Save Ancaster Creek!
Hamilton Conservation Authority Board, Hamilton City Council, Tyler Schultz (Acting Assistant Auditor General, Commissioner of the Environment at Office of the Auditor General of Ontario)
On June 3rd the Hamilton Conservation Authority will be hearing a proposal to pave over the Ancaster Creek Wetland and Pumpkin Patch at 140 Garner Rd E to make way for warehouses. Across Ontario our last remaining wetlands are under threat. As developers and land speculators continue to sell off undeveloped land to the highest bidder, Ontario is loosing precious habitats and farmland. The Ancaster Creek Wetland is the headwaters for downstream communities like Dundas, a community already subject to flooding. While the millionaire proponent of this decision believes a new wetland can be created, Hamilton Conservation Authority Staff and local citizens have raised extreme concern regarding this proposal. We need your help so save not pave this locally significant wetland! Read more here: https://hamiltoncatch.org/articles/2021/05/02/wetland-and-stream-relocation-decision-this-week
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Hamilton Conservation Authority Board, Hamilton City Council, Tyler Schultz (Acting Assistant Auditor General, Commissioner of the Environment at Office of the Auditor General of Ontario)
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We cannot loose any more wetlands.
Whereas: Southern Ontario has lost over 72% of its wetlands, and wetland loss continues today;
Whereas: This is the last originally located wetland in the Ancaster Creek Watershed;
Whereas: Ontario's Environmental Commissioner has stated wetlands should never be offset unless unavoidable; and
Whereas: Hamilton Conservation Authority staff have described this wetland as locally significant and have formally recommended the HCA reject this proposal.
We the Undersigned:
Call on the Hamilton Conservation Authority Board to listen to its own staff and impacted residents and reject this proposal to offset the Ancaster Creek Wetland.
Call on City of Hamilton to take action to protect this wetland now and in the future by rezoning this area of 140 Garner Rd as Conservation/Hazard zoning under the city of Hamilton's Zoning Bylaw.
Call on Tyler Schultz the Acting Assistant Auditor General, Commissioner of the Environment at Office of the Auditor General of Ontario to step in and formally review all wetland offsetting policies and offsetting applications since 2018 to ensure this tool truly is being used as rarely as possible.