{"id":29287,"date":"2024-02-21T23:20:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T04:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/?p=29287"},"modified":"2024-03-07T16:29:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T21:29:57","slug":"ontarios-species-at-risk-act-threatened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pibo.ca\/en\/ontarios-species-at-risk-act-threatened\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario\u2019s Species-at-Risk Act Threatened"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"29287\" class=\"elementor elementor-29287\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cb9e152 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cb9e152\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38d8b01\" data-id=\"38d8b01\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e500d71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e500d71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ontario\u2019s Species-at-Risk Act Threatened<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc68d9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc68d9a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-934a212\" data-id=\"934a212\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66b8871 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66b8871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Ontario government wants to water down the province\u2019s Species-at-Risk Act in order to push through its plans to build Highway 413, a mega-project that will cut through 220 wetlands, 85 waterways, the Greenbelt, and the protected habitat of 11 at-risk species, including those of seven birds.<\/p><p>Claiming that the new highway is necessary to facilitate access to new housing north of Toronto, the Ford government is introducing amendments to the Ontario Species-at-Risk Act that reduces by half the amount of time a habitat can be protected. Currently the Act states that if a species-at-risk has occupied a particular habitat in the past 20 years, that habitat must be protected and\/or restored. The new legislation would reduce that period to 10 years.<\/p><p>That would mean the end of measures to protect 11 at-risk species, including the Chimney swift, the Barn swallow, the Olive-sided flycatcher, the Bobolink, the Bank swallow, the Eastern meadowlark, and the Wood thrush.<\/p><p>\u2018This is exactly the kind of project that is threatening rare bird species in Mexico,\u201d says Rodrigo Lopez, author of <em>The Rose-bellied Bunting<\/em>, and PIBO\u2019s guest birder at this year\u2019s Springsong. On Sunday, May 12, on Pelee Island, Mr. Lopez will deliver a talk on the dangers of such disregard for critical bird habitat. \u201cGovernments need to recognize the importance of preserving as much natural habitat as possible,\u201d he says, \u201cnot only for bird conservation, but for humans as well.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-672dfcc\" data-id=\"672dfcc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82fe3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b82fe3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure 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class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The Eastern meadowlark is one of 7 at-risk species threated by Ontario\u2019s proposed Highway 413.<br \/>Illustration by Alfred Dug\u00e8s.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ontario government wants to water down the province\u2019s Species-at-Risk Act in order to push through its plans to build Highway 413, a mega-project that will cut through 220 wetlands, 85 waterways, the Greenbelt, and the protected habitat of 11 at-risk species, including those of 11 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