Policies & Threats Related to Greenspaces
Email to Mayor Watson and all Councillors 7 May 2012 Dear Mayor Watson, The Emerald Ash Borer infestation will have an impact on Ottawa like none other this City has faced before. The Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital has put together a Working Group that is finalizing a Position Paper to further a productive discussion with City staff and others and to help enlist public support to respond to this
Email from David Barkley, Manager – Forestry Services, Ottawa [See also a Memo from staff to Council, 23 April 2012] 24 April 2012 Mr. Shuster, The 2008 Report is the Strategy that set out the high level approach for EAB in Ottawa, each year since then at Committee staff have updated Councillors on actions being taken, much of this information is found on the City’s web site at http://www.ottawa.ca/en/env_water/tlg/trees/preservation/eab/index.html. I
For Immediate Release Ottawa, May 24, 2012: Community groups and environmental organizations are sounding the alarm that unless the City of Ottawa opts to immediately start treating the bulk of its Ash trees threatened by Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), this City will be facing an economic and environmental crisis not seen before. The Greenspace Alliance of Canada’s Capital released the attached detailed Position Paper at a news conference today, outlining
It’s VERY interesting to compare the three articles below. The first from the Citizen is dated April 17, 2012, and the second from the Sun is dated July 12, 2011. The third was published in the Sun, also on April 17. The first indicates that there “may” be a home for felled infected Ash trees in LRT stations, but the second published nine months ago calls these trees a “windfall
April 19, 2012 Ann Coffey reports: The attached PDF from Vermont (632 KB) states: “Management practices that eliminate ash could be a greater threat to ash than EAB itself”. Retain ash to provide wildlife benefits. Consider ash as a seed source, and unhealthy ash trees as potential future snags. Dead trees may be used for nesting, feeding and/or as a perch site. Where practical, and with due consideration of safety,
A first call to action, sponsored by the Greenspace Alliance and the Ottawa-Carleton Wildlife Centre (April 18, 2012) Lessons from Vermont Ash trees a windfall for the LRT? Media coverage, letters to the editor and to Council Say it with pictures TreeAzin Booklet from BioForest Technologies Media Release of May 24, 2012 A position paper: Saving Ottawa’s Trees Correspondence with City Hall >> City of Ottawa news release, July 11,
February 16, 2008 The Ottawa Citizen of Saturday, February 16 [article no longer online] (The Observer, page B7) carried an op-ed piece by Ted Cooper wherein he discusses his motivation for contesting decisions about development along the Carp River and why fellow engineers appear to neglect their prime duty: Safeguarding of public health and safety. Erwin Dreessen Updated February 20, 2008 OMB Appeal: Ted Cooper’s Witness Statement An Ontario Municipal
Excerpt from: File No. CA 003-05, L. Kamerman, Mining and Lands Commissioner, Friday, the 9th day of March, 2007, pages 9-11. [Underlining added] Adverse Economic Impact The issue in Mr. Russell’s appeal is whether his proposal will adversely affect the conservation of land. For purposes of the section 28 application and appeals, the issues are technical, not social or economic. Economic and social interests come into play in the planning
From: Ted Cooper To: Marianne.Wilkinson@ottawa.ca ; Shad.Qadri@ottawa.ca ; Peggy.Feltmate@ottawa.ca Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: Filling at Richcraft Dear Councillors: I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing on CBC News at Six concerning the on-going filling activities at the Richcraft Plan of Subdivision. This is another example of MVC misunderstanding it’s responsibilities in enforcing Regulations under the Conservation Authorities Act. As you know there are problems
Carp River Floodplain Development For at least two years Ottawa Riverkeeper has been working with a coalition of local groups to warn the City of Ottawa against building in the floodplain of the Carp River. Recently, a major error was discovered in the engineering studies being used to back the decision to build hundreds of homes in the floodplain. As a result, the City of Ottawa has temporarily put the
