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Many All-Terrain Vehicle users are pressuring the Department of Environmentand Labour to allow them access into protected Wilderness Areas. These areas primarily are inteninfoded to protect wilderness- a goal that can be underminedby ATV use. ATVs crush vegetation, leave permanent scars on sensitive partsof the landscape, leave a trail of pollution, frighten wildlife, damagewildlife habitat, and provide poachers with access deep into the woods. Onbeaches, they frighten birds and run over nests - including those of theendangered Piping Plover. In the near future the Minister of Environment will be forming a policy on ATV use in Wilderness Areas. While the Wilderness Areas Protection Act generally prohibits vehicle use, there are some exceptions that the Minister will be interpretting. It is therefore of urgent importance that Nova Scotians who care about the environment write to the Minister, the Premier,and their local MLAs, asking that wilderness be protected from all-terrainvehicles. The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society has written three possible letters that you can print, sign, and mail to decision makers. You can find these letters at: www.cpawsns.org/campaigns_projects/atv.html We recommend that you add your personal comments to these letters, or evenwrite letters of your own. You can also find the address of your local MLAat the site given above. Be sure to send them a copy of your letter!. Alternatively, write an e-mail now to Premier John Hamm (premier@gov.ns.ca)or Minister David Morse(doehlfx.baidenls@gov.ns.ca) expressing your concernsabout all-terrain vehicles. While e-mail messages are valuable, a printed letter will have a greater impact. Thank you for helping to protect our wilderness! Action For Wilderness Coalition -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: tell your friends how to join sust-mar! To join, just send "subscribe sust-mar" to majordomo@chebucto.ca CBC enviro news-briefs follow: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- PEDESTRIAN DIES ON MAJOR HIGHWAY A pedestrian was killed early Friday morning while trying to cross Highway 101 just outside Halifax. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_101fatal021115 CB RAIL MAY HAVE NEW CLIENT Nova Scotia Power says it is willing to be a customer on the railway line between Sydney and Port Hawkesbury on Cape Breton Island. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_ermerarail021115 A GAELIC SOS Visitors to Nova Scotia often hear the Celtic greeting: 'A Hundred Thousand Welcomes'. But, it's been a hundred thousand goodbyes as far as the Gaelic language is concerned. Now there's a move to change that before Gaelic disappears altogether. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_gaelic021115 STUDENTS' SEA SHELLS A CLASS ACT Three high school students from Halifax have found an inexpensive way to make dirty water clean again. It started as a simple experiment based on a late night television show. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_brbrteens021115 PROTESTERS BRAVE COLD TO CONDEMN WAR AGAINST IRAQ Despite snow and freezing temperatures, thousands of anti-war activists marched in several cities across Canada on Sunday. FULL STORY: http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/11/17/protests_021117 HALIFAX COUNCIL SPARKS NEW SMOKING DEBATE Halifax Regional Council is now looking at tougher no-smoking rules for indoor facilities. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_hrcsmoke20021120 DR. CHADDA RELEASED FROM JAIL The Canadian physician from Halifax, Dr. Ricky Chadda, who spent five days in a San Diego jail is free. U.S. officials now admit they had the wrong man when they threw the 33-year-old in jail. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_drfreed021119 KYOTO EQUALS TROUBLE: NS GOVERNMENT Nova Scotia's Energy Department says power bills could go up and businesses could leave should Canada ratify the Kyoto Protocol. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_kyotocosts021119 ANTI-SMOKING BILL NEEDS MORE TIME The Nova Scotia government might not be able to meet its own deadline for its new anti-smoking law. Minister of Health Jamie Muir admitted Tuesday that the regulations governing the law may not be written in time. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_smokeleg021119 BOSTON TREE WRAPPED, CUT, READY TO GO A Nova Scotia tradition continued Tuesday as a huge tree toppled to the ground in Lunenburg county. It's no ordinary tree. It's a Christmas tree for the people of Boston, who have a proud history with Halifax. FULL STORY http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_bostontree021119 © Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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