Toronto Shorelines

Grey Abbey Beach, Scarborough Bluffs Shoreline, photo Jen Falvy Friday August 3, 2018 marked an important deadline for the public to submit comment to the Ministry of the Environment on their concerns about the TRCA Scarborough Waterfront Project. What seemed like a random date in the middle of summer when many people are either on vacation or making plans for the long weekend of summer, may have been carefully planned by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.  For many, the deadline of August 3 went by unnoticed but for those that have been tirelessly working behind the scenes to preserve this 4 km stretch of natural beach, the date marked a significant turning point and new chapter in our ongoing efforts to preserve the natural heritage of the Scarborough Bluffs Shoreline.  Our comments and concerns have been submitted to Anne Cameron, Project Manager for the Ministry of the Environment. It is our hope that all of the issues we...

Guild Shoreline, Scarborough Bluffs, Toronto To most people, the concept of habitat loss, nature fragmentation, and environmental degradation are abstract concepts.  They are terms we hear and headlines we read. I n many ways, they are concepts that as a society, we have collectively agreed to let others deal with, t hough not because people don't care.  No one likes the idea of habitat loss and in fact most people are quite disturbed by the concept, its just that no one knows exactly what to do about it. Often we don't know how, or when it is happening. More often that not, it is something we only realize after it has happened and at that point, it is usually too late.  Well I would like to share with you a situation  quite different than what I have just described. Yes, it's about habitat loss and environmental destruction but this is a situation that has not yet taken place. This is a situation that many people, including yours...