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Index of Subjects --0000000000005f5f2c05a707ebef Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John, I hear you We need a change of heart and a respect for the matrix ecosystems and not just protected areas etc. best Nick On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:06 PM John Kearney <j.f.kearney@gmail.com> wrote: > It=E2=80=99s on North Mountain, and the proponent's proposals include: > > Blasting > > Drilling > > Crushing > > Mobile Asphalt Plant > > Truck Transport > > > > > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca *On Behalf Of *David Webster > *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2020 10:53 > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] "Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered > species law" > > > > Hi John & All, > > Was to proposed quarry on the North or South Mountain ? One advantage > of basalt quarries is that no blasting is needed. > > YT, DW > > > > 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 plac= e > 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 =E2=80=9Clong-term, sys= temic > failures=E2=80=9D by the provincial government to fulfill its legal oblig= ations to > protect vulnerable and endangered species. > > Justice Christa M. Brothers, in a written decision issued Friday, cited = =E2=80=9Ca > suite of failures of government=E2=80=9D that breached the provincial End= angered > 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-provin= ce-broke-endangered-species-law-455776/> > . > > --- Peter Payzant > > --=20 Dr. N.M.Hill Fern Hill Institute of Plant Conservation 424 Bentley Road, Berwick, NS, B0P 1E0 phone 902-698-0416 --0000000000005f5f2c05a707ebef Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"">John,=C2=A0</div><= div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"">I hear you</div><div class=3D"gmail_= default" style=3D"">We need a change of heart and a respect for the matrix = ecosystems and not just protected areas etc.</div><div class=3D"gmail_defau= lt" style=3D"">best</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"">Nick</div>= </div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">= On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 12:06 PM John Kearney <<a href=3D"mailto:j.f.kear= ney@gmail.com">j.f.kearney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote cl= ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid= rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang=3D"EN-CA"><div class=3D"gmail= -m_2216780248003182985WordSection1"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"f= ont-size:12pt">It=E2=80=99s on North Mountain, and the proponent's prop= osals include:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style= =3D"font-size:12pt">Blasting<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"= ><span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Drilling<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class= =3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Crushing<u></u><u></u></span>= </p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt">Mobile Asphalt Pl= ant<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size= :12pt">Truck Transport<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span= style=3D"font-size:12pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><p class=3D"MsoNor= mal"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></span></p><div><di= v style=3D"border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top= :1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>= <span lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US"> <a href=3D"mailt= o:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens-owner@chebucto.= ns.ca</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>David Webster<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 01= , 2020 10:53<br><b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" targe= t=3D"_blank">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] = "Top court rules Nova Scotia broke endangered species law"<u></u>= <u></u></span></p></div></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></= p><p>Hi John & All,<u></u><u></u></p><p>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Was to propo= sed quarry on the North or South Mountain ? One advantage of basalt quarrie= s is that no blasting is needed.<u></u><u></u></p><p>YT, DW<u></u><u></u></= p><p><u></u>=C2=A0<u></u></p><div><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On 6/1/2020 9:21 A= M, John Kearney wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style=3D"margin-t= op:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"