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economist suntribune outdoors thursdaymarch 2000 21 1 early warmth foils projects while mother nature has been teasing us in recent days by offering us a sam pling of spring it wasnt exactly what the ministry of natural resources was antici pating this early in the year with the warm weather removing much of the snow cover that was in evidence just a couple of weeks ago the min istrys aurora district office was hoping the white stuff would remain in place just a little while longer so it could conduct a cou ple of projects the absence of snow put a damper on the ministrys attempt to capture at least 50 wild turkeys for its provincial network transfer under this program birds captured by the ministry would be transferred to areas within the province where they are needed ian buchanan a ministry biologist from the district office said plenty of birds had been sighted in areas near brock east gwillimbury and the northern part of uxbridge township we had flocks of birds some up to 50 and 100 but once the mike hayakawa snow went away they broke up and didnt come on to our baits were still trying to get the birds on our baits but with the snow all gone theres too much food out therefor them now buchanan noted the absence of snow has enabled the birds to find other sources of food that are now exposed the ministry however is still making attempts to entice at least some birds were still trying to get the birds on our baits but with the snow all gone theres too much food out there for them now he pointed out the removal of most snow- cover has also prevented the ministry from assessing deer movements during the winter months buchanan noted the ministry had a helicopter lined up to enable biologists to get a birds eye view of potential winter habitat areas that deer utilize in the region we were going to look for deer tracks and see what areas arre good for winter cover he said the deer wintering areas that were to be looked at included portions of east gwillimbury georgina 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there will be a draw of all winning entries to be eligible entries must be received no later than midnight march 25 2000 full contest rules are available at the first markham place cinemas publ i c notice 11 fisheries and oceans canada peches et oceans canada highway 407 east partial extension fisheries and oceans canada dfo acting as the responsible authority ra under the canadian environmental assessment act ceaa is engaged in a screening level environmental assessment ea as required under section 201 of ceaa for the above noted project the 407 east partial extension involves the construction of a 1 59 km 4lane ultimate 1 0 lane toll highway from the highway 407 centre terminus highway 48 in the west to its terminus at highway 7 east of brougham in the region of durham construction of the highway 407 east partial extension can be commenced once the requirements of the federal ea have been completed public consultation is a significant component of the highway 407 east partial extension ceaa review as part of dfos federal environmental assessment under ceaa it is within the ministers discretion to invoke ceaa subsection 183 where the responsible authority ra is of the opinion that public participation in the screening of the project is appropriate in the circumstances the ra shall give the public notice and an opportunity to examine and make comment on the screening report the ceaa screening report prepared by the ra in this instance dfo will be available for public comment at the following locations markham community library pickering public library whitevale branch 475 whitevale road pickering ontario l0h 1m0 6031 highway 7 markham ontario l3p3a7 reg municipality of durham po box 623 605 rossland rd e whitby ontario the screening report will be available for the comment period february 9 2000 march 10 2000 all comments must be received prior to march 11 2000 accompanying documentation produced through the provincial ea process will also be available at the above locations if you would like to receive further information or provide written comments on the ceaa screening report please contact referrals coordinator fisheries and oceans canada fish habitat management ontario area 867 lakeshore road po box 5050 burlington ontario l7r 4a6 tel 905 3364595 fax9053366285 m