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93177

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Please save the Black Ash Trees and declare them an endangered species. Please stop reducing the Green Belt. Stop allowing developers and loggers to destroy trees, and stop blaming animals like beavers and deer for ash tree loss. Read more

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93705

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Dear Minister Khanjin, Cc. Public Input Coordinator, Species at Risk Branch I am writing to express my opposition to the proposed conditional exemption for black ash, a critically endangered species globally that is of great cult Read more

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93706

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Tulloch Environmental

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We at TULLOCH Environmental are pleased to see the proposal of an informed and reasonable approach to Black Ash management. As Ecologists and Environmental Professionals, we work with landowners, municipalities, and industry at sites across Ontario. Read more

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93712

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I do not understand the delay. We know climate change is accelerating. We know how the emerald ash borer has spread. We know what’s going to happen. Governments have consistently played catchup with regards to environmental concerns for the last 70 years at least. Read more

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93788

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I recommend that the exemption not apply to the Silver Creek Provincially Significant Coastal Wetland in the Town of Collingwood and The Town of The Blue Mountains. There are numerous Black Ash trees in the Wetland. Read more

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94455

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If this proposed regulation to protect Black Ash trees is passed, it must include an exemption for removing, clearing or trimming these trees on or around Municipal Drains, constructed and maintained under the Ontario Drainage Act. Read more

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94481

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Thank you for the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed regulations under the Endangered Species Act to protect and recover Black Ash. I am responding as: • a Registered Professional Forester in Ontario with three decades of forest management and operations experience; Read more

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94484

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GreenFirst Forest Products

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GreenFirst Forest Products (GFFP) supports the Gov't proposal to set-out a new conditional exemption for Black Ash until a new proposed regulatory approach can be implemented. That includes extending the exemption to Jan 2025 if necessary. Read more

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94488

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Ontario Federation of Agriculture

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On behalf of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture please find attached our submission with respect to ERO # 019-7378 (Protecting Black Ash and its habitat under the ESA). Kindest Regards. Read more