Evaluate Wetland Threatened by Approved Arena Complex at Trent U!
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Erica Newton
8 years ago
Our nature areas are an integral part of campus. Man-made wetlands are not the answer.
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christine pulfer
8 years ago
Shame they do not believe in the environment.
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Katherine
8 years ago
A wetland complex of that size should have been a priorty for evaluation by the mnrf or otonabee CA.
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Erin O'Connell
8 years ago
Take it from someone who lives where a project like this was approved, and is in the process of being carried out. You will do irrevocable damage that any "replanting" plans cannot fix.
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Tianna Burke
8 years ago
During my time at Trent University we used this are many times for Biology classes. We taught students how to assess vegetation and in ornithology classes taught students to identify birds by sight and sound. labmates and I conducted a "Great Canadian Birdathon" on the property and found a wide variety of migratory species including Warblers, Herons, Bluebirds, and Aerial Insectivores, including the Olive-sided Flycatcher, a species at risk. This area has not only has potential for future educational purposes but also is important for wildlife using this area as a stopover location or to breed. As a university who prides themselves on their "green"ness and environmental courses, I highly encourage them follow what they are teaching and evaluate the wetland complex.
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Hayley Goodchild
8 years ago
I support the call for a full environmental assessment of this project given the sensitive ecological nature of the area.
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Lynda Francis
8 years ago
We are eating up the eco-systems that are environments of our most precious creatures - actually earth's most precious - not OURS. :(
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Margot Smith
8 years ago
This is urgent and vital to keeping Peterborough the city we cherish.
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David Tough
8 years ago
There needs to be better communication with the Trent community as well as with other stakeholders. There should be a full assessment.
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Edward Kellaway
8 years ago
Would un-used agricultural land be a better option? Save our native wetlands
I am shocked and disappointed Trent. Do the right thing.
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Chris Magwood
8 years ago
Please consider Trent's reputation as a school of the environment and at the very least follow the types of protocols that students are being taught to observe.
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Megan miller
8 years ago
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I originally came to Trent because the school advertised how much better it was than other Ontario universities when it came to an education in environmental studies. This shows me that they were more interested in my money then they were teaching the value of conserving wild spaces.
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Tim Tottenham
8 years ago
Wetland need to be saved - they are slowly losing out and it will impact will be far reaching and will never ever be recovered. Lets stop the carnage now.
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Jen Stoltz
8 years ago
I would like to see larger buffer zones around the wetland and environmental assesments to ensure that the original wetland integrity is maintained. I would like to see the natural areas left be protected with legal teeth.
Our nature areas are an integral part of campus. Man-made wetlands are not the answer.
Shame they do not believe in the environment.
A wetland complex of that size should have been a priorty for evaluation by the mnrf or otonabee CA.
Take it from someone who lives where a project like this was approved, and is in the process of being carried out. You will do irrevocable damage that any "replanting" plans cannot fix.
During my time at Trent University we used this are many times for Biology classes. We taught students how to assess vegetation and in ornithology classes taught students to identify birds by sight and sound. labmates and I conducted a "Great Canadian Birdathon" on the property and found a wide variety of migratory species including Warblers, Herons, Bluebirds, and Aerial Insectivores, including the Olive-sided Flycatcher, a species at risk. This area has not only has potential for future educational purposes but also is important for wildlife using this area as a stopover location or to breed. As a university who prides themselves on their "green"ness and environmental courses, I highly encourage them follow what they are teaching and evaluate the wetland complex.
I support the call for a full environmental assessment of this project given the sensitive ecological nature of the area.
We are eating up the eco-systems that are environments of our most precious creatures - actually earth's most precious - not OURS. :(
This is urgent and vital to keeping Peterborough the city we cherish.
There needs to be better communication with the Trent community as well as with other stakeholders. There should be a full assessment.
Would un-used agricultural land be a better option? Save our native wetlands
Keep natural beautiful! Stop industralizing everything.
Let the land be
I am shocked and disappointed Trent. Do the right thing.
Please consider Trent's reputation as a school of the environment and at the very least follow the types of protocols that students are being taught to observe.
I originally came to Trent because the school advertised how much better it was than other Ontario universities when it came to an education in environmental studies. This shows me that they were more interested in my money then they were teaching the value of conserving wild spaces.
Wetland need to be saved - they are slowly losing out and it will impact will be far reaching and will never ever be recovered. Lets stop the carnage now.
I would like to see larger buffer zones around the wetland and environmental assesments to ensure that the original wetland integrity is maintained. I would like to see the natural areas left be protected with legal teeth.
Please consider alternatives.
KEEEP IT CLEAN, KEEP IT GREEEN
Wetlands: Prized land, not wasteland.