Day 10 of Ostrander: Dr. Frederic Beaudry on Blanding’s turtle

County Coalition for Safe and Appropriate Green Energy (CCSAGE) has a post on day 10 of the ERT tribunal.  Please continue to follow the ERT news, and support the appellants, at CCSAGE.

We also have received word of a poll on the Prince Edward County home page (left pane): "Where would you prefer to receive Municipal advertisements?"  PEC residents should participate: other areas of Ontario have lost independent local papers - a recent casualty may have been the result of losing local government advertising for an editorial stance against wind turbine policy.

Day 10 of Ostrander: Dr. Frederic Beaudry on Blanding’s turtle | CCSAGE pec wind turbine news #1 source:

[Report on April 3rd ERT Hearing by Paula Peel, APPEC member]
The Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) focused on PECFN’s witness, Frederic Beaudry, PhD in Wildlife Ecology, and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Alfred University. His publications include four on Blanding’s turtles. The other parties did not dispute Dr. Beaudry’s qualifications, and Robert Wright, one of the ERT Panel Co-Chairs, qualified him as “an expert on Blanding’s turtles”.
Dr. Beaudry’s Presentation
A. Population Ecology
Dr. Beaudry implicitly confirmed the prior testimony of road ecologist Kari Gunson on the biology of Blanding’s turtles: slow maturity, low reproductive rate, and vulnerability of hatchlings to predation.
B. Habitat Ecology
Dr. Beaudry explained the need for specific habitats. 

Please continue reading at the County Coalition for Safe and Appropriate Green Energy site:

We also have received word of a poll on the Prince Edward County home page (left pane):

"Where would you prefer to receive Municipal advertisements?"  

PEC residents should participate: other areas of Ontario have lost independent local papers - a recent casualty may have been the result of losing local government advertising for an editorial stance against wind turbine policy.

The Wellington Times has been cited here at WCO on numerous occasions.

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