Carefull here Charles you may be writting about something you know absolutely nothing about. This is a private property and they can do what they want with it and there is nothing you can do about it. Plus what do you know about forestry or land development?
save our The UNB Woodlot is over 3,500 acres of wondrous wild woods found across from the Regent Mall on Regent Street or south of Vanier Highway centred on Highway 101. This land was given to UNB on the condition that it be used for the benefit of the university and the wider community.
Many citizens of Fredericton enjoy the Woodlot is as a place of recreation and refuge and escape from the increasing proliferation of concrete, asphalt, litter, light, noise and visual pollution. “..the Woodlot is of low social and cultural value.” – the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed road through the Woodlot, prepared by environmental consultants Jacques Whitford for the City of Fredericton. In recent years, UNB and the City of Fredericton have reached the conclusion that it is best to develop this land. For instance, 99 year leases are being granted to big business like the Home Depots. The Department of Environment is expected to grant approval for the EIA of a proposed road that will cut through the woodlot and affect a number of wetlands. Machines are already clearing land at the corner of Alison and Kimble before EIA approval. The development of the Woodlot is unconsciousable in today’s knowledge of the conservation importance of such natural gems. save our The UNB Woodlot is over 3,500 acres of wondrous wild woods found across from the Regent Mall on Regent Street or south of Vanier Highway centred on Highway 101. This land was given to UNB on the condition that it be used for the benefit of the university and the wider community. Many citizens of Fredericton enjoy the Woodlot is as a place of recreation and refuge and escape from the increasing proliferation of concrete, asphalt, litter, light, noise and visual pollution. “..the Woodlot is of low social and cultural value.” – the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the proposed road through the Woodlot, prepared by environmental consultants Jacques Whitford for the City of Fredericton. In recent years, UNB and the City of Fredericton have reached the conclusion that it is best to develop this land. For instance, 99 year leases are being granted to big business like the Home Depots. The Department of Environment is expected to grant approval for the EIA of a proposed road that will cut through the woodlot and affect a number of wetlands. Machines are already clearing land at the corner of Alison and Kimble before EIA approval. The development of the Woodlot is unconsciousable in today’s knowledge of the conservation importance of such natural gems. (www.unb.ca/lms) The Woodlot is one of the most unique treasures found in Fredericton. How many cities can boast a wild area of its size in its city limits? The UNB Woodlot is four times the size of Vancouver’s much celebrated Stanley Park but sadly the UNB Woodlot does not garner the same respect and protection. The Woodlot is home to mature forest, wetlands and wildlife including several species of conservation concern. Green spaces are becoming increasingly more valuable and appreciated particularly near urban centres. Natural wetlands and mature trees and the associated flora and fauna are necessary to ensure protection of water sources. The Woodlot is used by students and faculty as an important natural research lab for fish ecology, forestry and other studies. Urban forests such as woodlots reduce air pollutants and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a key factor in mitigating climate change. * Take a Stand for the Woodlot! * 1. Write UNB and the City of Fredericton and tell them you care about the Woodlot and want to see it protected. To receive contact information for letters, contact the Woodlot Watch group at forest@conservationcouncil.ca 2. Spread the word. Write a letter to the editor. Get on the radio. 3. Join the Woodlot Watch group, a group of citizens who care about the fate of the Woodlot. Earth Day 2007 Gathering in the Woodlot! 1:30 PM, Sunday, April 22 (www.unb.ca/lms) The Woodlot is one of the most unique treasures found in Fredericton. How many cities can boast a wild area of its size in its city limits? The UNB Woodlot is four times the size of Vancouver’s much celebrated Stanley Park but sadly the UNB Woodlot does not garner the same respect and protection. The Woodlot is home to mature forest, wetlands and wildlife including several species of conservation concern. Green spaces are becoming increasingly more valuable and appreciated particularly near urban centres. Natural wetlands and mature trees and the associated flora and fauna are necessary to ensure protection of water sources. The Woodlot is used by students and faculty as an important natural research lab for fish ecology, forestry and other studies. Urban forests such as woodlots reduce air pollutants and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a key factor in mitigating climate change. * Take a Stand for the Woodlot! * 1. Write UNB and the City of Fredericton and tell them you care about the Woodlot and want to see it protected. To receive contact information for letters, contact the Woodlot Watch group at forest@conservationcouncil.ca 2. Spread the word. Write a letter to the editor. Get on the radio. 3. Join the Woodlot Watch group, a group of citizens who care about the fate of the Woodlot. Earth Day 2007 Gathering in the Woodlot! 1:30 PM, Sunday, April 22 Proposed Development Proposed Development
This is a private property it belongs to UNB not the citizens of Fredericton or NB. Yes people use it for walking or biking etc... But if the owners want to stop that practice then they have that choice. If you think that the public has a say in this then maybe I should start petitions and protests because you plant a certain plant in your flower garden that I don't like.
You don't get it do you? It's private property they can do what they want with it as long as they are not breaking any laws, just like you can do with your own property. If you like it that much why don't you buy the lease for 99 years and leave it as a forest?
From your rant about the conservation council I can see that you are a treehugger. Hey were do you go shopping? what is your house made of? Hey that store use to be a forest, hey that 2X4 use to be a tree, hey that toilet paper used to be a tree etc... So you are just like the rest of the world population you use the natural resource for various things, you are just pissed off because the private property that you use is going to change and you will be forced to trespass on someone else's property to go hiking or walking.
Hey I would like to see it stay a forest also as I went to UNB and used it for labs and I am attached to it, but as an alumni to the university I wrote to voice my displeasure but they decided to move ahead and there is nothing I can do. They have that right just like I have the right to cut my woodlot if I chose to.
UNB is a Public Institution receiving 57% of its operating budget from tax payers and 35% of it from the students attending there. So, this institution is indeed accountable to the public.
The post before me covers the value of the woodlot nicely.
Nope CJ is right. It is a private institution that does receive funding from governments, but they are completely private and owe nothing to the public.
A university is not a private school, no universities in Canada are private. They recieve most of their funds from taxpayers and operate under a charter. However, at some universities there are certain faculties that are private, but they still have to answer to the Board of Governors. But the Board of Governors certainly doesn't OWN the university.
Even if they were private it makes no difference. First, it depends under what conditions it was given to them. If it was given for a specific purpose and they deviate from that, then they can be sued-or better yet stopped.
Even private property has serious limits, there is no such thing as 'completely' private property in Canada. If the government really wants to expropriate your land they can do so and have, just ask the people who own land where the gas pipeline goes.
Even on private property there are numerous rules. In many municipalities you can even get into trouble if you replace your front lawn with wildflowers. Grass cannot be more than 6 inches high, and if you painted a giant swastika on the side of your house I guarantee it wouldn't last the month.
So just rolling over certainly shouldn't be an option, too many people do that with too many decisions. There are all kinds of things that can be done, if you DON"T want to do anything then that's your right, but don't preach at people who are not willing to roll over with every government decision that comes along. Just because a person lives in a house and uses toilet paper is no reason they can't protest cutting the woodlot.
I dont see why people have such a problem with the development of a very small portion of the UNB woodlot. The EIA was conducted, and the environmental impacts were considered low. I work at Jacques Whitford (the company that conucted the EIA) as an environmental engineer and they are one of the top environment consulting firms in the country. I highly doubt that the people opposed to the development in the general public have more knowledge of the environmental effects of the project than some of the most respected and knowledgealbe Environemtal experts in the country. Besides there are plenty of forested areas in the City and Provice, so suck it up.
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Carefull here Charles you may be writting about something you know absolutely nothing about. This is a private property and they can do what they want with it and there is nothing you can do about it. Plus what do you know about forestry or land development?
I love when someone used a username.
Moi? Blogging something that I don't know nothing about???
Of course I don't know anything about this issue!!!
This is what bloggers do!
Bloggers are readers who leaves the comments telling me that I'm full of Sh#t and they tell me their side of the issue.
I just blogged the issue and move along.
Maybe the group who are holding a tour on Sunday will explain?
Who knows???
Plenty of new jobs, plus the economic spin-offs of several new businesses, but what to we hear? Treehuggers whining about it.
The sign says "Opening Spring 2007" and I've been patiently waiting for 2 of those stores to open but it's already way behind schedule.
As for what bloggers do. No, they don't just post inflammatory statements that they know nothing about, they actually post their OPINION on topics.
save our The UNB Woodlot is over 3,500 acres of wondrous
wild woods found across from the Regent Mall on
Regent Street or south of Vanier Highway centred
on Highway 101. This land was given to UNB on the
condition that it be used for the benefit of the
university and the wider community.
Many citizens of Fredericton enjoy the Woodlot is as
a place of recreation and refuge and escape from the
increasing proliferation of concrete, asphalt, litter,
light, noise and visual pollution.
“..the Woodlot is of low social and cultural
value.” – the Environmental Impact Assessment
(EIA) for the proposed road through the Woodlot,
prepared by environmental consultants Jacques
Whitford for the City of Fredericton.
In recent years, UNB and the City of Fredericton
have reached the conclusion that it is best to develop
this land. For instance, 99 year leases are being
granted to big business like the Home Depots. The
Department of Environment is expected to grant
approval for the EIA of a proposed road that will
cut through the woodlot and affect a number of
wetlands. Machines are already clearing land at the
corner of Alison and Kimble before EIA approval.
The development of the Woodlot is unconsciousable
in today’s knowledge of the conservation importance
of such natural gems.
save
our
The UNB Woodlot is over 3,500 acres of wondrous
wild woods found across from the Regent Mall on
Regent Street or south of Vanier Highway centred on
Highway 101. This land was given to UNB on the
condition that it be used for the benefit of the
university and the wider community.
Many citizens of Fredericton enjoy the Woodlot is as a
place of recreation and refuge and escape from the
increasing proliferation of concrete, asphalt, litter,
light, noise and visual pollution.
“..the Woodlot is of low social and cultural value.”
– the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the
proposed road through the Woodlot, prepared by
environmental consultants Jacques Whitford for the
City of Fredericton.
In recent years, UNB and the City of Fredericton have
reached the conclusion that it is best to develop this
land. For instance, 99 year leases are being granted to
big business like the Home Depots. The Department
of Environment is expected to grant approval for the
EIA of a proposed road that will cut through the
woodlot and affect a number of wetlands. Machines
are already clearing land at the corner of Alison and
Kimble before EIA approval.
The development of the Woodlot is unconsciousable
in today’s knowledge of the conservation importance
of such natural gems.
(www.unb.ca/lms)
The Woodlot is one of the most unique treasures
found in Fredericton. How many cities can boast a
wild area of its size in its city limits? The UNB
Woodlot is four times the size of Vancouver’s much
celebrated Stanley Park but sadly the UNB Woodlot
does not garner the same respect and protection.
The Woodlot is home to mature forest, wetlands and
wildlife including several species of conservation
concern. Green spaces are becoming increasingly
more valuable and appreciated particularly near urban
centres. Natural wetlands and mature trees and the
associated flora and fauna are necessary to ensure
protection of water sources.
The Woodlot is used by students and faculty as an
important natural research lab for fish ecology,
forestry and other studies.
Urban forests such as woodlots reduce air pollutants
and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a key
factor in mitigating climate change.
* Take a Stand for the Woodlot! *
1. Write UNB and the City of Fredericton and tell them
you care about the Woodlot and want to see it protected.
To receive contact information for letters, contact the
Woodlot Watch group at forest@conservationcouncil.ca
2. Spread the word. Write a letter to the editor. Get on
the radio.
3. Join the Woodlot Watch group, a group of citizens
who care about the fate of the Woodlot.
Earth Day 2007 Gathering in the Woodlot!
1:30 PM, Sunday, April 22
(www.unb.ca/lms)
The Woodlot is one of the most unique treasures
found in Fredericton. How many cities can boast a wild
area of its size in its city limits? The UNB Woodlot is
four times the size of Vancouver’s much celebrated
Stanley Park but sadly the UNB Woodlot does not
garner the same respect and protection.
The Woodlot is home to mature forest, wetlands and
wildlife including several species of conservation
concern. Green spaces are becoming increasingly more
valuable and appreciated particularly near urban
centres. Natural wetlands and mature trees and the
associated flora and fauna are necessary to ensure
protection of water sources.
The Woodlot is used by students and faculty as an
important natural research lab for fish ecology, forestry
and other studies.
Urban forests such as woodlots reduce air pollutants
and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which is a key
factor in mitigating climate change.
* Take a Stand for the Woodlot! *
1. Write UNB and the City of Fredericton and tell them
you care about the Woodlot and want to see it protected.
To receive contact information for letters, contact the
Woodlot Watch group at forest@conservationcouncil.ca
2. Spread the word. Write a letter to the editor. Get on the
radio.
3. Join the Woodlot Watch group, a group of citizens who
care about the fate of the Woodlot.
Earth Day 2007 Gathering in the Woodlot!
1:30 PM, Sunday, April 22
Proposed Development Proposed Development
Annon 10:00am
This is a private property it belongs to UNB not the citizens of Fredericton or NB. Yes people use it for walking or biking etc... But if the owners want to stop that practice then they have that choice. If you think that the public has a say in this then maybe I should start petitions and protests because you plant a certain plant in your flower garden that I don't like.
You don't get it do you? It's private property they can do what they want with it as long as they are not breaking any laws, just like you can do with your own property. If you like it that much why don't you buy the lease for 99 years and leave it as a forest?
From your rant about the conservation council I can see that you are a treehugger. Hey were do you go shopping? what is your house made of? Hey that store use to be a forest, hey that 2X4 use to be a tree, hey that toilet paper used to be a tree etc... So you are just like the rest of the world population you use the natural resource for various things, you are just pissed off because the private property that you use is going to change and you will be forced to trespass on someone else's property to go hiking or walking.
Hey I would like to see it stay a forest also as I went to UNB and used it for labs and I am attached to it, but as an alumni to the university I wrote to voice my displeasure but they decided to move ahead and there is nothing I can do. They have that right just like I have the right to cut my woodlot if I chose to.
UNB is a Public Institution receiving 57% of its operating budget from tax payers and 35% of it from the students attending there. So, this institution is indeed accountable to the public.
The post before me covers the value of the woodlot nicely.
Nope CJ is right. It is a private institution that does receive funding from governments, but they are completely private and owe nothing to the public.
shouldn't cut any trees, there is no such thing as forest management.
A university is not a private school, no universities in Canada are private. They recieve most of their funds from taxpayers and operate under a charter. However, at some universities there are certain faculties that are private, but they still have to answer to the Board of Governors. But the Board of Governors certainly doesn't OWN the university.
Even if they were private it makes no difference. First, it depends under what conditions it was given to them. If it was given for a specific purpose and they deviate from that, then they can be sued-or better yet stopped.
Even private property has serious limits, there is no such thing as 'completely' private property in Canada. If the government really wants to expropriate your land they can do so and have, just ask the people who own land where the gas pipeline goes.
Even on private property there are numerous rules. In many municipalities you can even get into trouble if you replace your front lawn with wildflowers. Grass cannot be more than 6 inches high, and if you painted a giant swastika on the side of your house I guarantee it wouldn't last the month.
So just rolling over certainly shouldn't be an option, too many people do that with too many decisions. There are all kinds of things that can be done, if you DON"T want to do anything then that's your right, but don't preach at people who are not willing to roll over with every government decision that comes along. Just because a person lives in a house and uses toilet paper is no reason they can't protest cutting the woodlot.
This woodlot needs to be defended and CJ is wrong. Funny how CJ has to revert to name calling to cover his or her weak position.
It is essential for this road to be built if Fredericton ever wants to grow as a city.
The road layout in Fredericton is terrible, this will compensate for it (somewhat).
It won't fix everything, but it is a nice start.
I dont see why people have such a problem with the development of a very small portion of the UNB woodlot. The EIA was conducted, and the environmental impacts were considered low. I work at Jacques Whitford (the company that conucted the EIA) as an environmental engineer and they are one of the top environment consulting firms in the country. I highly doubt that the people opposed to the development in the general public have more knowledge of the environmental effects of the project than some of the most respected and knowledgealbe Environemtal experts in the country. Besides there are plenty of forested areas in the City and Provice, so suck it up.
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