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BIOLOGICAL ISSUES

Over time this section will be greatly expanded to provide the community a single source for all that is known about the Cawthra Bush. A great resource for school projects.

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PhotoGallery
and
details about the all that lives in the
Cawthra Bush

It is uncommon for a member of the public to stand up to government or business
and fight for nature and its wildlife.

It is more uncommon to win that fight
and even more so to gain more than what was originally set out to accomplish.

Such as to greatly raise the environmental significance of a natural area,
which was done in the Cawthra Bush's case.

It is most uncommon to help advance science in the process
but that did happen in this case.

An important discovery was made and photographed,
then published in a scientific study regarding amphibian habitats.

An accomplish to take a great deal of  pride in.



BIO-FACTS REGARDING THE CAWTHRA BUSH
The work done by consultants, studies and other government sources.

The Urban Amphibian Bunker
2 new discussion pages have been add that deal with;
Amphibian - Mole (Jefferson) Salamander &  Herptile in general Habitat Creation and Protection, in Urban/Park Forests/Wetlands.

IMPORTANT Discovery During a School Outing.
Students find the snakes and salamanders that the high paid government consultants could NOT!

Flowers with Wings are Butterflies.
Monarch Butterfly rescue, many pictures of every detail and well covered by the press.

The Positive Benefits of Urban and Forest in General to the Surrounding Human Community
Including; Medical Benefits (just looking at a forest can improve your health and help heal you!), Real Estate Values & Trees or Forests, Urban Hydrology,  Local Economic Development, Trees as Religious Symbols, Psychological, The Sensory Dimensions of Trees and other interesting effects.

DEATH'S BOUNTIFUL BANQUET

The Negative Impacts on the Environment by Human and Urban Development
A listing of material sent regarding the request for studies, documents etc., that in some way referred to the negative impacts of human urban development on the natural environment.

LETTERS
from the academic community, in regards to the Cawthra Bush.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
(COSEWIC)

The Ontario Vernal Pool Association

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BIO-FACTS REGARDING THE CAWTHRA BUSH

 ANSI - AREAS OF NATURAL AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST  IN SITE DISTRICT 7-4 - September 1984
Ontario Ministry of Nature Resources.

SILVICULTURAL PRESCRIPTION "MARKING" - (1993)
The Ministry of Natural Resources help the City of Mississauga mark the trees for logging and clearly states this is a "commercial cut."

Natural Areas Survey  - City of Mississauga  -  Natural Areas Fact Sheet by Geomatics International  -  (1996)



The City's "MAINTENANCE LEVEL" for the

Cawthra Bush from a 1988 parks manual.
 


LETTERS
from the academic community, in regards to the Cawthra Bush. In some cases there are notes after the letter for further explanation.

1)
The Feb. 22/94 letter from Chris Lompart, Federation of Ontario Naturalists.
2 pages

2)
The Feb. 21/94 letter from Dr. Paul F. Maycock, Forest Ecologist, Erindale Collage, University of Toronto. Comments on the Cawthra Old Growth Forest.
2 pages

3)
The Aug. 6/97 letter from Ross MacCulloch, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum.
1 page.

4)
The Sept. 19/97 letter from Dr. J.P. Bogart, University of Guelph, College of Biological Science, Department of Zoology.
1 page.

5)
The Oct. 22/97 letter from Wayne F. Weller, M.Sc.
2 pages.

6)
The Nov. 8/97 letter from Robert Morris, Biologist, Credit Valley Conservation.
2 pages.

7)
The Jan. 6/98 letter from Dr. James P. Bogart & Joshua V. Feltham, B.Sc., University of Guelph, College of Biological Science, Department of Zoology.
1 page.

8)
The Jan. 20/98 letter from Robert Morris, Biologist, Credit Valley Conservation.
2 pages.

9)
The Jan. 21/98 letter from Bob Baker, Forester, Credit Valley Conservation.
2 pages.

10)
The Feb. 5/98 letter from Dr. James P. Bogart, University of Guelph, College of Biological Science, Department of Zoology.
1 page.

11)
The Mar. 27/98 letter from Heather Passmore, Adopt-a-pond Coordinator, Toronto Zoo.
2 pages.

12)
The Apr. 24/98 letter plus its enclosures, from Michael J. Oldham, Botanist/herpetologist, Natural Heritage Information Centre,
Ministry of Natural Resources.

1 pages + 4 pages noting the Jefferson salamander in the Ontario Wetlands Evaluation System and its Provincial Ranking.

13)
The Apr. 30/98 letter from Dr. J.P. Bogart, University of Guelph, College of Biological Science, Department of Zoology.
3 page.

14)
The Apr. /98 letter from Jonathan Wright, Editor & Publisher of Reptile Life.
1 Page.

15)
The May 5/98 letter from B. Scott Konkle, O.A.L.A., Director of Watershed Planning and Engineering, Hamilton Region Conservation Authority.
2 pages

16)
The May 7/98 letter from Dr. Premek Hamr.
2 pages, second page notes the other aquatic fauna found in the Cawthra Bush.

17)
The May 11/98 letter from Stan A. Orchard, Chairman and National Co-ordinator, of the Canadian Amphibian an Reptile Conservation Network (DAPCAN), including the Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network.
1 page.

18)
The May 13/98 letter plus its enclosures, from Michael J. Oldham, Botanist/herpetologist, Natural Heritage Information Centre,
Ministry of Natural Resources.

2 pages.

19)
The May 14/98 letter from Carolyn Seburn, Vice-chairman and Co-ordinator for eastern Canada, of the Canadian Amphibian an Reptile Conservation Network (DAPCAN), including the Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network.
2 pages.

20)
The May 19/98 letter from Brian McHattie, Conservation Director, Hamilton Naturalists' Club.
2 pages.

21)
The June 16/98 letter from Bill Lamond B.Sc., author of: The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Hamilton Area.
1 page.

22)
The June 17/98 letter from Dr. Paul F. Maycock, Forest Ecologist, Erindale Collage, University of Toronto. Comments on the Cawthra Old Growth Forest.
3 pages.

23)
The June 9/98 letter from Stephen D. Murphy B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D.
2 pages.

24)
The June 17/98 letter from Victoria Richards, Land Securement Officer, Nature Conservancy Canada.
1 page.

25)
The June 26/98 letter from Linda Pim, Conservation Policy Coordinator & Sandy Symmes, Club & Regional Support Coordinator, Federation of Ontario Naturalists. 1 page.

26)
The June 30/98 letter from Ross MacCulloch, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum.
1 page.

27)
The July 6/98 letter from Sheri Ross & Corey Lewis both Fish and Wildlife Technologists at the, The Wetland Specialists.
3 pages.

28)
The July 7/98 letter from Heather Hamilton, Executive Coordinator at the Canadian Biodiversity Institute.
1 page.

29)
The Wildland News, a news letter put out by the Wildlands League, summer 1998.
1 page.

30)
The Aug. 5/98 letter from April Souwand, M.A., M.C.I.P., Senior Environmental Planner, The Corporation of the City of Cambridge.
1 page.

31)
The Aug. 6/98 letter from Steve Varge, Inventory Biologist, Ministry of Natural Resources, Aurora District.
1 page.

32)
The May 6/99 letter from Prof. D. Dudley Williams, Ph.D., D.Sc. Professor of Zoology (Fairy Shrimp)
1 page.

33)
The Feb. 22/02 letter from David M. Green, Chair of the COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ENDANGERED WILDLIFE IN CANADA (COSEWIC), about the Federal ranking of the Jefferson Salamander.
1 page.

34)
Discovery at Cawthra Bush
Amphibian Voice  -  Summer 2002 -  The  Newsletter of the Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Programme at the Toronto Zoo.
2 pages - Centre spread!

35)
The Vernalis Project    by Bentley Christie
 Searching Ontario for Ephemeral Wetland Habitat
Amphibian Voice  -  Summer 2002 -  The  Newsletter of the Adopt-A-Pond Wetland Conservation Programme at the Toronto Zoo.
2 pages - Cover & second page.


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