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FOCAS funds $1000 tree planting program
Port Rowan Good News by Pat Finney
May 2011
The aging willows along the Causeway at Long
Point will soon become proud parents to 500 young willows. Cuttings were
taken..... Read more....
Causeway group 'not going away'
Posted By
JACOB ROBINSON, SIMCOE REFORMER
Posted in the
Simcoe Reformer May 31, 2010
The Friends of the
Long Point Causeway Association is gaining steam, and one message above all
emerged from its first annual general meeting.
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Norfolk turns down causeway signage
Posted By
MONTE SONNENBERG, SIMCOE REFORMER
February 4,
2010
Norfolk council
passed up an opportunity Tuesday to get involved with the controversy
surrounding the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project.
The sponsor of the project has posted
large signs .... Read
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EA could cost $500G: FOCAS
Posted By MONTE SONNENBERG, SIMCOE REFORMER
November 19, 2009
Norfolk council was warned this week that the county will pay a steep price
if it buys into plans for a multimillion dollar upgrade of the Long Point
causeway. Read more.....
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FOCAS: Turtle barriers working; Inner Bay
siltation predications
Port Rowan Good News by Pat Finney
September 2009
A sizeable crowd turned out at a public
meeting at the Port Rowan Community Centre on Saturday August 15 to hear a
presentation by The Friends of the Causeway Association (FOCAS).
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FOCAS cries foul over clause
Posted By Monte
Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer
August 28, 2009
A clause
proposed for Norfolk's Official Plan will be reviewed now that a group in Long
Point has complained about it.
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CAUSEWAY TREES TO LONG POINT SAVED
The London Free Press - regionalbriefs
August 14, 2009
SIMCOE - The willow and cottonwood trees along the causeway
to Long Point will not be cut down, says ....
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FOCAS MEMBERSHIP CLARIFIED
Letter to the Editor, Tillsonburg News
August 10, 2009
In an article published in the Tillsonburg News on July 29,
2009, Ms. Jongerden, chair of the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project
subcommittee, (LPCIP), expressed concern that people joining .....
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Long Point's ecosystem attractive for
tourists
by Chris Thomas Reformer staff writer
Haldimand-Norfolk may soon cash in on its unique
environmental assets. The Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association, in
partnership with the Canadian Tourism Commission, has announced a project to
promote eco-tourism. Among the planned destinations is the Long Point
World Biosphere Reserve, one of six internationally recognized land and
water ecosystems in Canada.
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Two causeway
groups meet and discuss common issues
Letter to the Editor, Port Rowan
Good News
August 2009
Representatives from The Friends
of the Causeway Association (FOCAS) and the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve
Foundation (LPWBRF) met on Sunday, July 7th at the Backus Heritage Conservation
Area to discuss the ...
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT WARRANTED AND NECESSARY
Letter to the Editor, Simcoe Reformer
July 30, 2009
Speculation. That is the term used by Mr. Levick as quoted in the Simcoe
Reformer in an article on issues related to the Long Point causeway in the July
16 edition. As co-coordinator for ... Read more...
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Causeway groups to hold private meeting
Posted By ASHLEY
HOUSE, Simcoe Reformer
July 2009
Two opposing
groups will sit down together for the first time this weekend in a private
meeting.
Representatives from the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation and the
Friends of the Causeway Association (FOCAS) will discuss their differing views
on the Long Point Causeway Improvement Project (LPCIP) on Sunday.
Both groups
aren't sure what will come of the meeting.
"Hopefully
something positive," said Peter Black, president of the biosphere reserve.
"Maybe after the meeting, we can move forward collectively.”
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Leave trees alone: report
Posted By Monte
Sonnenberg, SIMCOE REFORMER
July 16, 2009
The committee
that hopes to rebuild the Long Point causeway is committed to sparing as many
trees along the road as possible.
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