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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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While I agree with banning the selling of live crayfish in grocery stores, since cooking them alive is cruel, please allow crayfish to be rescued and brought to a pet fish rescue. Please also allow the fish species and nutria to go to a captive animal rescue.

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Ontario Vegetation Management Association

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I would only be able to comment on the terrestrial plant - Tree of Heaven, which I would agree is a pernicious Invasive species. Regards, Keith Lockhart Ontario Vegetation Management Business Manager 440 Dorland Road Oakville ON L6J 6B1 Office: (647) 960-4181 ovmaoffice@gmail.com Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Good day, I'm writing to express my support for the listing of the newly proposed plant species to be regulated under the Invasive Species Act. I lack the expertise to comment on organisms other than plants. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Note that white river crayfish (P. acutus) is also cultured and used for human consumption and therefore could very likely be included in frozen shipments. Note Species name for for Lousiana Red Crawfish is P.clarkii (not P. clarkia). Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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I am currently studying the interactions between the White River Crayfish, Procambarus acutus, and the small-mouthed salamander on Pelee Island. Related studies suggest that P. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Flowering rush should be listed as prohibited. We have seen substantial and rapidly increasing impacts on the Winnipeg River – and now it is becoming established in Lake of the Woods. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Flowering rush should be listed as a 'prohibited' species in the invasive species act. I have seen first hand during my work in the environmental field how detrimental the plant is in our area. It has invaded shorelines, entire bays and been transported from one body of water to another. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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We are cottage owners on Gun Lake, Minaki, NW Ontario. And we are extremely disappointed with your decision to place Flowering Rush on the Restricted list. The fast spread and reach of this plant has become very obvious in just the last year. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Flowering rush should be considered a PROHIBITED Species. There has been widespread and significant invasion of shorelines on the Winnipeg river system. It is dangerous for loss of fish spawning grounds, displacement of native aquatic plants, and the clogging of the many natural beaches. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Please consider ‘flowering rush’ to be a Prohibited species, rather than Restricted. This species has spread rapidly in NW Ontario, clogging shorelines, shallows and beaches. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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I strongly disagree with your plan to designate Flowering Rush as a restricted rather than an invasive species. My family has has a cottage on the Winnipeg River near Minaki Ontario since 1911. We love this land and the waterway and try very hard not to polute the land or waters in any way we can. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Deeply disappointed that flowering rush is not classified as a prohibited species. Our cottage since we bought 7 years ago has had the doubling of flowering rush in our bays and low water areas. Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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I am writing to express a serious concern about the classification of flowering rush as a "Restricted" species within the Ontario Invasive Species Act, as opposed to the more severe (and more accurate) category, "Prohibited." Read more

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Regulating ten species and four genera as invasive species under Ontario’s Invasive Species Act, 2015.

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Flowing rush for Northwest Ontario is not categorized appropriately. As an invasive species, it has for over 20 years completely overrun shore and shallow water areas. Natural aquatic plants and fish habitat are lost. Read more

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I am from Minaki Ontario and flowering rush is damaging our waterways. The situation is fluid and getting worse as the rush is propagating at a rapid rate. Our beaches are at risk as well as most rocky shores.

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