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STORM Coalition Media Releases and Responses

• February 22, 2008: Media Release - Moraine Watch: Keeping an eye on the moraine [156 kb pdf]
• February 8, 2008: Local 'development watchers' improve communities 
  
• June 20, 2007: Editorial was inaccurate
  Response to: Is it really 'Places To Grow' or just places to stagnate?
  Caledon Citizen (June 20, 2007)
• Places to Grow editorial garners responses
  Response to: Is it really 'Places To Grow' or just places to stagnate?
  Orangeville Citizen (May 31, 2007)
• March 26, 2007: The Green Belt Prize finalists have been chosen – now it’s up to you to visit CityTV.com and pick the winner!
• February 12, 2007: Moraine For Life Awards: Symposium Honours
  Moraine Protectors
• January 26, 2007: Ontario Greenbelt Alliance Media Release - Durham Council Backs Down from Greenbelt Fight
• July 10, 2006: Media Release - Wilmot Creek to get a check-up [244 kb pdf]
• June 15, 2006: Media Release - Plenty to Celebrate on the Oak Ridges Moraine [166 kb pdf]
• June 15, 2006: Media Release - Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan On Track
  (for Status Report on the Implementation of the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan: Implications for the Greenbelt Plan) [139 kb pdf]
• Saving greenbelt began 15 years ago
  Response to: Greenbelt grade: Pretty good, but...
  Toronto Star (Mar. 2, 2006)
• Municipalities responsible for Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan
  Response to: Houses planned on prime Moraine land- Gormley area designated urban by province
  (Jan. 29, 2006)

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Oak Ridges Moraine/Greenbelt in the News

• Media Archive (1990-2006)
• Ontario's greenbelt a model for the world - Toronto-area protected zone earns high marks for its vastness and for the strong government support it has
  Globe and Mail (April 10. 2008)
• EAST GWILLIMBURY CITIZENS IN THE KNOW - Residents jam council chambers to help map growth
  Georgina Advocate (April 10, 2008)
• Oak Ridges Moraine art book; Preserving the moraine with paint
  King Township Sentinel (April 9, 2008)
• Residents file appeal
  Georgina Advocate (April 7, 2008)
• Brampton's fast growth requires Hwy. 427 expansion
  Georgetown Independent and Free Press (Sunday April 6 2008)
• Golf course OMB hearing starts tomorrow
  Yorkregion.com (April 5, 2008)
• Region looking at 2010 for reconnecting Bathurst
  King Township Sentinel (April 2, 2008)
• Caring for the Moraine workshop to highlight new stewardship guide
  Northumberland Today (April 1, 2008)
• Golf course ruling shows OMB bias, residents say - Water shortages concern homeowners
  Georgina Advocate (March 30, 2008)
• Agency dismisses call for beefed up Aurora condo development hearing
  York Region.com (March 28, 2008)
• Aurora loses round to golf backers - Province's board rejects town's bid to include moraine experts in development review
  Toronto Star (Mar 28, 2008)
• Environmental component will part of proposed subdivision
  Caledon Citizen (March 27, 2008)
  
• LAND KILL - Still lots of action on 'no-build' moraine
  Grandfathered subdivisions and proposals for four golf courses in the development pipeline
  Toronto Star (March 2, 2008)
• PETERBOROUGH RAIL - The rapid route to boom town
  Toronto Star (March 1, 2008)
• TRCA seeks input on implementing Humber River Watershed Plan
  King Township Sentinel (February 20, 2008)
• King Township: Bridle Path of the north
  Toronto Star (February 11, 2008)
• Kawartha Conservation presented with another 25 acres of Scugog land
  Durham Region.com (January 29, 2008)
• Uxbridge to guide direction of Provincial land
  Gan Eden lands formerly slated for homes could now serve variety of purposes
  Uxbridge Times Journal (January 24, 2008)
• Forest plan shocks ATVers
  The Independent (January 24, 2008)
• Plenty of support for proposed new residential lots in Pottageville
  (January 16, 2008)
• Clock is ticking for conservation dream
  Development, funding threaten 50-year plan to fill in `missing links' along our waterways
  Toronto Star (January 13, 2008)
• Don River among nation's worst: Environment Canada
  National Post (December 05, 2007)
• Revitalization plans to cost thousands
  Uxbridge Times Journal (December 4, 2007)
• Development trumping environmental policy, report says 
  Provincial watchdog says government must rethink its strategy
  Toronto Star (December 4, 2007)
• Development trumping environmental policy, report says
  Provincial watchdog says government must rethink its strategy
  Toronto Star (December 4, 2007)
• We must exit road to crisis
  Big trouble awaits if we keep segregating land uses and building suburbs for the car
  Toronto Star (September 1, 2007)
  
• Planners denying reality
  Toronto Star (September 1, 2007)
  **This article does not reflect STORM’s opinion. However, Effective advocates for good planning need to know how proponents of “business-as-usual” spin their stories.”  Wendell Cox is such a proponent …
  
• Seaton land exchange complete; Four major developers acquire more than 1,500 acres of Seaton land
  Durham Region News (August 28, 2007)
• Suburbs doing little to curtail sprawl, study says
  Toronto Star (August 26, 2007)
• Gan Eden lands acquired by Province
  Durham Region News (August 21, 2007)
• Dry conditions on track to topple record
  York Region Era Banner (August 17, 2007)
• Uxbridge transfer station on hold again
  Uxbridge Times-Journal (August 14, 2007)
• Will the hipsters and the cottagers bring law to the OMB? Not likely
  Globe and Mail (August 11, 2007)
• Council hears Oak Ridges Moraine update
  Northumberland Today (August 02, 2007)
• Creeds donate 30 of their acres in Happy Valley
  King Township Sentinel (August 1, 2007)
• Passion for a healthy environment and hearty farmlands evident in $3,260,000 in grants awarded to Ontario Greenbelt organizations
  Canada News Wire (July 31, 2007)
• Overnight lodging granted for Uxbridge resort, Pleasure Valley moves in new direction
  Uxbridge Times-Journal (July 31, 2007)
• New reservoir won't solve current water woes
  York Region Era Banner (July 27, 2007)
• Butterflies worship the sun
  Durham Region News (July 22, 2007)
• Province, conservationists plan $10 million forest, wetland fund
  Toronto Star (July 19, 2007)
• Plans underway to bring park back to natural state
  Oak Ridges corridor will be renamed Kettle Lakes Nature Reserve
  York Region Era Banner (July 17, 2007) 
• Committee wants stricter rules to protect Oak Ridges Moraine
  My Kawartha.com (July 17, 2007)
• Opponents line up for ATV battle; In Alnwick/Haldimand Township
  Northumberland Today (July 12, 2007)
• Naturally Durham
  Sat Jul 14, 2007
• Ontario government announces Lake Simcoe Act
  680 New ( July 06, 2007)
• Developers top list of 905 donors
  Globe and Mail (June 28, 2007)
• Growth issues addressed at mayor's breakfast
  King Township Sentinel (June 27, 2007)
  
• 'Sustainability' is crucial part of water management
  King Township Sentinel (June 6, 2007)
• Easement is placed on 269-acre King-Caledon property
  King Township Sentinel (June 6, 2007)
• Campers light up at Shadow Lake
  Toronto Star (June 2, 2007)
• Time to get smart about Smart Growth
  Toronto Star (May 24, 2007)
• Women give up ecological gems
  Globe and Mail (May 24, 2007)
• Province agrees to dig deeper into moraine issue
  Waterloo Chronicle (May 2, 2007)
• $225M to protect sensitive land from development: Harper
  Globe and Mail (Mar. 14, 2007)
  
• Harper Announces Land Protection Initiative
  CityNews (Mar. 14, 2007)
  
• Harper pledges conservation cash
  Toronto Star (Mar. 14, 2007)
  
• New roads only drive sprawl: critics
  Toronto Star (Mar. 7, 2007)
  
• Incinerator shortlist ready Friday
  Metroland: Kawartha Media Group (Mar. 5, 2007)
  
• King's Dorothy Izzard honoured as Oak Ridges Moraine protector
  King Township Sentinel (Feb. 21, 2007)
  
• First Nations bid to stop land swap denied
  Toronto Star (Feb. 14, 2007)
  
• Rouge Park expansion hailed
  Toronto Star (Feb. 13, 2007)
  
• Lawyer defends greenbelt land swap
  Toronto Star (Feb. 7, 2007)
  
• Developer takes on province over Oak Ridges land swap
  Toronto Star (Feb. 6, 2007)
  
• Durham greenbelt champions win for now
  Toronto Star (Feb. 1, 2007)
  
• Residents oppose Bayview expansion plans
  Era Banner & Sun (Jan. 25, 2007)
  
• A race to promote the Moraine: Uxbridge invited to take part in major June event
  Durham Region News (Jan. 18, 2007)
  
• Attack on greenbelt
  Toronto Star (Jan. 16, 2007)
  
• Share stewardship in Uxbridge
  Durham Region News (Jan. 9, 2007)

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Monitoring the Moraine Project Media Coverage

• Photo contest focuses on moraine
  Northumberland Today (June 28, 2007)
  
• Focusing on the Oak Ridges Moraine contest
  Caledon Citizen (June 27, 2007)
• Volunteers needed to 'Check Your Watershed'
  Northumberland Today, (June 27, 2007)
  
• Moraine photo could be worth cash [external link]
  Durham Region News (June 4, 2007)
• Local girl lauded for work on tallgrass prairie [pdf: 44 kb]
  Northumberland Weekly (February 23, 2007)
• King's Dorothy Izzard honoured as Oak Ridges Moraine protector
  King Township Sentinel (Feburary 21, 2007)
• Local girl lauded for work on tallgrass prairie [pdf: 44 kb]
  Cobourg Daily Star (February 15, 2007)
• Scout named 'Community Champion' for conservation [pdf: 44 kb]
  Port Hope Evening Guide (February 15, 2007)
• Moraine monitors plan awards ceremony
  Northumberland Weekly (January 19, 2007)
• Moraine monitors plan awards ceremony [pdf: 36 kb]
  Cobourg Daily Star (January 9, 2007)
• Moraine monitors plan awards ceremony
  Port Hope Evening Guide (January 9, 2007)
• Wilmot Creek to get a checkup [external link]
  Clarington This Week (July 13, 2006)
• Oak Ridges Moraine plan is right on track
  Caledon Citizen (Jun. 26, 2006)
• Plenty to celebrate on the Oak Ridges Moraine
  Caledon Citizen (Jun. 26, 2006)
• New monitoring project launched [pdf: 228 kb]
  Novæ Res Urbis - Greater Toronto Area Edition (Jun. 21, 2006)
• Uxbridge CAO honoured for conservation efforts
  Uxbridge Times Journal (Jun. 15, 2006)
• Province lags on moraine plan
  Toronto Star (Jun. 15, 2006)
• Monitoring The Moraine: Engaging And Sustaining Community Volunteers in Citizen Science, Stewardship And Decision-Making On The Oak Ridges Moraine
  by Nathan Fahey: The EMAN Monitor, Vol. 3 #3, 2005 (Oct./Nov. 2005, pg. 5)
• Monitoring moraine's health hands-on experience
  by Hannelore Volpe: Stouffiville Sun Tribune (Nov. 10, 2005)

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