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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1985-11-27, Page 23Page 6A-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1985 Ducks Unlimited raises Bruer Sully (left), chairman of the Goderich Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, and David Gray; Regional Chairman, admire a Hill Creighton painting When your car needs a friends... Give us a call!! GORD'S AUTO BODY Formerly gumboil Motors - Hwy. 83 DASHWOOD' Phan,: 237-3302 Gord Corr Manager OPENING DECE ER 1st. L Collision Service Customizing Rust Repair 2' Total Restorations and OH Undercoats *FREE ESTIMATES* Winter Special ! Discount on all Labour Charges Until May, 1986. Also FREE Stoneguard and Pinstripe on all complete paint fobs. 0 16, The Goderich committee of Ducks Unlimited raised • $16,000 for the preservation of wildlife habitat at their second annual fund raising auction held at the Candlelight Restaurant, Goderich on Friday night. An original painting by Bill Creighton, a St. Helens area artist and wildlife biologist, and a duck decoy carving by Jim Remington of Goderich were included in the auction. Twenty-five items contributed by local businesses, which are acknowledged as supporters of Ducks Unlimited, and limited edition prints by various artists were also included in the raffle and auction. The Goderich Committee of Ducks Unlimited was formed while the Hullett Wildlife Management Area was being established in 1984. Richard Ottewell of Goderich attended the London Committee's fund raising dinner and was approached by Ducks Unlimited Eastern Regional Supervisor Dave Gray about starting a local committee. Instrumental in the organization of the Goderich committee, Ottewell, who is currently the publicity officer for the Goderich committee, is trying to establish a Greenwing program in the area. This is a Ducks Unlimited introduction to conservation for kids 17 years of age and under. Ducks Unlimited Canada has spent the past four decades developing, preserving, restoring and maintaining waterfowl habitat in this country. Since its timely inception in 1938, it has used approximately 80 cents out of every donated dollar to construct 2,000 water control projects and reserve nearly 3,000,000 wetland acres for waterfowl and other wildlife. To date, over $160 million has been spent by Ducks Unlimited on its various wetland programs. One of these is the Hullett Wildlife Management Area which opened on April 25, 1984 following nearly two decades of planning, in co-operation with the Ministry of Natural Resources. The Hullett Wildlife Management Area is located in an extensive floodplain of the south Maitland 'River. Its purpose is to provide additional water fowl habitat and when developed to its fullest potential, it will not only offer a variety of hunting and other recreational opportunities to the people of Ontario, but will also augment existing biological research. Co-operative Agreement It was 1979 when the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ducks Unlimited Canada signed an agreement to co-operatively develop the 5,000 aures of land in Hullett Township into a manageable wildlife area. Until then, it was just a river floodplain, with old pastures and third-rate farmland. Under the terms of the agreement, Ducks Unlimited undertook to design and pay for the water control structures. It 0 provided $1.25 million to construct 20 kilometres of dikes, flooding 2,000 acres in the wildlife area. It also agreed to maintain and repair these -structures. For its part, the Ministry of Natural Resources acquired the land, which cost $825,000 and prepared it for flooding. The ministry is also responsible for overseeing the day-to-day use of the area. Ducks Unlimited became involved with the Hullett project because it is located in the natural fly way of ducks and geese. These birds fly up the Atlantic coastal route, along the Mississippi Valley and meet over the area of the Hullett Marsh. The importance of the Hullett Wildlife Management Area can't be over- estimated. Not only does the wetland help control the spring runoff but it gives wildlife a place to breed and grow. Deer, coyote, foxes, raccoons, beavers, muskrats, mink, weasles and frogs roam the Hullett Marsh. The migratory geese and duck population in the spring and fall is now up to 20,000 birds. In addition to the Hullett project, the Ministry and Ducks Unlimited propose to co-operatively develop 16,000 hectares of waterfowl habitat throughout Ontario by 1987. Wetlands Important About 80 per cent of the original wetlands in sputhern Ontario have been drained for a variety of agricultural and industrial uses. Wetlands are areas covered either permanently •or seasonally with standing water, including swamps, marshes, bogs and fens. In their natural state, they maintain and improve water quality, help control flooding and provide a habitat fo fish, waterfowl and wildlife. They contribute substantial social and economic benefits, including outdoor recreation and tourism benefits from hunting, fishing and bird watching amounting to more than 53 million user days a year. Wetlands are also a source of many important resource products such as fur, wood and wild' rice, valued in excess of $300,000 million annually. Even through the Ducks Unlimited record of achievement is unparalleled by any other conservation organization, it can't afford to rest on its record. Like people, waterfowl and wildlife must have a liveable environment if they are to survive. If their wetland habitat isn't conserved today, it may be lost forever. Ducks Unlimited Canada isn't sure how much will be needed in the distant future to perpetuate our waterfowl resources but, if a sum equivalent to that being spent on the breeding grounds in the United States ( where 20 per cent of North America's waterfowl are produced) was made available, approximately $70 million would be required annually in -Canada. Contaminant list increased A consultant's report, released recently by Environment Minister Jim Bradley, recommends that the Ministry analyze fish for a wider range of contaminants in the On- tario fish monitoring program. Among the contaminants the consultant suggested be included in future fish analyses are chlorobenzenes, halogenated phenols and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The report, Revised Monitoring Scheme for Persistent and Toxic Organics in Great Lakes Sport Fish, has beenreferred to the Ministry's Research Advisory Committee for peer review and recommendations. In 1983,. 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