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Introduction Introduction Into The Events That Are Taking Place Within The Environmental Protected Area Of The Bog, Threatened By The Local Peat Extractor, Pefferlaw Peat Products. Natural History Details On What Makes This Natural Habitat Special & Why It Deserves Protection. Brief Geological Makeup Along With Flora & Fauna. Political History Human Influences And Detailed Political Events Over The Last Twenty Years Reveals The Shaping Of The Bog To What We See Today. Update Follow The Political Events As They Unfold Day By Day. Who's Doing What To Protect The Bog? Find Out Here! Last Update: October 1, 1999 Letters Letters Along With Responses Reveal To The Public The Correspondence Sent And Received To Help Protect This Special Part Of Ontario. Opinions Posted Views From The Public On The Issue. If You Have An Opinion, Please Feel Free To Have It Presented Here. Help Us How Can You Help? Find Out Who You Can Write And What You Can Do To Help Save This Precious Habitat.

Previous Habitat Destruction In 1990 Where Many Trees Were Cut Within The EP Zone, In Preparation For Peat Removal	Rare Habitats Must Be Saved For Future Generations To Enjoy. Once It Is Gone, It Is Gone Forever!	Do Not Let This Be The Fate Of Our Bog. The EP Section Of The Wilfrid Bog Must Stay OUT Of These Bags....Now And Forever!

Objectives & Disclaimer This Web-site makes possible for all to view how the effort to protect The Wilfrid Bog is proceeding. It will also disclose how all levels of government working together or not, determines the final outcome and reveals how the environmental laws set forth in Canada, are used to protect these environmental sensitive habitats and whether these laws are adequate or not. It is obvious that The Task Force For The Preservation Of The Wilfrid Bog is extremely unhappy over the landowners decision to disregard the protections on this property. This Web-site, however, is not an attempt to harm the viable business of the peat extractor. Pefferlaw Peat Products employees many persons within our community and is respected by many. It is unfortunate that peat moss fails to be a sustainable or renewable resource and that Pefferlaw Peat Products (who has depleted the source of peat within the section that has been mined for 45+ years) is forced to find an alternative source. The Task Force holds no animosities against the landowner. We are simply requesting that the environmental policies, laws and regulations applying to this property, be enforced.

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