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Conservation Matters
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November 2010
Lobby councillors to protect the South March Highlands
The South March Highlands (SMH), a critical part of the Ottawa region's natural heritage, are under constant threat of development. Most recently, the City of Ottawa has driven a highway through the southern part of the area, and a developer has plans to build residential housing on 29 hectares.
Marianne Wilkinson, the ward's councillor, will be proposing a motion at the November 19th meeting of Ottawa City Council, to trade 12 hectares of the lands subject to immediate development, for other, unspecified land. Depending on what the swapped land is, this could be a good way to save the SMH.
