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Union Bay Getting Beat Up on All Fronts – Developer’s Gravel/sand Pit, Dumping Treated Sewage in Hart/Washer Creek, and now Logging in the Watershed

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Another subject the gong show trustees proved to be useless at addressing. Previous posts when this came up in Jan. 2018 – after Trustee Kaljur brought it up at their first meeting in Nov. 2016, and was repeatedly ignored. https://allthingsunionbay.com/?s=logging+in+the+watershed

Have to give Area A Director Daniel Arbour credit for alerting the landowners to this proposed logging in the watershed. We paid over $5 million for a water treatment plant, and how is it going to handle the effects logging will have on what goes into the lake?

Drone footage of Langley Lake that is from Dec. 2016 and Aug. 2015.

Posted in Government, UBID, Uncategorized

Is Union Bay Improvement District Up To Protecting Our Water From Logging in the Watershed?

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These short clips are from the Dec. 14, 2017 UBID meeting when the threat of logging in our watershed was discussed.

Again, these trustees and Admin have no direction or experience and are flailing around thinking we are at the mercy of a logging company.

If they had bothered, they would know Vancouver Island Water Watch was involved in 2013.  Sitting back and waiting for a response to a few letters is not an option.

Letter to our MLA Scott Fraser from June Ross of Vancouver Island Water Watch Coalition dated January 9, 2018.

 

Logging has been a concern for every Union Bay Board.   Here’s some info from March 2013.  Unsure what happened to the $5,000. grant.

Posted in Government, UBID

MLA Scott Fraser Acknowledging Receipt of Union Bay Landowners Letters on Logging in Our Watershed

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Everyone who wrote letters to Scott Fraser should have received this response.

 

Hello Mary,

 

Thank you for writing me in regards to logging on Langley Lake.

 

I’ve spent my career in politics fighting for clean water, sustainable forests, and habitats for wildlife and for future generations of British Columbians to enjoy.

For years the former government sacrificed the environment for short term economic gains. This government will make sure any logging on private lands follow regulations set out in the Private Managed Forest Land Act and the Drinking Water Protection Act.

 

I will be meeting with the Union Bay Improvement District to discuss how we protect their drinking water supply. I am also working with the Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations on the issue around logging at Langley Lake as well as other private logging operations throughout Vancouver Island.

 

Thank you again for taking the time to write me in regards to logging on Langley Lake.

 

Yours truly,

 

Hon Scott Fraser, MLA

Mid Island-Pacific Rim

250-720-4515  |   1-866-870-4190

 

Posted in Government

Union Bay Landowners Need to Take Action BEFORE the Logging Planned for August in Our Watershed

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This is so important that I wanted to post it again and keep it fresh in the minds of fellow landowners.  No one will be able to live here without clean water and the potential for our water source being contaminated by the planned logging in August of this year must be stopped.

That will only happen if everyone who lives in Union Bay and depends on the water from Langley Lake tells all the levels of government involved and the logging company that we will not allow our water source to be negatively impacted by logging.

Check out this link to a pdf.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zhXAfvC6WN3l5z3xJVKbv6hDrku_nQbbk7DJPYlkks8/edit?usp=sharing

If you have a problem with that link, here is the pdf.  Action Plan to Defend Union Bay Water

If you have a problem with the link to the letter from UBID to our MLA Scott Fraser – here it is. Jan 10 Letter requesting Environment and Land Use Committee Intervention

(Letter 1)___________________________________
Email to MLA Scott Fraser

Address

Optional CC

Subject: Temporary Harvesting Injunction – Langley Lake

Dear Honourable Mr Fraser
My name is _________ I am a resident of Union Bay, and a voter in the riding of Mid Island-Pacific Rim.
I am writing requesting that you take action to protect our drinking water. It is my understanding that our Union Bay Improvement District has requested your assistance as well. I want you to support their request to bring a motion before the legislature’s Environment and Land Use Committee seeking a temporary injunction to prevent Island Timberlands from conducting any industrial activity anywhere within the Langley Lake watershed until such time as a democratic process can be undertaken to permanently protect our water.
As our MLA I expect you to protect the drinking water my family depends on.
Sincerely,
……….
Your Name.
Your Address
Optional Phone Number

 

 

(Letter 2)___________________________________
Email to Bruce Jolliffe

Address

Optional CC

Russell Dyson, Chief Administrative Officer Comox Valley Regional District administration@comoxvalleyrd.ca

Subject: Defend the water supply for Union Bay

Dear Director Jolliffe
My name is _________ I am a resident of Union Bay, and a voter in Area A.
I am writing requesting that you take action to protect our drinking water. It is my understanding that our Union Bay Improvement District has requested the assistance of our MLA to defend our communities water supply from proposed logging in Langley Lake. I want you to support his attempt to bring a motion before the legislature’s Environment and Land Use Committee (ELUC). This motion would seek a temporary injunction preventing Island Timberlands from conducting any industrial activity anywhere in Langley Lake watershed. I would also like you to write to ELUC requesting a temporary injunction. I would also like you to explore every option available to you as Chair of the CVRD to find a permanent solution to the threats facing our drinking water.
As our Area Director I expect you to protect the drinking water my family depends on.
Sincerely,
……….
Your Name.
Your Address
Optional Phone Number
Posted in Government, UBID

Update on Record Article – Logging in Union Bay Watershed

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Union Bay Improvement District meeting tonight at 7 pm at the Union Bay Community Hall.

This article is almost identical to the one published Jan. 15, 2018.  https://allthingsunionbay.com/2018/01/15/union-bay-langley-lake-watershed-logging-concerns/

https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/e-editions/?iid=i20180118040836297&&headline=Q29tb3ggVmFsbGV5IFJlY29yZCwgSmFudWFyeSAxOCwgMjAxOA==&&doc_id=180118120905-61c6268b24bf4cb599aa14485c1e231f