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<DIV>LULU Good for you reacting to this and doing the
'challenge' Sounds like it worked. Frogs not only <STRONG>don't like
salt...I wonder if it kills them</STRONG> <STRONG>and
therefore no singing.</STRONG> Ginny</DIV>
<DIV>Currently we have another Kitchener problem...the staff has
recommended "closing the Rockway Seniors Center on King St. by Rockway
Gardens. I know we've reared a "throw away generation at
present" but I'm not in favour of throwing away our 70-80 and 90 year
olds who frequent Rockway and were part of the History of
Kitchener. Read todays Record for Jacqui </DIV>
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<A title=butterflybluelu@rogers.com
href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">Louisette Lanteigne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] Mosquitos from SWM ponds
not swamp</DIV>
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<DIV>Hi folks</DIV>
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<DIV>Back in 2008 the City of Cambridge was getting a number
of complaints regarding the many mosquitos plaguing a subdivision that
backs on to the area of the Portuguese Swamp around Townline
Road. A a precaution for "West Nile Virus" they were
considering depositing larvacide in the swamp but I did a little
research and dug up hard core data proving the presence
of Jeffersons there so I wrote Cambridge Council (and the
MNR) an email stating it would be a direct violation of the Species
at Risk Act, Provincial Policy Statement, Regional and City
policy if they dared to do this. I provided them with
the relevant passages from each legislation for their
reference.Fortunately they chose to do a feasibility study for
a program to control nuisance mosquitoes in the Portuguese Swamp area
instead.</DIV>
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<DIV>In Today's KW Record, it shows that the problem mosquitos were
actually NOT from the swamp area. 70% of that
population prefer to snack on cold blooded critters instead of
humans. They found the problem bugs were coming from the salt ridden
Storm Water Management Ponds and in water contained in the debris
left by area residents.</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/666093">http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/666093</A></DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, if you drive by a natural pond, the frogs sing all the
time on a warm night. Go by an SWM pond and you have dead silence. Frogs
simply don't like the salt. No predators = lots of mosquitos.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lulu :0)</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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