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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I read the article that WOLFE ISLAND HAS THE LARGEST MIGRATORY BIRD KILL OF ANY AREA with windmills. (Judy Greenwood Speers (our friend of the environment , has many wind mills on her own farm on Wolfe Island ...and I don’t have her email address but possibly Susan does ) I lived on Howe Island for 6 years which is near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and is a neighbour of both Amherst Island and Wolfe Island ...and that Island AMHERST is too small to house any, let alone a bunch of windmills. This is a slaughter house for these birds...I wonder if Judy is protesting in any way I hope she will. Ginny<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> All [mailto:all-bounces@gren.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Eleanor Grant<br><b>Sent:</b> July-31-13 1:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> Neil E Taylor<br><b>Cc:</b> all@gren.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [All] Birds on Canada's Amherst Island in Lake Ontario Under Threat - Immediate Action is Required<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Neil, I'm wondering if there are other places where they could have sited a large offshore wind project, that would have been less harmful to birds? Or would all offshore wind be unacceptable? This is a tough spot for environmentalists.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Can you shed more light on this?<o:p></o:p></p><p>Eleanor<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jul 31, 2013 8:41 AM, "Neil E Taylor" <<a href="mailto:neiletaylor@sympatico.ca">neiletaylor@sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Canada'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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>“overall benefit” permit to kill, harm and harass, and destroy and fragment habitat, of three species at risk on Amherst Island: <b><span style='color:red'>Bobolink, Eastern</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:red'>Meadowlark, and Whip-poor-will</span></b><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Click here <<a href="http://bit.ly/17kxnA0" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>http://bit.ly/17kxnA0</span></a>> to see the Environmental Registry posting.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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 href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=kathleen.pitt%40ontario.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>kathleen.pitt@ontario.ca</span></a>, with copies to <a href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=premier%40ontario.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>premier@ontario.ca</span></a>,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0000EE'><a href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=minister.mnr%40ontario.ca" target="_blank">minister.mnr@ontario.ca</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>, <a href="mailto:david.o%27toole@ontario.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>david.o'toole@ontario.ca</span></a> and <a href="https://webmail.kos.net/src/compose.php?send_to=protectai%40kos.net" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>protectai@kos.net</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>And PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD !!!!!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Some of the key messages you may wish to address include:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - All of <b><span style='color:red'>Amherst Island is an Important Bird Area of Global Significance on the Atlantic Migratory flyway and is home to 34 species at risk</span></b><span style='color:red'> </span>including Blanding’s Turtle.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>- The Island is internationally recognized for concentrations of wintering hawks and owls, with birders travelling from around the world to visit Owl Woods (<a href="http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/projects/property.html" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>http://kingstonfieldnaturalists.org/projects/property.html</span></a> ), where it is possible to see up to 10 species of owls.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>- Amherst Island was ranked second in biodiversity significance (Lake Ontario Islands – Northeast), and includes 400 hectares of Provincially Significant Coastal Wetland.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>- 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Jean Iron and Ron Pittaway said this to Ontario's Premier:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>*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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Owl Woods. According to the Toronto Star newspaper adjacent Wolfe Island has the second highest bird mortality in North America caused by wind</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>turbines.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Amherst 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><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>esthetically, one of the most important birding areas in North America?"</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>You can learn more about the situation on Amherst Island at:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>www.facebook.com/ProtectAmherstIsland</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> - Web: <a href="http://protectamherst.yolasite.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:#0000EE'>http://protectamherst.yolasite.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Thank you for your help,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Andrea Cross</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>on behalf of the Association to Protect Amherst Island</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br><a href="http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca" target="_blank">http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>