Comment
This is a stupid idea, unethical, murderous, and will only result in the destruction of anything that makes Ontario and place to visit. Canada is known for its wildlife and multitudes of ecosystems. With this new "strategy" you are effectively destroying the very thing that is going to attract people to Ontario. I have seen people look at something and complain that it is there (i.e trees along the lakeside) They demand removal and the town gives in. Then they complain about the and blowing the town build fences to create sand dunes, then the people complain more and they plant native grasses to "solve" the problem but now the people are complaining again because the lake levels are high and erosion had occurred. Only they are not blaming the high water instead they are blaming the grasses which do not cause erosion but prevent it. The main point is that giving in to the people will not solve anything because people will always complain leading us to consider options, such as this, which will only create more problems than we already have. What the focus should be is with educating people in towns and communities about these this. NOT WITH SIGNS. I can tell u that nobody reads those.
What you need is to have someone outside on, lets say the beaches, telling people that 'no the grasses are not bad but a good thing', or' no, bulldozing the sand will not make it better for the beach but will actually destroy it and anything that lives there' and " yes, what lives on these beaches are important because they contribute to things, such as the piping plover, they will eat the invertebrates that live along the shoreline which include, worms, insects (fly larvae and beetles), crustaceans, mollusks and other small marine animals and their eggs.'
This will appeal to them since nobody wants to swat at flies while they are trying to enjoy the beach so no you do not want to ruin the shorelines because the community people and those who are unknowledgeable in ecology decide that they know better when really they don't.
Everything in this world is connected, if you destroy one thing it will come back to bite you in the butt later on just you wait, this decision will be the greatest regret of your life if you choose to approve it.
Submitted May 10, 2019 9:49 PM
Comment on
10th Year Review of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act: Proposed changes
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013-5033
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