<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22257"><span>FYI</span></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22260"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22259"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22258"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22261"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "minister.moe@ontario.ca" <minister.moe@ontario.ca>; MIN Feedback (MNR) <minister.mnr@ontario.ca>; Thornton Ian (MNR) <ian.thornton@ontario.ca>; "premier@ontario.ca" <premier@ontario.ca>; Rob Horne <rhorne@regionofwaterloo.ca>; Jim Bogart <jbogart@uoguelph.ca>; "gail.jackson@ontario.ca" <gail.jackson@ontario.ca>; Wildlife Ontario/Faune <wildlife.ontario@ec.gc.ca>; "wildlife.enforcement@ec.gc.ca" <wildlife.enforcement@ec.gc.ca> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, July 13, 2015 8:07 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Wetland Habitats destroyed in Waterloo Region again.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22262"><br><div id="yiv5992329250"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22264"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_22263"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">A wetland habitat with confirmed endangered species was destroyed in Waterloo Ontario. Someone drained a vernal pool by the Creekside Church at 660 Conservation Drive in Waterloo.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">An area resident photographed multiple threatened Barn Swallows and midland turtles actively using this ponded feature and it shows the dewatering and damage afterwards. There is a website of the photographs but I do not know if you are authorized to use hyperlinks or not so I've included photos in the attachments as well. Here is the website URL. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14548" target="_blank" href="http://www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.ca/2015/07/a-requiem-for-wetland.html">http://www.travelswithbirds.blogspot.ca/2015/07/a-requiem-for-wetland.html</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">This pond was drained dry. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">The Waterloo Chronicle published a story about this. Here is the URL: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_15100" target="_blank" href="http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/down-the-storm-drain/">http://www.waterloochronicle.ca/news/down-the-storm-drain/</a> and I include a PDF copy in the attachments as well.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">The date of publication of this news story was Wednesday, July 08, 2015. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">This is one of MANY wetlands that I have observed destroyed in Waterloo Region without a permit over the years and I include a PDF report to support this which I wrote based in incidents I witnessed.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">Issues like this happen at an alarming frequency and based on data I have gathered there is no plausable deniability under some of the circumstances. This conduct and the lack of enforcement has to end. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">I have gone to the City of Waterloo and Region of Waterloo repeatedly over many years presenting such concerns by way of numerous emails, council meetings and Provincial officials. I have a binder of the interview I provided to the RCMP on these issues. I went so far as to Chronicle the years worth of Environmental Infringements in affidavit Format which I have already completed. I have documents provided to me by the Ontario Ombudsman suggesting I use the courts. I been in dialogue with legal advisors and I reserve the right to take legal action but prior to in good faith I would like to formally request that your agencies facilitate a proper review on this issue and the conduct of Waterloo City and Regional Staff in regards to how they address these situations. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">Please provide me with a written response to confirm this letter has been received and to update me on how these issues will be addressed by your respective departments. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">Thank you kindly for your time. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">Yours in good faith,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">Louisette Lanteigne</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">700 Star Flower Ave.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">Waterloo Ontario</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv5992329250yqt7246010541" id="yiv5992329250yqtfd83442"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520">N2V 2L2</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv5992329250yui_3_16_0_1_1436787321332_14520"><br clear="none"></div> </div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>