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Why surrounding land needs to be protected Ontario Provincial policy States: "Development and site alteration shall not be permitted on adjacent lands to the natural heritage features and areas identified in policies unless the ecological function of the adjacent lands has been evaluated and it has been demonstrated that there will be no negative impacts on the natural features or on their ecological functions" Marcus Buck,
Hamilton karst expert and co-author of the report that helped turn the
karst property into a provincial Area of Natural and Scientific Interest
identifies the negative impact of development in the feeder area.
Letter
submitted to the city from Markus Buck - In his Sept. 6 letter, Dr.
Ford calls the karst "one of the gems of the Escarpment"
that will serve as an educational site for students in middle
school through university."I have seen too many karst drainage
basins elsewhere that are terribly degraded by urbanization and where
restitution will be physically impossible or, at the least, prohibitively
expensive," he states."The Eramosa Feeder Area is
quite small in extent. I urge that it be fully protected."
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