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> There's a bit of a environmental storm brewing about a place called Ship > Harbour Long Lake on the Eastern Shore, local groups/naturalists have > called for its protection. However cutting in the area is going on right > now and the Department of Environment are expected to make a decision > soon to put into affect an assessment of the area. What the > locals/naturalists need right now is support from everyone they can get > it. For more info to look at this place you can visit> > http://www.supercity.ns.ca/~land/ship_hbr.html> > its an amazing area with over 50 lakes and old growth forest,> > Please "sign", copy and send the following letter (or something similar) > to the Premier, IT WILL TAKE JUST ONE MINUTE OF YOUR TIME> > The letter asks for a development moratorium and Wilderness designation > for the proposed Wilderness Area. Recent trips into the site have > confirmed ongoing road construction and clearcutting, including a road > recently extended along the west side of Ship Harbour Long Lake into one > of the site's largest roadless and old forest areas.> > Thanks > ps pass this email on to others.> > ---------------------------------> > PLEASE MAIL TO: premier@gov.ns.ca> > Hon. John Hamm> Premier of Nova Scotia > PO Box 726> Halifax, NS B3J 2T3> premier@gov.ns.ca> fax: 424-7648> > Dear Dr. Hamm:> > I support designating the proposed Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness> Area > under the Wilderness Areas Protection Act. The site consists of roughly > 17,000 hectares of public land on the Eastern Shore. It includes over> fifty > undeveloped lakes, most of the Fish River system, several pockets of old > forest and many traditional outdoor recreation destinations. The entire > site is publicly owned.> > These lands need protection to prevent them from being clearcut and> carved > up by hauling roads like so many other public forests on the Eastern> Shore.> > The proposed Wilderness Area is currently being clearcut as part of a > logging lease signed in 1965. I understand that the Province is> allowing > new logging roads to be pushed into remaining roadless areas within the > proposed Wilderness Area. I consider the 1965 lease to be outdated, > particularly as the Province committed to protecting more land in the > interior of the Eastern Shore in 1992. I call on the Province to> institute > a development moratorium – no more cutting, no more roads - within the > proposed protected site to allow for a proper protected area evaluation> and > eventual legal protection.> > I look forward to your response. Please forward this letter to Hon.> Ernie > Fage, Minister of Natural Resources, Hon. Michael Baker, Acting Minister> of > the Environment, and Hon. Rodney MacDonald, Minister of Tourism, for> their > consideration and response also.> > Thank you.> > Sincerely,> > [your name and mailing address]> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Sponsors: Chebucto Community Net http://www.chebucto.ns.ca Sierra Club - Chebucto Group http://www.sierraclub.ca Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar, please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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