[All] Fw: Jane Schneider property

[Lanteigne]

FYI
Lulu 


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On Thursday, January 18, 2024, 8:51 PM, Lanteigne <water.lulu at yahoo.ca> wrote:

I have known Jane Schneider and her family for over 20 years and I walked her property and had tea at her home as we watched deers and foxes in her back yard. Her husband John planted thousands of trees with her kids to restore the forest which she wants to donate to RARE reserve for preservation. 
Her property is a confirmed critical habitat for both the endangered Acadian Flycatchers and Hooded Warblers confirmed by Lyle Friesen as noted in regional reports and my sworn evidence used for PL071044 the Ontario Municipal Board regarding the West Side Lands and ESPA 19. Lyle mapped the habitat range for the Species at Risk recovery group. These are area sensitive birds that nest here. The city and/or region claim they must build driveway to accept her land donation but this will absolutely disrupt the critical habitat area, it will alter hydrology of this highly sensitive ESL and will introduce road salt and smog and traffic in a manner that will drive the birds away. The demand to pave a driveway in this area is in violation of the Species At Risk Act and the Ontario Endangered Species Act and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act and the Migratory Bird Act as well as the UN Convention on Biodiversity which Canada has ratified. 
There are salamanders cross along Wideman road. Jefferson Salamanders were gathered from these areas and remain at Wilfred Laurier. The expert Dean Fitzgerald that I secured noted that during the Laurel Creek Watersged Studies he did. I provided dozens of dead salamanders hit by cars to Mr. Bogart at University of Guelph and have mapped the hot zone where they cross the road. Ken Cornelise was an expert at my OMB hearing. He was at the MNR in Guelph and knew the details of the birds and the salamanders of this area. 

I must demand that the city and region not violate Canadian law by introducing traffic and increased human use (along with encroachment, pollution, dogs and kids) in a critical habitat of federally protected area sensitive endangered species. These are amoung the most endangered creatures in Canada. Put the law and science first because these animals must be accommodated and protected. They have no place else to go. As it stands parking policies are the only thing we can adjust. This habitat protected by the love and dedication of the Schneiders is a scientific jewel because it has remained like a shrine of nature undisturbed by the machinations of foolish people. Don’t destroy it. 
To suggest you need a driveway is like suggesting the Mona Lisa needs a moustache. Stop the planning without thinking. Stop defecating in the sacred spaces of God. There is a the Carmelite monastery nearby. This isn’t the place for parking, traffic or human folly. Keep it as a place of contemplation and peace. Leave it as is. The Schneiders knew what to do. Sustain the same simple measure of care and stop making this a circus. 
This land needs protection from bad planners.
God help us. 
Louisette Lanteigne 700 Starflower AveWaterloo OntN2V2L2


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