I have always supported the…

I have always supported the efforts of the Grey Sauble Conservation Authority. I have been coming to Grey County since 1962 from Toronto, bought my first property of 75 acres in 1978, and retired to North Keppel, again on 75 acres in 1998. I hunted, fished, and hiked throughout Grey County during the period of 1962 to present day 2025.

I truly believe that the members of GSCA are the ones who know the area intimately and are in the best position to make all decisions about where monies should be spent, on what projects need addressing, and what the future of the environment in our Grey County should look like, or the direction we should take locally to sustain and improve our environment.

When decisions regarding the above points are made by a larger body of people, several counties distant, local priorities will disappear in favour of projects in larger centres.

If our elected government insists on amalgamating smaller conservation authorities into larger, sterile bodies that will not have the same priorities for our local Grey County environment, how am I supposed to justify this to my grandchildren as being better for our environment?

Don't explain this ridiculous reduction of personnel and services to me, try to justify it to my grandchildren. If you can't do that, then look someplace else to ruin through amalgamation.