endangered species NS session

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:10:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Colin Stewart <cstewart@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Hi All

Finally some info - and the truro one wasa a bum steer.

The maritmes are being considered a region (surprise).  there is a first
nation meeting on Monday in Sydney.

There was originally to be the regional meeting in truro as described,
with ngo emphasis.

But a request for a different meeting on Wed means the ngo meeting will
now take place in Moncton on thursday as their notices indicate.

The Wednesday meeting is in conjunction with the Land Resource
Coordinating Council's regular meeting.  The morning seesion - 9:30 til
12, has been set aside for endangered species.  Anyone can attend.  It is
at the shubenacadie legion.  Sorry but the best description of where it is
I can give is on the 2 (not 102) from Halifax it's the left before the
215.  It'll be on the left a mile or so along.

Anyone with a better description?

LRCC is a sector of the voluntary planning group that deals with land
issues.  it has multiple forestry and agricultural reps, some municipal
miing and recreation reps.  Nova Scotia Wildlife Federation usually
attends and the federation of NS Naturalists has seat, though I'm not sure
whether we've been at the most recent ones.

Some mining interests almost got a thouroughly damning letter out of them
on the Wilderness proposal by being strongly opposed at a meeting where
none of the strongly favourable were in attendance, then 'helping'
the person charged with writing it 'capture' the sense of the meeting.  We
only reversed it (to favourable with concerns) because an old mailing list
(with me still on it) was used to circulate the draft.

They've also done good over the years (including, in the end the
wilderness submission).  they carry a lot of weight with the province, and
given how the present themselves, will seem impressive to the feds.

In short, if this groups gets off on the wrong foot, or someone has an 
agenda, this group can end up with a position that emphasizes the
negative.  Given time and carefuul consideration, it could be very
positive.

I've gone on at length to encourage interested individuals and
particularly groups to attend.

Colin



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