<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Neil E Taylor <neiletaylor@sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> all@gren.ca <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:39:30 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [All] Birds on Canada's Amherst Island in Lake Ontario Under Threat - Immediate Action is Required<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv8040603332">
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Canada</span></font>
<font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">'</span></font><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">s Amherst
Island in
Lake Ontario
is in need of all "friends of birds"....from all around the
world....and we need the help of Kitchener-Waterloo Field Naturalists!!!</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Under the Province
of Ontario
' s Green Energy Act Fit 1 program, Algonquin
Power/Windlectric Inc. is proceeding with plans to install an industrial wind
project consisting of 36, 50-storey tall wind turbines - each with a blade
sweep area of over 2 acres - stretching from one end of the island to the
other.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has
invited public comments by August 9, 2013 on an application by Windlectric /
Algonquin Power for an</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">“overall benefit” permit to kill, harm and harass, and
destroy and fragment habitat, of three species at risk on
Amherst Island :
<b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;">Bobolink, Eastern</span></font></b></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><b><font size="1" color="red" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: red; font-weight: bold;">Meadowlark,
and Whip-poor-will</span></font></b><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">. </span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">MNR has completely ignored the impact of the construction
of turbines on migratory birds and other species at risk even though the
definition of habitat in the Endangered Species Act requires their consideration. </span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Click here <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/17kxnA0"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">http://bit.ly/17kxnA0</span></font></a>>
to see the Environmental Registry posting.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Please voice your opposition to the kill / harm / harass /
destroy / fragment permit by writing to Kathleen Pitt, Species at Risk
Biologist, MNR with EBR 011-9446 in the subject line by Friday, August 9,
2013. To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=kathleen.pitt%40ontario.ca"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">kathleen.pitt@ontario.ca</span></font></a>,
with copies to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=premier%40ontario.ca"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">premier@ontario.ca</span></font></a>,</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" color="#0000ee" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=minister.mnr%40ontario.ca">minister.mnr@ontario.ca</a></span></font><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:david.o%27toole@ontario.ca" target="_blank" href="mailto:david.o%27toole@ontario.ca"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">david.o'toole@ontario.ca</span></font></a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=protectai%40kos.net"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">protectai@kos.net</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">And PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD !!!!!</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;"> - All of <b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;">Amherst</span></font></b><b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;"> Island</span></font></b><b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;"> is an Important Bird Area
of Global Significance on the Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34
species at risk</span></font></b><font color="red"><span style="color:red;"> </span></font>including
Blanding’s Turtle.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">- The Island is
internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering hawks and owls, with
birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl Woods (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/projects/property.html"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/projects/property.html</span></font></a> ),
where it is possible to see up to 10 species of owls.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">- Amherst
Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance
( Lake
Ontario Islands
– Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal
Wetland.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">- The Ministry must not limit its consideration to three
ground-nesting birds but must consider a holistic approach to the impact of
turbines on all species at risk including migratory birds and their habitat on
the Island .</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway said this to
Ontario ' s
Premier:</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">* Ontario birders know
about or have visited Amherst
Island in eastern Lake
Ontario near
Kingston , Ontario .
It ' s world famous for raptors and
includes</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">the "Owl Woods" where many birders have seen
their life owls of several species. During years when meadow vole numbers peak
it supports hundreds</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">of wintering hawks and owls. It is proposed that 36
massively tall wind turbines be constructed on the island, four of which will
be close to the</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Owl Woods. According to the Toronto Star newspaper
adjacent Wolfe Island
has the second highest bird mortality in North America
caused by wind</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">turbines.</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">Amherst</span></font><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;"> is a
quiet and serene rural island, and is one of the treasures of the birding
world. Are we about to alter greatly, both ecologically and</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">esthetically, one of the most important birding areas in
North America ?"</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">You can learn more about the situation on
Amherst
Island at:</span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;"> - Facebook: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;"> - Web: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://protectamherst.yolasite.com/"><font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE;">http://protectamherst.yolasite.com</span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div class="yiv8040603332MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 8.5pt; font-family: Verdana;">kind regards,</span></font></div>
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Protect Amherst
Island</span></font></div>
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