[All] This is what we need from the GRCA

[water.lulu at yahoo.ca]

Hi folks
Right now we are striving to create watershed wide protections for the Grand River Watershed but as long as there is secrecy on the presence of KNOWN threatened and endangered species within GRCA jurisdictional lands,  it poses an obstruction on our path to securing both a Blue Belt and Greenbelt expansion policy.

Please review the following webpage and it's links as seen on the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) website. This is exactly the kind of data we need see on the GRCA website. 
https://trca.ca/conservation/environmental-monitoring/terrestrial-habitat-species/

This is how we can better protect primary recharge, our wetlands and the Grand River.  
When you know the species, you know it's terrains. This data can helps us to better identify exactly what areas we need to protect. 
Lulu :0)



     
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 From: "water.lulu at yahoo.ca" <water.lulu at yahoo.ca>
 To: "shayes at trca.on.ca" <shayes at trca.on.ca> 
 Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:22 PM
 Subject: Terrestrial Data re: TRCA
   
Hi Ms. Hayes
I recently reviewed the TRCA reports regarding Terrestrial Monitoring and Inventories and I was really impressed at the quality of the data.. It's actually remarkable to have this kind of system wide view on the totality of the biodiversity in a given area I wanted to personally thank you and your team for the outstanding work on this. It takes so much effort to craft data this clear and this simple to navigate and this is wonderful to see. 
As a member of the Grand River Environmental Network I have not seen similar reports by our Conservation Authority but I certainly will encourage the creation of that because we too have a wealth of biodiversity. We are working to secure a blue belt for the Grand River and expanded greenbelt out this way to better protect our water supply and endangered species. The user friendly format of the TRCA website and the clarity of the data is a super example that I can provided to GRCA staff to show what we can aspire for at this end.  They take the time to list the birds on their website but beyond the scope of that, the data on flora, fauna, fish and benthic data appears in a mountain of separate EA's without a comprehensive record accessible for public view. It's a daunting task to fill that void of information as we strive for watershed wide policies. 
I read on the TRCA website that the Benthic Data report is forthcoming. I didn't know if that had been released or not. If so I'd love to review it. 
Thanks for your wonderful work! 
Louisette Lanteigne700 Star Flower Ave.Waterloo Ont.
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