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RED TAIL SUMMER CAMP CANCELLED?
Press Release....For Immediate Release....January 11, 1999
Red Tail Nature Awareness Camp, Scotsburn, Pictou County,
Nova Scotia
The "detailed route hearing", held by a National Energy
Board Panel between the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline
(M&NEP) and Billy MacDonald, owner of the Red Tail Nature
Awareness Camp, was completed on Friday January 8, 1999. It
is expected that the Panel will rule shortly on whether or
not the natural gas pipeline route favoured by M&NEP or the
alternative route favoured by supporters of Red Tail will be
followed. Indications at the hearing, to those who support
the work of the Camp, were that the route of M&NEP would be
upheld by the National Energy Board.
The Red Tail Nature Awareness Camp is issuing this press
release to inform all its supporters that, in the event the
NEB Panel rules in favor of the M&NEP route and against the
route favoured by the camp and its environmental consultant,
the summer camping program will have to be cancelled. "This
is a difficult decision to make but there is no other
alternative, from the perspective of the Camp", said Billy
MacDonald.
Mr MacDonald gave the following reasons why the summer camp
will have to be cancelled if the M&NEP route is upheld:
- The M&NEP route is within 300 meters of the Camp's main
area and "quiet spots". The pipeline company fails to
understand the importance of this area of old growth
hemlocks with its "silence" and its significance as the soul
of the camp. No amount of 'compensation' can compensate for
this. All those who have attended Red Tail and supported it
over the years will understand this. People who have
attended will also understand why the camp cannot be moved
to the South, as proposed by the company.
- This gas pipeline will bring a great deal of noise during
the construction phase, which would be in the summer camp
period. Mr MacDonald said that "This construction activity
and proposed rescheduling around the company's activities,
will take away my energy which must remain focused on the
children at the camp."
- The M&NEP pipeline route cuts the regular everyday travel
paths used by campers.
The alternative route, unlike the route of the M&NEP, does
not interfere with everyday travel paths. It will present
some difficulties to the camp, but would not require the
cancellation of the summer camping program. The company's
route is the worst possible scenario for the camp.
Mr MacDonald said, "It is clear that M&NEP was ill prepared
to address the true meaning of the Red Tail Nature Awareness
Camp." He also commented, "How could a panel of the National
Energy Board decide the Camp's future without ever visiting
it?" Because of the uniqueness of this case the NEB panel
was not qualified to judge it, he concluded.
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For additional information contact Billy MacDonald at
(902) 485-4688
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