[All] feedback from Quarry Vs. potatoes

[Norah & Richard]

Lulu, Good for you! Thanks so much for getting there. I tried but heard 
about the horses in the march and had to cancel out. ( allergies, big time).
  I think we should be working with Gravel Watch Ontario more closely. 
They came last year to Guelph and presented when John Jackson presented 
for GREN and Rob Uffen for
NDACT.  It looks like we are finally moving forward on this. Last 
summer, GRCA weren't interested so lets keep up the pressure. Would you 
be interested in another Growth, Groundwater and Gravel townhall.. round 
2.?  For the Grand River watershed.?    Norah



On 26/04/2011 7:05 PM, Louisette Lanteigne wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I made a big banner, zoomed up to Shelburne and joined the march 
> today.  The banner read, Save Aggregates for Water and under that it 
> had GREN: Grand River Environmental Network. I told folks I was a 
> member. Photo in the attachments.
>
> When I arrived folks were thrilled to have someone from Waterloo to 
> join in. About 200 folks were there as the march arrived. Big pot luck 
> took place in a huge storage barn.
>
> Met members of the Council of Canadians. Maude Barlow was at a UN 
> meeting at the time but texted a greeting read by Mark Calzavara. Met 
> with Aboriginal activist Danny Barton, members of Iroquois and 
> Anishnabeg groups. Lots of folks came in from Simcoe around Tiny 
> Township, Owen Sound, Toronto etc.  I gathered many emails of folks 
> attending so we can send correspondences.
>
> They had guest speakers speaking about the 200km walk, many spoke on 
> protecting the unique soil type of these A1 farmlands and they asked 
> me to speak to the group to give the view of the folks downstream so I 
> gave them the news from Waterloo. I spoke of how our region is 
> spending millions in water conservation efforts and in trying to 
> maintain the water quality in the Grand River, yet projects like this 
> could have adverse impacts on our watershed. I spoke of how this 
> project lacked spring thaw data and how they are using bore hole data 
> taken from 1945 to assess risk and how bore hole data is unreliable 
> when used in sloped outwash moraine systems. I spoke of how the scope 
> of the study is too limited and lacks regard to long term ecological 
> and economical impacts, how more communities and more ministries need 
> to be part of this review process etc.
>
> Afterwards the organizers told me Dale Goldhawk is coming to do 
> interviews and they asked me to stick around so I can speak with him 
> on these issues. He came, we spoke and he has it all recorded. After 
> that I went home.
>
> Lulu
>
>
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