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www.durhamregion.com THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, OCTOBER 30, 2002 PAGE 5 Durham ready to gamble with environment? Region to investigate special casino fund for conservation ï BY JACQUIE MCINNES Staff Writer DURHAM - A plan to put casino revenues into conserving the region's region's environmen tally-sensitive lands has received a warm initial reception reception at regional council and will be investigated further. Scugog Mayor Doug Moffatt and Whitby Regional Councillor Gerry Emm have proposed a plan to take Durham's share of earnings from slot machines at the Great Blue Heron to purchase environmentally- sensitive land in Durham. ■ "This money can be set aside for all the region as a tool to assist us in building a fund to invest, in environmental environmental conservation of lands as they become available," Mayor Moffatt told regional council during a meeting meeting last week. The money earned from the slot machines "as a budget trimmer has no real impact," he said, noting the revenues when applied to the tax levy will only chop about $1.25 off the average resident's tax bill. But when put to use to purchase important environmental lands, the money, he said, could do a lot more. Pickering Councillor Mark Holland Holland called the plan "laudable" and suggested the regional finance committee committee should review it to create a workable framework in co-ordina tion with the local conservation authorities. authorities. "Clearly there has been a deficient deficient amount of lands brought under the conservation authority's public trust and that needs to be remedied," Coun. Holland said. "There are lands we're going to need to protect that are important to our watershed." The Region has already received $872,035 from the slot machine revenues revenues to date. 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