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Why was habitat ‘vandalized’?

Dear Editor:

The original Mosquito Creck
Park court focation was 160 feet
farther south because that is rela-
tively stable ground, The current
location was to be preserved
because It is a natural ground-
water basin.

Two interrelated ecosystems ex-
isted here, a wetland and a forest
bog, supporting. salamanders and
frogs and providing winter habitat
for hawks and owls.

This was important because it
represented a degree of biodiver-
sity not found: elsewhere within
the ravine. :

In March, the wetland basin
was filled with compressed gravel
and the streams: entering it were
diverted. As a result, surrounding
habitat is drying out.

. This. was done without prior
- public notification, without an en-
vironmental impact study or

evaluation by Fisheries.
A representative stated: ‘‘Fish-
eries prefers to maintain the in-

“tegrity of ravines from the top of

the slope to the stream below.
This includes not interfering with
watercourses in the ravines and
preserving wetland or groundwater
busins."”

With three other locations
available nearby, why was this en-
vironmentally sensitive location
vandalized by the city?

In June 1992, North Yancouver
City Council designated Mosquito
Creck Park. ss a Green Zone
within the GVED,

This program is a pledge to
preserve, protect. and restore
selected green areas as a natural
heritage, in perpetuity.

The park is fisted under
categories relating: to salmon
Streams, steep slopes and
wetlands,

In the near future, the GVRD
will ask municipalities to begin
removing facilities from Green
Zones. North Vancouver City will
be the first to do the opposite.

There are so many problems
with this project: excavation into
an unstable slope; development in
a wetland; destruction of wildlife
habitat.

{tis hard to believe that the cost
to move the gravel 50 feet or 100
feet south is not affordable.

The wetland habitat could then
be restored. entirely, but that
would be a win-win situation and
of course we couldn’! have that.

The forest bog ecosystem should
be stabilized and restored. But
how can this be done when the
city is not prepared to change de-
velopment plans one inch?

Karen Mitne
North Vancouver

Learn to handle important stage of life

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. the following question: ‘‘What
Management plan would you im-
plement if [ had @ potentially ter-
minal illness?°’

Not knowing that your loved
one is. in. the immediate dying
‘process while in hospital can sét

the stage for a horror story.

Finding out later that. it. was
known (o the attending specialist
adds more horror to the tragedy
of not saying ‘‘goodbye.”*

When the specialist stated that
in his view the palliative care team
had nothing to offer I was
outraged.

Two physicians have suggested
that my anger is misplaced and

that I am angry about my hus-
band's death.

Physicians in B.C. are not re-
quired to take training in how to
deal with death and dying.

I suggest that everyone make
sure that their physician knows
how to handle this important stage
of life.

Thelma Dickey
Vancouver

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