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A. w so soon trails. die off in the fall and in the cold and plowing the proceeds back into : m m ”I The Grand River Conservation winter." the updated forestry plan. Quill" with 0’ m'on‘li” . m Authority held a special public With more swaths of the wood- The GRCA has also been helped New Technology - All yum-tau mood . meeting last week in Waterloo to lots affected by the beetle at the in its reforestation efforts during When you choose a Rheem, YOU choose your dream! explain to local residents why it will park every year. the GRCA decided annual Earth Day tree planting I be starting a program to remove to adjust the foresz plan for the eventsandother celebrations ‘ a “3‘“ dead and dying pine trees to area. The area most affected is the - a a improve them" forest health. The trees wereoriginally planted north end of the conservation area That means some popular sec- in the 1970 as monoculture pine along Westmount Road. The last ‘ WV m I In W M tions of conservation area. and the plantations. But with the threat timeworkwasdonewasinzow. . t w“ mgr? VII 3/33 a} l :4 Z-‘ '1 trails that run throng! them, will be growing from invasive species. and Whenever people see wide ‘yj‘q‘r: pg 'a'i'h :l a"; i; 1‘ temporarily closed down to allow with modem forestry practiws that swaths of trees being cleared the l _‘ .4. t7 7 . .. C . p. m . . . for the removal of the red pines promote diversity. thetree thinning G'RCA receives calls of concern ‘ is l was: Um ‘ w 1 ‘4)! 1 i H!) l I overathreeweekperiod. operation will allow for future fromthepublicandljnwoodwants ., - ‘ " ‘ " ‘ ‘ ' ‘ Regular trail users will also, restoration activities like the plantâ€" to assure them this is necessary notice some of the more popular ing of. hardwood sapling and seed- work and reforestation will follow. forested areas being cut back to log of native giasses and wildflow- 'It always comes upan we do ' respond to the threat of the pine era - work in there." said Linwood. "Peo- shoot beetle and exotic invasive “it’s a maintenance thing but it’s pie get concerned when we take .. insect species first spotted in the also a woodlot recovery thing down trees in a conservation area. area in the 1990s where in pulling out some of the but a new forest will grow there .EXTRA' 'Recentlythere'sbeenaniarked.~ deadfallenandthedeadanddying Mthadiversetangeofspedes’ ' h f ‘ hires ' . m Police plan shaves num er 0 new READ ALL ABOUT IT. lfllmunA-lr detailsofthenewbudgethaveyet taxincreasethisyear. ”WC-milk“ to be worked out. the board com- 'lt's still a little bit dispropor- . _ mlmâ€" mittedtolimitingthetaairnpactto dombutdrenthat’smtunusu- : ne month after being told 1.3 per cent for a total budget of al.‘ said Galloway. "it certainly has- l WATERL O C RONICLE to come up with a smaller $125.7million. n‘t been unusual for the last num- 1. 7 budget for 2012. Waterloo . 1bhelp meet thisgoal. thehirlng ber of years.” l Region Police Service chief Matt of 10 special constables. who are Torigian said the police budget .| 279 w“ 5'- N- 5w. 20- WW Torigian presented a plan to the needed to staff the consolidated is “very tight, very lean" after years 1 519-886-2330 police services board last week courthouse that will open in Kitch- of inâ€"depth review. but senior staff 3 WWW WHICH“ CG that shaves $1.3 million from his ener in April 2013, will be pushed willcontinue to look forsavings % ° ' original request. into the 2013 budget. Hiring of offi- "We’re not talking a lot of money . I ’ ._, I The original plan, presented to cers in 2012 would be limited to 15. with respect to a budget that right CCU! new 5 UGO: sports ioccl happenings regonal council in mid~December. rather than the 30 originally proâ€" now is being proposed at around . ,. called for 62 posed. Additional officers and the $126 million.” he said. "Believe it or I .i' ' i . , _' ’ ;‘ ' ' .;‘ new hires in majority of civilian staff hiring not. even at $126 million. to find ‘ ’ ' 2012. it would would be pushed into 2013, 010th even a couple hundred thousand : , . . - :t . SHOES . GERM ' ‘ I ; o I ‘ ; l I - "0'0 1' " : have brought the board wouldn‘t commit. dollars is difficult. but that's what { Cam Food Ennironmsn “You "tritium ”on . the total police ‘Next year is not looking any we'll do to ensure that we can hire : puterlzed um View! 5"“ 121;: by "a: _ RN ' Evalu I budget to $127 prettier,” warned Tom Galloway, the necessary staff that we know : I. this d & 9| : million and chairolthe police serviceboard. will allow us to meet the demands I ‘ n a fee V6 I increased propâ€" Galloway said regional council- from the community with respect ' ‘ : 385 Wk 51. Td' 5197420691 : erty taxes by lors would be pleased with the to service demand. 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