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.
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.
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
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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