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Event in Room: Cafe
Please join us at the Lydia and Sally Cafe, for the AGM of the Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society.
Our watershed is where we live; it is like a neighborhood where all the plants, animals and people in our community share water.
The Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society was formed to be a voice for the Commons Watershed. The APWPS was formed in 2006 by residents who were concerned about the proposed expansion of the Fundy Gypsum mine across the Ferry Road. Time was of the essence when gathering public support for protection of the watershed and move toward a more sustainable vision of our shared future.
The Avon Peninsula in Hants County, Nova Scotia, is bounded to the west by the Avon River, to the south by the St. Croix River, to the north by the Kennetcook River, and to the east by the Lawrence Road. The peninsula’s watershed is the area of land that rain flows across or through on its way to our wells, wetlands, ponds, streams, marshes and tidal rivers.
The eastern part of the peninsula has been deeply impacted by gypsum mining. However the high, wooded land in the interior of the western part of the peninsula is still relatively intact. It is the heart of our watershed, as it is where the headwaters begin, and where most of our wildlife habitat is. Underlying the heartland is one of the most complex “gypsum karst” geological formations on the planet, which gives rise to the fragile hydrology, unique ecology, and very special landscape of the gypsum woods.
Many community residents still refer to the western wooded upland of the watershed as the Commons. Although owned by individual community members, the Commons was once managed collectively by local farmers. It was valued as a sustainable source of firewood and lumber for local residents.
In 2006 the heritage of the Commons Watershed had become threatened. As Fundy Gypsum, a division of United States Gypsum, acquired woodland—which is often subsequently clear cut—the watershed would be degraded in the absence of the moderating influence of the trees. A proposal to start industrial mining in the watershed could spell a future where our quality of life would be ruined, for generations to come, with no net benefit to the community or our watershed. The life it sustains would be degraded, if not destroyed. Thanks to community involvement in 2010 the mine's plans for expansion were successfully halted and the watershed remains protected to this day.
infoavonriver@gmail.com
9027571718
Event in Room: Cafe
Please join us at the Lydia and Sally Cafe, for the AGM of the Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society.
Our watershed is where we live; it is like a neighborhood where all the plants, animals and people in our community share water.
The Avon Peninsula Watershed Preservation Society was formed to be a voice for the Commons Watershed. The APWPS was formed in 2006 by residents who were concerned about the proposed expansion of the Fundy Gypsum mine across the Ferry Road. Time was of the essence when gathering public support for protection of the watershed and move toward a more sustainable vision of our shared future.
The Avon Peninsula in Hants County, Nova Scotia, is bounded to the west by the Avon River, to the south by the St. Croix River, to the north by the Kennetcook River, and to the east by the Lawrence Road. The peninsula’s watershed is the area of land that rain flows across or through on its way to our wells, wetlands, ponds, streams, marshes and tidal rivers.
The eastern part of the peninsula has been deeply impacted by gypsum mining. However the high, wooded land in the interior of the western part of the peninsula is still relatively intact. It is the heart of our watershed, as it is where the headwaters begin, and where most of our wildlife habitat is. Underlying the heartland is one of the most complex “gypsum karst” geological formations on the planet, which gives rise to the fragile hydrology, unique ecology, and very special landscape of the gypsum woods.
Many community residents still refer to the western wooded upland of the watershed as the Commons. Although owned by individual community members, the Commons was once managed collectively by local farmers. It was valued as a sustainable source of firewood and lumber for local residents.
In 2006 the heritage of the Commons Watershed had become threatened. As Fundy Gypsum, a division of United States Gypsum, acquired woodland—which is often subsequently clear cut—the watershed would be degraded in the absence of the moderating influence of the trees. A proposal to start industrial mining in the watershed could spell a future where our quality of life would be ruined, for generations to come, with no net benefit to the community or our watershed. The life it sustains would be degraded, if not destroyed. Thanks to community involvement in 2010 the mine's plans for expansion were successfully halted and the watershed remains protected to this day.
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