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R ~Wekend LWhIeId Repairs ej 781 MMI ST. fi& 2,L Am MILTON 87564785 .e 8-81 A Metroktnd Con-îmunity Newspaper Vol. 144 No. 12 Friday, Aprl 25, 2003 40 Pages $1 .0 (GST sncludcd) ISection of sensitive ,*~ Jwoodlot destroyed Photo by GRAHAM PAINE 'Catch of the dayr Halton SPortamen's Association members Garry Kruyff (liet) and Doug Howden show some of the more than 700 ralnbow trout that were atocked into the. MiII Pond this week ln prepa- ration for tomorrow's chldren's flshlng derby. The Hafton Sportsmen's Association wIII co- hoat the evant along wlth the Milton branch of the Royal Canadian Leglon. 13Y KIM ARNOTT Special to The Champion Local environmentalists are calling for tougher laws, harsher penalties and more protection of woodlots followmng the destruc- tion of 45 acres of trees earlier this month. .T'he propcrty, locatcd cast of FourUs Line and south of Lowcr Baseine Road and straddling Use Oakville-Milton border, is dcsignated as an Enviromnntally Sensitive Aiea (ESA), as well as a regional Ares of Natursi and Scientiflc Interest (ANSI). Up until a fcw wccks ago, it contained a 60-acre woodlot. Then contractors using excavators cleared about 45 scres of land, at the rcquest of the landowner. About 50 of the 60 acres is Iocatcd in Milton. The woodlot contaissed s number of species of brecs in the 80 to 100-year-old range, and offcred interior foreat habitat for songbirds such as scarlet tanagers, wood warblers and Coopers hswks. While it isn't yct clear whcther the landowner wiII face charges under the regional tree-cutting bylsw, Conservation Halton officiais are calling for tougher Iaws. "This incident clesrly demnonstrates Uic need for stronger forest protection policies in the watershed," said Theresa Maguire- Garber, Conservation Halton CAO. LawYers for-Halton Region are currcntly No GO Train SARS cases Sa far Uere have been no reportcd sus- pect or probable cases of SARS amnong ÇO train passengers since public health offi- ciais revealed Usat an infectcd ]Burlington resident rode a train Iast week. "Nobody is presensing the case definition of suspect or probable SARS so far arising from Usat train situation," Halton Medical Officer of HealUs Dr. Bob Nosal said yes- terday. If ayone werc to develop symptoms, they would likely get Uemn by today due to the five to 10-day incubation period. L Photo by ALLAN ELGAR Cut anid damaged trees are phd on top of eech other ln a south Milton woodlot mnvestigating whether the cutting violates the regional tree-cutting bylaw, which resiricts the removal of brecs on private property. Conservation Halton is also mnvcstigating whether any damage was donc to a watcr- coursc that runs through Use propcrty and empties mnto Uic Sixteen Mile Crcck. If a violation of Use regional trec-cutting bylaw is proven, s fine of $5,000 or a te- planting order could be imposcd. But Rence Sandclowsky, spokesperson 8»c MAYOR on page 3 Comment .......6 NS Report .......8 A&E............ 16 Sports...... 25-27 Classified ..28-31 Datolns ...B5-B7 fUb FM FhS flo * MCO Cmi* .GammtIM,* *Sutustd amas only - - -i