The Citizen, 1989-02-22, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1989. PAGE 23.
MVCA strategy guides activity for next 20 yrs.
BY BOB MURPHY
A new strategy designed to
guide the Maitland Conservation
Authority’s activities over the next
20 years was introduced to mem
bers at the MVCA’s annual meet
ing Thursday at Wroxeter.
The 20-year strategy, MVCA
General Manager Les Tervit told
the meeting, is aimed at solving the
major resource management pro
blems in the watershed. The Mait
land Conservation Strategy was
developed in three stages: A
redefinition of the major resource
management issues in the water
shed, and determining the cause
Biyth PS news
and effect of each. - The identifica
tion of the most effective alterna
tives for dealing with each major
issue. - The development of pro
grams to deal with the issues using
identified alternatives.
The strategy’s overall goal fo
cuses on the conservation of soil
and water resources and to achieve
this, the authority has developed
four program areas: land use,
development, land management,
and conservation area property
management.
“Our primary target audience at
this stage are the MVCA directors,
MVCA staff and the municipali
ties,’’ Mr. Tervit said.
It was a BEAR
by Tina Burkholder and Kimberley
Ferguson
On Monday, February 13, Mrs.
Webster, the school librarian held
Bear Day for Grade 2 students.
Bear means:
B - Be
E - Ethusiastic
A - About
R - Reading
The grade 2’s brought bears and
along with Mrs. Webster, Mrs.
Little, Mr. Black and Mrs. Kolk-
man settled down on mats on the
floor of the library and read books
to themselves and others.
We interviewed Leanne Haggitt
and Michelle Hallahan about Bear
Day. Michelle and Leanne said that
they had a lot of fun and would like
to have Bear Day again. The Grade
two’s would like to thank Mrs.
Webster for organizing Bear Day.
HONOURABLE JUDGES
by Jennifer Stadelmann and
John Ramirez
On February 14, all students
from grades 1 through 3 recited
their poems or said their speech in
the gym.
The winners from each grade
were as follows: Grade 1, Ashley
Howson, first; Tyler Stewart,
second; Ross Clark, third. Grade 2,
Sarah McNichol, first; Angie Wal
den, second; Leanne Haggitt,
third. Grade 3, Christina Black,
first; Cappy Onn, second; April
Van Amersfoort, third.
The speeches given by the
primary grades will prepare them
for the more advanced preparation
required in the senior grades. A
special thank you to Sheilla Neilly
Wallace, Anne Elliott, and Karen
Webster, the judges for the prim
ary grades.
Two days later, on February 16,
the senior students participated in
a similar event. The judges were
Deanna Snell, Bob Barnhart and
Bev Elliott.
The overall winners for grades 4,
5, 6 were: Kimberley Richmond,
(Gr. 6), Jodee Medd, (Gr. 6), tying
for first and Kim Ferguson, (Gr. 6)
placing next.
The grade 7 and 8 winners were:
first, John Ramirez (Gr. 7); second,
Sarah Rouw (Gr. 7), and third,
Stephanie Lentz, (Gr. 7).
On Wednesday, February 22 the
winners of Biyth P.S. and Hullett
C.P.S. will have a speak-off for the
Royal Canadian Legion Public
Speaking Contest. The speeches
will be held at the Biyth P.S.
The results of that competition
will be in next week’s newspaper
column.
BASKETBALL FREE THROW
During recent gym classes the
students in grades 5 - 8 had a
contest to determine who would
participate in the Basketball Free
Throw contest in Clinton at St.
Joseph’s Separate School on
February 9, 1989. The object of the
contest was to see how many
foul shots each person could get in
out of 15 throws. The winners (in
age categories) that went from
Biyth to Clinton were: (10), Karen
Bromley, Chris Stewart; (11) Pau
line Stewart, Chris Howson; (12),
Stephanie Lentz, Jerrod Button;
(13) Chrystal Cucksey, Mike Mc
Nichol (14) Sarah Allan, Jason
Elliott.
Other schools that participated in
the contest were: Hullett, Clinton
Christian and St. Joseph’s.
The winners of the contest from
our school were: Karen Bromley,
Chris Howson, Pauline Stewart and
Chris Stewart. These four students
will advance to the next level at
Clinton P.S. on Saturday, February
25 at 10 a.m.
Paul Weitendorf, MVCA com
munity relations co-ordinator brief
ly explained the planned imple
mentation of the strategy in the
four program areas. The land use
program will focus on the major
land use issues in the watershed
and will address how people use
existing and former resource lands
and marginal agricultural land.
In order to meet its land use
goal, the authority will encourage
conservation of the existing re
source lands in the watershed,
conversion of marginal agricultural
lands to a more sustainable land
use, and the restoration to their
natural state of former resource
lands that perform valuable natural
functions.
Program activities will be de
veloped in the areas of information
and education, extension services,
planning and policy, data collection
and monitoring. The development
program addresses major develop
ment issues and associated infra
structure in areas where there is
potential for flooding and/or ero
sion, and other lands that are
important in maintaining natural
riverline and shoreline processes.
To meet this goal, the authority
will encourage new development to
locate in areas which are not
subject to flooding and/or erosion,
where there will be no interference
with natural riverline or shoreline
processes, or where the flood -
erosion hazards can be effectively
mitigated with no upstream or
downstream impacts.
The authority also will encoruage
the relocation or removal of de
velopment from areas subject to
flood and/or erosion as well as
encourage the appropriate use of
remedial measures to project exist
ing development in areas subject to
flooding-erosion.
In order to meet its land manage
ment program goal, the authority
will encourage the adoption of
appropriate agricultural land man
agement practices that may include
cropping, tillage, farm waste, ferti
lizer and pesticide management,
and drainage practices.
In addition to managing soil and
water resources, the conservation
areas property manage program
may also include the following
activities where appropriate: recre
ation and education facilities, for
est management, fish and wildlife
management, small dams and re
servoirs, and heritage sites. Mr.
Tervit said the Maitland Conserva
tion Strategy is to be carried out at
three distinct levels:
- The overall 20-year strategy.
- Interim five-year strategies de
veloped for each major issue and
organized by program area.
- Annual activity outlines for each
major issue which define the
MVCA’s objectives for the year.
MVCA Chairman Bruce McCall
told the meeting the strategy
represents a considerably different
approach to watershed planning
than the authority previously had
taken. Residents in the watershed
derive many benefits from its
natural resources, he said, but the
activities of people have placed
these vital resources under increas
ing pressure.
“Given the current use, many of
these local natural resources will
not be sustained for future genera
tions to enjoy,” he said in support
of the strategy.
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