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Why the Rouge Needs National Park Status

14 Monday Nov 2011

Posted by rougenationalparkfriends in Home, Polls

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Carolinian Canada, Carolinian Forest Zone, Duffins Creek, endangered species, federal lands, First Nation, Lake Ontario, Markham, municipal, national historic site, National Park, Oak Ridges Moraine, Parks Canada, Pickering, protection, Provincial Greenbelt Plan, Rouge Park, Rouge River, watersheds

1. Better Protection: To avoid incremental degradation from development pressures, Rouge Park needs legal Park status and the protection provided by Parks Canada’s leadership and legislation.
2. Expertise: Rouge Park,a Carolinian Canada site with many nationally rare species, needs the expertise of Parks Canada to protect and restore the area’s rich natural and cultural heritage.
3. Additional Public Parkland: The federal government owns 57 km2 of Greenbelt land in north Markham and Pickering. Adding these public lands to the existing Rouge Park will complete the “Lake Ontario to Oak Ridges Moraine” ecological link and create a sustainable 100 km2 national park.
4. Better Funding: Rouge Park needs a stable source of funding to protect and restore the ecological and cultural integrity of the Park, acquire more land and improve trail systems and visitor programs.

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  • National park status sought for Rouge Valley A 16,000-hectare national park should be created on Toronto’s eastern boundary, stretching from Lake Ontario to the Oak Ridges Moraine …
  • Ontario cabinet minister: Ottawa failing to protect Rouge National Urban Park Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid writes that if Ottawa is unwilling to put stronger protections in the legislation creating the national park, the province won’t transfer the land.
  • UTSC partners with Parks Canada on Rouge National Urban Park In an historic agreement with Parks Canada, the University of Toronto Scarborough has taken …

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