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<div>Here is some issues for consideration threatening Jefferson Salamanders. </div><div><br></div><div>Lulu </div><div><br></div>
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<div>Here is info specific to Jefferson Salamanders. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I raised these concerns with the NEB and Ontario Ombudsman.</div><div class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yahoo_quoted" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yahoo_quoted_5795190443"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">
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<div>The Jefferson salamander's habitat range was all along Line 10. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I have proof of conflicts of interest between Hamilton Conservation and Enbridge. </div><div class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904yqt4580678643" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904yqtfd17215"><div><a shape="rect" href="http://www.enbridge.com/stories/hamilton-conservation-authority-cootes-to-escarpment-ecopark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.enbridge.com/stories/hamilton-conservation-authority-cootes-to-escarpment-ecopark</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>As well as Enbridge and Hamilton Police </div><div><a shape="rect" href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/group-protests-enbridge-donations-to-hamilton-police-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/group-protests-enbridge-donations-to-hamilton-police-1</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>There are a number of vernal ponds that may be impacted by the re-route of Line 10 through the Hydro Corridor. Google earth mapping clearly shows the location of kettle ponds and other suitable habitats in the area. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Below is how the Ontario MNR systematically killed these animals. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>______________________________________________________________________________</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507yqt7062520667" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507yqt19162"><div class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yahoo_quoted" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yahoo_quoted_0954063148"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;"><div><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_3534"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_3533" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314674562_3346"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314674562_3345" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9217"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9216" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">I believe the greatest killer of the Jefferson Salamanders in Ontario was the Government itself and I have evidence to support it. </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">First off: This is how easy it is to simply identify the difference to confirm presence of a Jefferson Salamander. They lay eggs in a small clusters that are visibly different in size and look than other salamander types. Jefferson Salamanders are the only salamander breed that emerges and lays eggs in the first warm rains of March when temperatures are 4 degrees Celsius or higher. Other breeds of mole salamanders emerge and breed in mid April, so eggs of any potential hybrids would reasonably be much smaller than ones laid in March simply because the mate only showed up later on. </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here is a youtube video to illustrate how visually, egg masses of Jefferson Salamanders are easily identified.</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a shape="rect" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16384" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(25, 106, 212);" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCkcdNyjPeU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCkcdNyjPeU</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16278" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Another non lethal way to test the DNA is to put a fabric fence between salamander and pond and do a drop pit trap and take a toe or tail clip. The salamanders can regrow these body parts. </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Instead of doing non-lethal approaches the Ontario Government had allowed the destruction of egg masses instead to verify the presence of true Jefferson DNA. In the attachment is a permit for 60 eggs that were removed from Hidden Valley in Kitchener. They killed these animals simply to verify if they were there. Because the egg masses were "non viable" aka rotten by the time they reached Mr. James Bogart at the University of Guelph, he stated the salamanders didn't exist here. Mr. Neil Taylor of the KW Field Naturalists and I joined others who lobbied to secure re-testing using the drop pit method and it turns out they found one of the highest populations of Jefferson Salamanders in Hidden Valley. Related articles here:</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386"><a shape="rect" class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_7047" href="http://www.reptilescanada.com/showthread.php/21442-ON-Press-Naturalist-questions-salamander-secrecy?s=f8dc7dc5f270bcdb0f7385fdf244f34c" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.reptilescanada.com/showthread.php/21442-ON-Press-Naturalist-questions-salamander-secrecy?s=f8dc7dc5f270bcdb0f7385fdf244f34c</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the attachment is the 2009 Ontario Draft Recovery Strategy for Jefferson Salamanders. The document shows how the ministry was oddly focused on the idea of only protecting "true" jeffersons or "purebreed" types and demanded DNA analysis as a means to identify the species negating the obvious visual differences that experts had noted for years. On page 15 it states; </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386"><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5209" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Many of the recovery team members are associated with or work for regional</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5210" style="font-size:16px;"><span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5776" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">conservation groups or authorities. In May 2003,</span><font id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_7813" color="#cd232c"> workshops were run by MNR in</font></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5211" style="font-size:16px;"><font id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5777" color="#cd232c">Halton Region and Waterloo Region. These workshops were attended by Recovery</font></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5212" style="font-size:16px;"><font id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5775" color="#cd232c">Team members <font id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5452">and<span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5249"> <span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5293">provided instruction on egg mass identification </span></span><span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5277"><span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5292">and outlined the</span></span></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5213" style="font-size:16px;"><font id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5453" color="#cd232c"><span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5278"><span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5294">protocol for obtaining samples for genetic analyses</span></span><b id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5295">.</b></font></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5214" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Aurora District MNR has produced a Guideline for Applicants for Wildlife Scientific</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5215" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">Collectors Authorizations (2007). This guideline includes detailed direction on collection</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5216" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">methodologies and study design requirements that are directly applicable to A.</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5217" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">jeffersonianum. MNR and the recovery team have worked extensively with a number of</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5218" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">consultants, the aggregates industry and conservation authorities in providing direction</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5219" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">on collection methodologies and protocols.</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5219" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5219" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">This Draft Recovery Strategy document was part of my affidavit for the NEB to review. I also included this 2011 report by Cossaro which states in the summery the following passage:</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5219" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_5219">Of 87 sites known to have JJ or LJJ salamanders, only about one third still have extant populations of Jefferson Salamanders (JJ), many have fewer individuals of Jefferson Salamanders than originally thought. Unisexual LJJ females outnumber Jefferson females, often by a wide margin. The absolute number and proportion of JJ to LJJ have declined in virtually all ponds <font id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_6458" color="#cd232c">where repeated tissue samples have conclusively identified JJ from unisexual LJJ</font>.<br clear="none"></div></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500310109409_16386"><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9243" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;">This in my view indicates it was the testing that killed them. Testing that was promoted by the MNR. </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;">As of July 6 2017, Jefferson Salamander Hybrids were designated as a protected species in Ontario so why did they bother killing them if they were all worthy of protection? </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><a shape="rect" class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_7824" href="http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMyNjI2&statusId=MjAxNDQ5&language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/displaynoticecontent.do?noticeId=MTMyNjI2&statusId=MjAxNDQ5&language=en</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">In the fall of 2009, it was Hamilton Conservation Authority who knowingly poisoned two of the largest habitats of Jefferson Salamanders along the potential route of Enbridge's pipelines. This was after someone <span id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_9450" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:17px;">infested the ponds with invasive carp that were first noticed in the ponds as far back as 2005. </span>Details here: </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><a shape="rect" class="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_8690" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/na0413-rr-salamanders/wcm/6c0c740b-ace5-462c-99d1-94ec4c932faf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/na0413-rr-salamanders/wcm/6c0c740b-ace5-462c-99d1-94ec4c932faf</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">Why did it take 5 years to remove fish?</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">How much money does Enbridge donate to the conservation authorities of this area? </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">Do conflicts of interest exist?</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">Louisette Lanteigne</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">700 Star Flower Ave.</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">Waterloo Ont.</div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251">N2V 2L2 </div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_8738"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_8709"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_7872"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500314897039_7873"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydpf5bd3786yiv5892608408ydp20ec8462yiv7596478904ydpfb28d2d0yiv6676785430ydpd51a975fyiv2901941507ydp224ea9a6yiv7165398940yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500313023174_9251" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;"><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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