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Last chance to Take Action to Save Ancaster Creek Wetland!

6/3/2021

 
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Thank you to those who have added their voices to the now over 450 citizens calling on the Hamilton Conservation Authority to not allow the Ancaster Creek Wetland to be paved over.

Together we have hosted two rallies on this issue, have sent nearly 200 letters to the HCA board, and written to the Province's environmental commissioner asking for a province wide review of offsetting. You can still take action today! 

Submit your letter (template below) to the HCA board before 5pm today and ask to be added to the agenda for tonight's meeting.  

The Hamilton Conservation Authority meeting on the fate of the Ancaster wetland and headwaters can be viewed live at 7 pm on Thursday, June 3 on HCA’s YouTube Channel:
 https://www.youtube.com/user/HamiltonConservation 

​We'll be live tweeting on the Hamilton 350 twitter account (@Hamilton350). 

Thank you again for taking action to protect our local water! Sincerely, 

Action 13, Hamilton 350, and StopSprawl HamOnt


Draft Letter to HCA board:
To: jaime.tellier@conservationhamilton.ca CC: chad.collins@hamilton.ca; tom.jackson@hamilton.ca; esther.pauls@hamilton.ca; brad.clark@hamilton.ca; maria.pearson@hamilton.ca; lloyd.ferguson@hamilton.ca; dbowman@hamiltonpolice.on.ca; sfielding@puslinch.ca; robmoc@sympatico.ca; maria.topalovic@gmail.com; donmurraymclean@gmail.com

Dear Jamie Tellier and HCA Board, 

I am writing today in opposition to the proposal to offset the Ancaster Creek Wetland located at 140 Garner Rd E. Ontario has already lost 75% of it's wetland cover and we have a responsibility to protect our last remaining wetlands where they are. The province's environmental commissioner, HCA policy, the  HCA's draft offsetting policy all state that relocating or "offsetting" a wetland should only ever be used as a last resort. 

We are in a climate crisis and wetlands play a vital role in both adaptation and mitigation to a changing climate. They also support biodiversity in Ontario, including providing habitat for many species at risk. 

As a citizen I'm asking that you reflect on your duty to protect watershed health and not permit this wetland to be destroyed and recreated elsewhere.


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