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Paul Falvo was surfing novascotia.cbc.ca and sent you this CBC News story with the comment:
"Wetlands or Wal-mart?
(see links)
As if we needed another reason to partonise local vendors instead of Sprawl-Mart!"
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MORE PROTECTION FOR WETLANDS NEEDED: GROUP
HALIFAX -
A national wetlands conservation group is urging Nova Scotia to adopt rules that ensure new wetlands are created when areas are destroyed.
Many species of birds, fish and wildlife are found in wetlands. The swamps and marshes also purify water and prevent flooding in urban areas by soaking up run-off.
"What we would like to see is a very clear policy that says wetlands are very important to the residents of Nova Scotia and that we will respect a no net loss of wetlands," said Tom Duffy, regional policy manager for Ducks Unlimited.
With that policy, any commercial development in wetland areas would be stopped. And if some wetland has to be destroyed for a road improvement, for example, then another wetland would have to be created.
Duffy said both New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island have adopted similar policies in the past two years, and he wants Nova Scotia to do the same.
Wetlands are threatened by both agricultural run-off and new construction. In some parts of the Maritimes, 90 per cent of wetland areas have already been destroyed, according to Ducks Unlimited.
Earlier this month, a developer applied to fill in a wetland in order to build a new Wal-Mart store in Yarmouth. A report prepared by the company suggests the wetland is not "ecologically significant."
Jan. 14, 2005 - Move wetlands for Wal-Mart: group
Environment Canada - About wetlands
Copyright © 2005 CBC All Rights Reserved
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This story, forwarded to you by pfalvo@chebucto.ca,
appears on http://cbc.ca at the following URL:
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ns-ducks-wetlands20050118
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