Public pressure brought by a consortium of environmental groups known as the Peninsula Biosolids Coalition, which includes the Mount Work Coalition to support Motion to CRD Board to end land application of toxic biosolids near Mount Work Park and Durrance Lake. Sign the Petition. Urge CRD to adopt the safe alternatives.
Read MoreMembers of the Mount Work Coalition note with approval your support Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT) and the purchase of 50 acres of land to create a new regional park. Given the importance you attach to preserving our green spaces, we hope you will apply the same logic when it examining the draft Solid Waste Management Plan currently under development by CRD staff which proposes the destruction of 73 acres of forest almost identical to the Mountain Road property you are working to save.
Read MoreDespite known species at risk at Hartland and the surrounding parks, CRD plans to destroy 73 acres of forest, including old growth Douglas Fir, to blast a big hole to dump garbage into and decimate known habitat for the Threatened Western Screech-Owl for years to come.
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