the boundary of a wetland with nesting Canada Warblers. In this 
>> case, the project may not destroy their nests, but what kind of 
>> breeding success can we expect when it takes place so close to 
>> dynamite blasting.
>>
>> *From:*naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca *On Behalf Of *Peter Payzant
>> *Sent:* Saturday, May 30, 2020 09:54
>> *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> *Subject:* [NatureNS] "Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered 
>> species law"
>>
>> From The Chronicle Herald this morning:
>>
>> "A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has identified “long-term, 
>> systemic failures” by the provincial government to fulfill its legal 
>> obligations to protect vulnerable and endangered species.
>>
>> Justice Christa M. Brothers, in a written decision issued Friday, 
>> cited “a suite of failures of government” that breached the 
>> provincial Endangered Species Act.
>>
>> Wildlife biologist Robert Bancroft and the group he heads, the 
>> Federation of Nova Scotia Naturalists, joined Blomidon Naturalists 
>> Society and the Halifax Field Naturalists in filing a court 
>> application against the provincial Lands and Forestry Department that 
>> was heard by Brothers on Sept. 23 and Oct. 1."
>>
>> Full story here 
>> <https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/provincial/top-court-rules-province-broke-endangered-species-law-455776/>.
>>
>> --- Peter Payzant
>>

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