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tor evert new
boiind Iocally,. and seven have
been ideii-
tified in. Tuckersmith and Hibbert
Townships, notably n the Staff.4
They are often characterized by large
dePresSione;iff the earth where water will
collect; eitheriiiliiiinfelli-riraidf or direct
drainage. One in particular on the .Staffa
Road, on what is known as the old Renee
beis a big lssue to tackle. Ifthe studies were
10 • the can of wormsiwhere be
opened. 1(00,*(tN! ,
nearnted
operties
sinkholes gy 01-*
have"bad water" has: come ,beg01...k,.'r1,,,nngs,.and on T,.,duontes
pa1icu1ar1y wet
nrunoff
nto the
awiloas most likely IWO°. I..**Flidanli4:Ande',
is als°*1iltelY• liatC'eat4 were
Mr. Trait 001441v,
allowed to watering hole
Years, the farmers that it was a
Sinkhole. Other .ilnAithiSiiii*blea'hanid
h
an
loa
s
retty
tougWthia, Pro'
backfilled
taus rf M at t However,14:614water
eL127ipinpointing.:1:1' the eintilinicated;iet4r;and,tracitig-:ifibecir-tc
nk that
y
well
rom the
theTainitholes, would an easy task,
Mr: 'Trait"
AlthoughIhe AusableBayfieldikieuMent1/4
lbesafpollutantsdrnior that
route
it
also sways the other way, noting they
• naa3r "be a significant contributor to
groundwater recharge.' Water seeping
down M the aquifer replenishes the ground-
. water levels in the earth in drier
conditions.
,1 The recommendation goes en M state
'; lthat the Ministry of the Environment is
• seeking to be advised when Municipal
!- drains using sinkholes as outlets are im-
"'
dated or extended. -The possibility of ceit-
, taininition reaching the aquifer from a
municipal drain, is quite high,,.and this
practice has heen?earried out in i numbe• r
Of areas.
Although the report goes on to suggest
that providing ponding areas pstream of
sinkholes, grassed -waterways or "buffers"
for water runoff• help to "filter"
pollutants, these practices cannot be en-
forced and May net be "practical" in some
Cases: 4.
One of their possible options states'llnd
"ditrertiiir drainage wuter away from
suntholes to a suitable outlet does remove
the possibility oCcontatnbiad water going
into the- sinkhole HOWEVER groundwater
recharge may be reduced and the cost of
extending the drain may be high."
They also recommended that access by
livestock to sinkholes should be restricted,
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• STRAIGHT DOWN 'THE DRAIN
drainage pipe gushes water and runoff
into a creek that feeds directly into a
sinkhole on the Staffa. Road. Several of
these feed into the hole, which leaches
directly down to the bedrock aquifer.
Elliott photo.
• from page 2
the well for about five minutes.
Plans are •underway for a series of'
Saturday night dances at the picnic
pavilion in the Lions Park, .according to
Dr. J. Turnbull, ,who is heading the com-
mittee. It was expected that the series
would cornmence by June 19, with music
by orchestra acceptable for area teen -
twenty dancers.
Now underway at the Topnotch Seaforth
plant is the construction of two additional
concrete grain tanks, ngrain' unloading pit,
tractor -trailer. hoist, 'grain dryer, cleaner
and fast -handling equipment..
Seaforth Lions Park was crowded Friday
evening, when Seaforth Merchants
presenteda fireworks disiday. The hour-
long display got underway shortly hfter 10
o'clock.
• from page 2A
ambitious producers, thus ensuring the
future of Ontario's agricultural industry,
and replacing the Beginning Farmer
Assistance Program. A series of grants for
needed cash-flow was to provide up to
$38,000 per 'applicant over a. seven-year
Per1ad•
According to the brochure, the applicant
must be a new farmer; must operate On
an accrual basis making a significant pro-
fit, after expenses; mist be an independent
business, except Where the applicant is the
son of a farmer; must have an adequate
combination of education and experience;
must have between 10% and 75% equity in
the farm assets; must be a .citizen residing
. ,
• FAIR SIZED HOLE - SteIiiin Mrambles up the bank of the sinkhole located
on the foirrier Renee VaneL on propertiOn the Staffa Road Seven of the natural
phenomenn"haVe'been 'identified in Tuckersmith and Hibbert Townships, with six
in the Chiselhurst-Staffa area, Elliott photo.
and suitable cropping practices be looked
into in the drain watershed areas to
:minimize "runoff, erosion and delivery of
nutrient rich„41 'nage iaterAtu„ the
sinkholes." r *:
The ititte hovers lit'a grey area, and
while drainage into sinkholes cannot
feasibly be regulated, there is a very good
change that drainage of nitrate -laden or
polluted water is contaminating the
aquifer,'-.1'and possibly wells. However, fur-
ther'studies te'investigate this are not be-
ing looked into for the near future.
"Who's going to organize, it?", Mr. Traut
commented. "Our main concern was that
we have a policy in Mace."
, The next atepAl.vill: be .a series of
meetings tci„-deterinine,.Avhich agencies
would have jurisdiction where sinkhole
regulations are concerned. The final word,
essentially, is that ABCA directors and
staff should- "encourage"drainage
engineers, municipalities and landowners to
consider alternate drainage outlets "where
practical."
in Ontario for at least five years; and
must participate m the Fann Management
Analysis Project and provide a financial
planning worksheet each year to be
reviewed with local 'OMAF staff.
In all situations, the applicants feel that
they have done mounds of paperwork, con-
sulted lawyers, planning experts and local
OMAF field staff for the best possible ad-
vice. They have spent time and money on
appeals, preparation and travel. But they,
feel that the people at the Head Office of
OMAF who make the actual decisions have
very little practical knowledge of the terms
and realities of farming. And in the ap-
peals, they feel that the Review Commit-
tee's decisions are not made independent-
ly of these Head Office decision -makers.
These three young Huron County
farmers are bright, totally committed to
their futures in Ontario's agricultural com-
munity and, full of ideas and new energy
at a time when our industry needs this
type of spirit to survive. It is tragic that
the Farm -Start Program feels these are
not the type of people that they can back.
The HCFA wonders if there are other
situations of this out there, where the ap-
plicant has just quietly given up.
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