Because natural water systems should be protected and preserved.
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Cathy Cranbury
2 months ago
We back on to Devil's Creek. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife and birds. We don't want to see this destroyed!
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Susan Hulsman
2 months ago
We don’t need to ruin our green space, what about all the eco systems that live there? We need nature to live close to.
J
Janet Wilson
2 months ago
The Devils Creek Trail is there, so any residents there be impacted by people walking that trail.
It is very low lying, not very large, may be sewer, hydro, heating difficulties? Housing will be cramped and steep roadway entrances and exits will be hard to navigate in winter and will present difficult access onto Blenheim Road.
There are other places in Cambridge for housing. This area should be left as is. It provides recreation, a green space, and a therapeutic slice of nature.
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Jillian Drage
2 months ago
The buffer areas are needed for wildlife corridors. I’ve spent years biking devils creek down to the grand. The natural areas are what attract people to the area. Nobody wants to live in a bland subdivision.
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Meaghan Patrick Poirier
2 months ago
We urge local leadership to halt proposed housing developments along Devil’s Creek Trail. Our greenspaces and natural trails are vital to community well-being, local wildlife, and the character of our neighborhood. Once this land is paved over, it cannot be recovered. Protect Devil’s Creek—keep our greenspace green!
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Supporter
2 months ago
This area needs protection. I've enjoyed this trail for many years.
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Ellen Van Mier Winser
2 months ago
A government mandate shouldn’t override all other considerations. We’ve seen this with aggregate and now we’re seeing it with affordable housing. No weight is given to the environmental impact, effects to local wildlife or the welfare of the nearby residents.
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Magdalenana Kazubowski-houston
2 months ago
Davil's Creek needs to be protected because it forms an important ecosystem hosting many rare plants and serving as a vital wildlife corridor. It has been a designated Provincially Significant Wetland. It also protects flooding by absorbing and slowing down water.
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Shawn Kazubowski-Houston
2 months ago
From the City of Cambridge website:
The Devil's Creek Trail is 1.6 km long and runs through sensitive wetlands.Why are developers’ interests placed ahead of our community's? What about the incredible efforts and resources invested into rehabilitating this critical watershed?
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Angela Fleming
2 months ago
This is not only an important ecosystem within the 2 huge housing developments, it is an escape from the stress of daily life for a lot of people. A quiet trail meandering through the forest with a babbling creek and many birds, animals, wildlife etc, how can you take that away for 30 townhomes??? When hundreds of homes are already being built right next door??? We don't need or want these homes here. We NEED to keep this area undeveloped
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Doug Laird
2 months ago
I have enjoyed this trail for over 10 years. Walking it I have come across deer, racoons, numerous birds and even a coyote. A small plot of land compared to the new subdivision up the hill, I don't see the reasoning. The effects this will have on the creek won't be able to be reversed.
S
Sharon Howard
2 months ago
Protection of our water resources
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Andrew Gater
2 months ago
This a Trail Head. An entrance to a nature trail for the community use. It's a Trail Head, you can't develop an established Trail Head.
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Diane Samuels
2 months ago
Environmentally wrong and there are already too many green spaces being taken over
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Celeste Walker
2 months ago
Not every Natural Open Space needs to be developed.
C
Carmen Oakley
2 months ago
We recently discovered this amazing trail and my small child absolutely loves it. These cities keep taking away the natural spaces for both adults and the next generation to escape to. We don't want more development, we want (& desperately need) nature in our communities.
S
Supporter
2 months ago
I’m signing this petition because not everything is about money, the health of our eco system is everything. Building on this land is jeopardizing everything that actually is important, where do we draw the line as a society. I’m drawing that line today.
K
Kathryn Whitfield
2 months ago
Once this green space is gone it cannot be retrieved. With all the concerns regarding water supply, this does not seem to be the right place for this development. In addition to its importance as a recharge wetland, the environmental and traffic concerns signal problems well into the future.
Wildlife protection
Because natural water systems should be protected and preserved.
We back on to Devil's Creek. It is home to a wide variety of wildlife and birds. We don't want to see this destroyed!
We don’t need to ruin our green space, what about all the eco systems that live there? We need nature to live close to.
The Devils Creek Trail is there, so any residents there be impacted by people walking that trail. It is very low lying, not very large, may be sewer, hydro, heating difficulties? Housing will be cramped and steep roadway entrances and exits will be hard to navigate in winter and will present difficult access onto Blenheim Road. There are other places in Cambridge for housing. This area should be left as is. It provides recreation, a green space, and a therapeutic slice of nature.
The buffer areas are needed for wildlife corridors. I’ve spent years biking devils creek down to the grand. The natural areas are what attract people to the area. Nobody wants to live in a bland subdivision.
We urge local leadership to halt proposed housing developments along Devil’s Creek Trail. Our greenspaces and natural trails are vital to community well-being, local wildlife, and the character of our neighborhood. Once this land is paved over, it cannot be recovered. Protect Devil’s Creek—keep our greenspace green!
This area needs protection. I've enjoyed this trail for many years.
A government mandate shouldn’t override all other considerations. We’ve seen this with aggregate and now we’re seeing it with affordable housing. No weight is given to the environmental impact, effects to local wildlife or the welfare of the nearby residents.
Davil's Creek needs to be protected because it forms an important ecosystem hosting many rare plants and serving as a vital wildlife corridor. It has been a designated Provincially Significant Wetland. It also protects flooding by absorbing and slowing down water.
From the City of Cambridge website: The Devil's Creek Trail is 1.6 km long and runs through sensitive wetlands.Why are developers’ interests placed ahead of our community's? What about the incredible efforts and resources invested into rehabilitating this critical watershed?
This is not only an important ecosystem within the 2 huge housing developments, it is an escape from the stress of daily life for a lot of people. A quiet trail meandering through the forest with a babbling creek and many birds, animals, wildlife etc, how can you take that away for 30 townhomes??? When hundreds of homes are already being built right next door??? We don't need or want these homes here. We NEED to keep this area undeveloped
I have enjoyed this trail for over 10 years. Walking it I have come across deer, racoons, numerous birds and even a coyote. A small plot of land compared to the new subdivision up the hill, I don't see the reasoning. The effects this will have on the creek won't be able to be reversed.
Protection of our water resources
This a Trail Head. An entrance to a nature trail for the community use. It's a Trail Head, you can't develop an established Trail Head.
Environmentally wrong and there are already too many green spaces being taken over
Not every Natural Open Space needs to be developed.
We recently discovered this amazing trail and my small child absolutely loves it. These cities keep taking away the natural spaces for both adults and the next generation to escape to. We don't want more development, we want (& desperately need) nature in our communities.
I’m signing this petition because not everything is about money, the health of our eco system is everything. Building on this land is jeopardizing everything that actually is important, where do we draw the line as a society. I’m drawing that line today.
Once this green space is gone it cannot be retrieved. With all the concerns regarding water supply, this does not seem to be the right place for this development. In addition to its importance as a recharge wetland, the environmental and traffic concerns signal problems well into the future.