I am a Thunder Bay, ON…

I am a Thunder Bay, ON resident and I am opposed to the Province’s proposed amalgamation of the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) with six other Southern Ontario Conservation Authorities to form the “Huron-Superior Regional Conservation Authority”.

Where the LRCA is located in a very different climate and ecoregion than the other 6 conservation authorities that it is proposed to merge with. Just look at the map! It is a completely different area and ecologically it will vary greatly. Even just latitudinally it is a large difference. Thunder Bay is also at the Boreal Forest / Great Lakes St Lawrence transition zone so the forest type and resultant ecosystem will change greatly from Southern Ontario. As such, they should be managed differently. You cannot manage northern Ontario forests and watersheds the same as southern Ontario.

I support LRCA’s recommendation that the Lakehead Region Conservation Authority form a stand-alone regional conservation authority as the “Northwestern Ontario Regional Conservation Authority”.