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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday March TBI -Environment- Wilderness an area that must be protected By BARBARA HALSALL Endangered Species A brochure from the World Wildlife Fund says We think of Canada as a land of limitless wilderness But it is not Human activity is quickly chipping away at the remaining wild places that once made up so much of our landscape If we dont act now to save our witdlands and wildwaters we will lose the opportunity to do so within the next years The brochure gives some ex amples of what is happening to wilderness in Canada of On tarios Carolinian forests have been lost less than of the original tallgrass prairie re mains making this the most en dangered habitat in Canada only small remnants of old growth Atlantic hardwood forests sur vive uncut the proposed James Bay II hydroelectric develop ment in Quebec will flood an area the size of Lake Ontario In 1989 the launched their Endangered Spaces campaign as a ten year initiative designed to ensure that each of Canadas 350 natural regions is represented by a park or other protected area by the year 2000 I am including their mission statement the Canadian Wilderness Charter It is worth reading They suggest that individuals can sign the Canadian Wilderness Charter make a donation to the World Wildlife Fund and join a local group working to save En dangered Spaces in your area WWF 18003878660 OWE is working to pro tect an endangered area the Niagara Escarpment already has spent lawyers fees on six days of a hearing to amend the Niagara Escarpment Act so that waste disposal will no longer be a per mitted utility The hearing for that amend ment no will resume on April 10 at the Halton Hills Civic Center in Georgetown To help you can join and attend the hear ing to save the escarpment If the Acton Quarry becomes a garbage dump a hike on the Bruce Trail could be a walk from one garbage dump to the next THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS CHARTER 1 Whereas humankind is but POWER says nuts to dump Local environmental group Protect Our Water Environmen tal Resources POWER is deter mined to ensure the provincial government doesnt forget that ECOLINE by Cattwtw Fortay tor Our Land BUYING GREEN Some consumer Items that are less harmful to the environment are Identified with a government logo Products Include paints paper batteries motor oil doth diapers and soon laundry and dish detergents Environmental and performance must be met such as recycled content and durability products are marketed by some companies but these do not necessarily meet objective standards Sophie the wise Whale says If you have to buy first look lor the logo as far as its concerned the Niagara Escarpment is no place fox a dump To ensure the New Democratic Party doesnt have a case of amnesia when it comes to POWERS concerns the groups President Barbara Halsall presented each of the provincial governments cabinet ministers with a jar of nuts labelled Escarpment Dumps Are Nuts at the NDP convention held in Toronto this past weekend Ms Halsall said Monday the group is hopeful the jar will jolt the NDP cabinets collective memory when the province con siders the viability of a proposal by Miltonbased Reclamation Systems Incorporated RSI to convert the Acton quarry into a landfill Saying there are so many en vironmental issues before the provincial government POWER wants to ensure that its concerns dont get lost in the shuffle said Ms Halsall Ms Halsall wants the govern ment to just say no to the RSI proposal now instead of allowing it to proceed through the remain ing part of the Environmental Assessment Act process She justifies her position citing a communique dated March 29 that the now Environ ment Minister Ruth Grier wrote I assume that if the Escarpment is a Biosphere Reserve which It is you will have no further need to worry about quarries and If it was wrong to dump gar bage on the Escarpment before the election it should also be wrong now said Ms Under the Environmental Assessment Act Ms Grier is ex pected to review government agency comments on the RSI pro posal at the end of this month said Ms Halsall The Minister is then expected to call a 30 day public comment period and Ms is hoping all Halton Hills residents will write letters oppos ing the dump SAME DAY TAX RETURNS Guelph St Georgetown 8772217 Have You Skied Mansfield Lately We are bigger and better now with a quadruple chairlift and new and expanded runs We have a great lineup of events and prices for March Break Come and ski with us for special prices prizes races barbeques and All of the fun that goes with SPRING SKIING MANSFIELD SKI CLUB Airport Road Km north of highway 89 Call us for the latest information at 4353838 or one of millions of species sharing planet Earth and whereas the future of the Earth is severely threatened by the activities of this single species 2 Whereas our planet has already lost much of its former wilderness character thereby endangering many species and ecosystems 3 Whereas Canadians still have the opportunity to complete a network of protected areas representing the biological diver sity of our country Whereas Canadas remain ing wild places be they land or water merit protection for their 5 Whereas the protection of wilderness also meets an intrin sic human need for spiritual rekindling and artistic inspira tion Whereas Canadas once vast wilderness had deeply shaped the national identity and continues to profoundly influence how we view ourselves as Canadians Whereas Canadas aboriginal peoples hold deep and direct ties to wilderness areas throughout Canada and seek to maintain options for traditional wilderness use Whereas protected areas can serve a variety of purposes in cluding a preserving a genetic reservoir of wild plants and animals for future use and ap preciation by citizens of Canada and the world b producing economic benefits from en vironmentally sensitive tourism c offering opportunities for research and environmental education Whereas the opportunity to complete a national network of protected areas must be grasped and acted upon during the next ten years or be lost WE AGREE AND URGE 1 That governments in dustries environmental groups and individual Canadians com mit themselves to a national ef fort to establish at least one representative protected area in each of the natural regions of Canada by the year 2000 That the total area thereby protected comprise at least 12 of the lands and waters of Canada as recommended in the World Commission on Environment and Developments report OUR COMMON FUTURE 3 That public and private agen cies at international national provincial territorial and local levels rigorously monitor pro gress toward meeting these goals in Canada and ensure that they are fully achieved and That federal provincial and territorial government conserva tion agencies on behalf of all Canadians develop action plans by 1990 for achieving these goals by the year You can make a difference 73 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN John 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