The forest industry may be allowed to bypass Ontario’s new Endangered Species Act

The provincial government is proposing to grant the forest industry a year long exemption from complying with the new Endangered Species Act (ESA). If this exemption is allowed, Ontario’s ESA (hailed as some of the best species legislation in North America) will be rendered ineffective; many of the province’s species, like the iconic Woodland Caribou and Eastern Wolf, will be pushed even closer to extinction.

We need your voice to send a strong message to the government - the public comment period ends June 16th, 2008.

Please submit your official comments through the Environmental Bill of Rights. To view the posting please visit http://www.ebr.gov.on.ca/ERS-WEB-External/ and type in EBR registry #010-3320.

Send your comments to:

Regis Cornale
Issues Management Coordinator
Ministry of Natural Resources
Natural Resource Management Division
Fish and Wildlife Branch
Species at Risk
300 Water Street
Peterborough Ontario
K9J 8M5
Phone: (705) 755-5245
Fax: (705) 755-1788

For more information please contact Josh Garfinkel at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it / 416-599-0152 x15