[All] Red Side Dace can protect

[Lanteigne]

Hi folks 
With the West Side Lands OMB hearing PL071044, fhe Endangered Red Side Dace secured me 20m buffer zones both sides of Clair Creek to protect its habitat and the loosing recharge that acts like a whirlpool sucking water down to the deep aquifer system feeding the Greenbrook Well. 
This fish now has a recovery strategy out. This will impact HWY 413. Years ago I my findings on 413 were submitted with that public process which successfully stopped the 413. With this new info we may see the same results. 
 https://environmentaldefence.ca/2024/08/20/environmental-group-celebrates-as-federal-government-finalizes-delayed-plan-to-protect-redside-dace-after-legal-pressure/
The Red Side Dace is a fish found where groundwater enters rivers and tributaries. It’s often a sign of good water quality along with other species such as Wavy Rayed Mussels and Jefferson Salamanders. 
I went to the city to ask them to do tests for those three animals and to apply critical habitat protection on them because they serve to protect water quality, water flow and flow rates and help to offset flood risks by protecting natural recharge infiltration areas. I used that at the West Side Lands. These animals are in the Laurel Creek Watershed, confirmed in Clair Creek with the Laurel Creek Watershed Study and physical samples are at Wilfrid Laurier. Dr, Dean Fitzgerald worked on that. He worked with EcoMetrix and was An Adjunct Prof at UW and Cornell University. His affidavit is with my documents at the Wilfrid Laurier Archives. 
https://libarchives.wlu.ca/index.php/louisette-lanteigne-fonds
I can also confirm the Wavy Rayed Mussels and Red Side Dace are adjacent to Hidden Valley upstream of the water intake at the Mannheim wells. We need the critical habitat studies done to protect them there.  
To this day I have not seen evidence of the Ministry Orders Salt Mitigation Stratrgy that I secured during the River Road Extension process by Hidden Valley. 
Louisette Lanteigne 700 Starflower AveWaterloo ONN2V 2L2 

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