September
5, 2008
“DEVOLIN
ANNOUNCES $72,045 FOR
LAKE SIMCOE
CLEAN-UP”
BEAVERTON
– Local
MP Barry Devolin, on behalf of the Honourable John Baird, Minister
of the Environment, today announced $72,045 in funding for
Lake Simcoe clean-up projects in
Brock
Township
and
Kawartha Lakes
.
The
funding will be used for some of the following projects:
- $22,000
for the McGee Creek Fencing Project in
Kawartha Lakes
- $13,285
for the Beaver River Erosion and Fish Habitat Creation in
Beaverton
- $25,000
for the Gordon Drain Manure Storage and Management project
near Cannington
- $6,000
Portage
Manure Storage in
Kawartha Lakes
- $5,760
for
Talbot
River
Erosion and Habitat Creation in the
Township
of
Brock
“Our
Government has been clear that action needs to be taken to clean up
Lake Simcoe
,” said Devolin. “Today’s announcement demonstrates real,
meaningful, on-the-ground action for
Lake Simcoe
.
We’re
moving forward and cleaning up this
Ontario
jewel.”
Virginia
Hackson, Councillor for the Town of
East Gwillimbury
and chair of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority,
expressed appreciation to the federal government and Environment
Canada. "This new funding advances our effort to restore
balance to our watershed and to our lake," she said. "And
balance is what lies at the heart of what we are all working for.
Balance will help us achieve an environment that fulfills our needs
today, and will be there to fulfill the needs of the generations to
follow."
“As
Brock
Township
’s MP, one of my priorities is fighting to preserve
and protect
Lake Simcoe
’s environment,"
said Devolin. “I’m pleased to be able to partner with such a
strong, environmental leader such as the Lake Simcoe Region
Conservation Authority. I
believe it represents one more example of our community’s
commitment to clean up the
Lake
.”
Projects
funded by the Lake Simcoe Clean-Up Fund are designed to preserve and
protect the environment of
Lake Simcoe
. These projects are part of an overall investment of $30 million
over five years, which was announced in February 2008.
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For
more information contact:
Barry
Devolin, MP
Ken Neale, LSRCA
(705)
324-2400 or (866) 688-9881
(905) 895-1281