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The GRCA will work with pri- - â€" ‘ ~ ' " II II I | : ’~ tiles are among the close to 20 at- "We could find the money to vate landowners along the Grand 2 I . | fi‘lfl-‘ufifl d _ risk animals and plants living in fund the work. but not the money River watershed to create barriers T u‘ ' ’ fin~~~~ Waterloo Region, to hire someone to do it." and buffers to protect aquatic 12 w y ' I M ' - . At a press conference last The government's grant came species. Z’ ‘ ' \ QM week. the federal government as pan ofthe Habitat Stewardship Kitchener-Centre MP Stephen L f \ | ‘Q _ . , V ’ ' i 4, pledged just under $130,000 Program. Woodworth made the announce- g ' l w ‘ .. "ff ,,- ., towards mo new projects to pro» The program will help protect merit. . . .- . ‘ . , -»,1 tect at-risk species in the region. species such as the bald eagle and He called protecting wildlife a 5 (Q | ' al- “v in”, a. ' , The investment was part of a the eastern hog~nosed snake. as “huge and challenging task," but is . 1 i If 1 1 l ' * M37 , ‘ $2.5-million program to protect well as a number of endangered said the government's money will 5 1.15230}; '. l N, f“? 35 -, 4 endangered species across the or rare plants. goalong way towards completing (A MARKET SQUARE. f“ 7“: f 'f" a province. The first project the GRCA will it. 2 DOWNTOWN ”WWW“ ’“w’°"‘~ h j .' ‘ ‘H The local programs will be run is developing a management Woodworth encouraged all 5 519-571-1891 ,. ”“Wqfi‘ Q "a administered by the Grand River plan to deal with the at-risk Canadians to do their part for Man Fn it) 6 Sat 930 5. but] 12â€"5 ' ' --’-~ ’ - " Conservation Authority. . species living on its property. conservation it's the type of work the GRCA That will include monitoring “All actions. large or small. would like to do more of. said of the species and protection of makeadifference." he said. Heading for the warmest year on record Ill-ll . : ' ‘ . _ | . . ' . ' , llll= BY RAY MumN January to July was 3.5 while, the Canadian Hurri- . WEISER MK . For the Chronicle degrees warmer than usual. cane Centre is forecasting a Y Y ' according to Environment more active than normal A \ l;"l\ 1‘1\ l[‘ = ,_ The Grand River water- Canada. and temperatures hurricane season. which - \ W 5 ,- ~ ' “5 "as. shed and all of eastern are still hovering around GRCA officials say could \ W a. I . I Canada could be headed for 30Cas we enter September. affect us if remnants of a ohm. _ . _ . _ _ " " Q . its warmest year on record. The record was set in these tropical storms drift ,â€",., \ ' " , - 1 ‘ ,._ y . r we» .. . according to a report sub- ' 1998 when temperatures over the Grand River water- . ' I”. ' I y â€"'-..__‘.:._, . mitted to Grand Rover (Ion- were almost 2.5 degrees shed. w I 7 I; . . I servation Authority govern~ higher than normal for the Alan Dale. GRCA board v.) Gm ‘ ’ ‘ f . Z '. ‘ 1 Musm . ing board Friday. whole year. chair, noted the hot weather J ' - . ; . |.' . ‘ â€"~â€"-’-â€"- Assistant CAO Joe For- The big difference this has been a mixed blessing I j . . i ”63 well reponed that while the year is the humidity, which for the authority. 0 . » I y F . months of May. June and has created several “The parks have been i ,‘ 3““ "“ “v‘ ' ‘ “ l'.."'."’â€" . July had more rain than nor- thumderstorm events. By busy with the great weather. t l)‘ l) ‘ a . mal “precipitation in August comparison, the conditions the water levels are up and 5, y ‘ ‘ ‘ v" has been well below the in 1998 were verydry. our hydro production is up. 3 i ”I‘D‘ [Its I .. . long<term average across Environme‘nt Canada's but we have also been pro- ' I V I V ‘ ‘I pmmlmw WWW” I . “can“. . gm; a, an“ I the majority of the water 30-day outlook calls for vided with some challenges . I)". ‘lu ( "11,51 Hum ilSSiilllllt‘Jll I . KM,“ Enlt“ . shed." above normal temperatures with the discovery of ‘ ' I . t H . y _ D“, a,” . “August is following a to continue through mid» the emerald ash borer bee- ~-1‘ OHQHJEJI UNIV 7 S 6 99 a I‘M “” I" . trend of warmer than nor- September. tle in the watershed and‘an ‘ I ‘ Q m I S‘ ”SD-S SM} mal monthly temperatures Above normal tempera~ outbreak of blue green algae . ‘ ( ( I I g A = dating back to January." he tures and below normal pre- at (lake) Belwood." he said. 4 ‘ N1 ”9 j . _ . by said. “That puts us well on cipitation is forecast Water levels on the ' 340 9 my“. '_ I, or '; II” ') <7 ___i.“_(_)_wul I'm/s l“ _ l the way to having the through October in south- Grand were higher than win. new: A m 566 Victoria St, N. Klt. mm in .. ‘1 Sat 0 ii Sm» w I -- warmest year on record. western Ontario. Mean- usual for August. =.. .................. ........= 20 20 VISION ’ ‘ 20I 0 OLYMPIANI . o o “If , x23 0 o e - llm‘ml -. an . ,t . 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