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economist sunjsuntribune enviornment saturday nov 8 2003 save the rouge staff quits group thrown out of offices from page 1 some trees were cut- not realized the province and sion to lower the creek -7- down that is true but we got toronto and region the builders money tributary banks triple the vthe- best deal we possibly conservation authority meanwhile remains in trust usual distance could he said adding he had would give builders permis- for what should be five to 10 on november 1 0 reelect eft caring irt itiiat 6iiel councillor ward 3 wwwjoevirgilioca years of restoration and tree planting work guided by save the rouge mr de baeremaeker is confident it will start in the spring founded in 1975 arid instrumental in the creation of rouge park save the rouge has had a turbulent year and its paid membership about 2000 duringthe groups high- profile battles for the oak ridges moraine a few years ago has fallen to about 250 the groups volunteer president since 1997 mr de baeremaeker resigned from the board in january intend ing he said to become a full- time paid staff member after 200000 in trillium foundation funding for the group was not renewed how ever mr de baeremaeker was reappointed to the board he has also been njnning for a council seat in scarborough a few weeks after the groups annual meeting in september the entire staff of save of rouge an adminis trator two biologists arid a bookkeeper quit saying they were no longer comfort able with the organization mr de baeremaeker said the board will wait until after the municipal election to replace the staff adding none of the groups work in the watershed will be affected there wont be one less tree planted mark carroll also resigned as sole employee for gta vvetlarid watch a group shar ing office space a bookkeeper and other resources with save the rouge mr carroll a biologist and whitchurchstouffville coun cillor said he was disturbed by mr de baeremaekers deal with developers arid con cerned about payments made to mr de baeremaeker as a consultant for gta wetlandwatch they were a good advo cacy group mr carroll said of save the rouge they did a lot but they just stepped over a line i couldnt be happy with gta wetland watch began a rnultiyear tree planting and habitat creation project this spring on the ontario spcajs property in northern whitchurchstouffviue but it was halted after mr carroll laid out his concerns to spca management we did some really good work on their property but it had to end said mr carroll who hopes to continue the project with another nonprofit group he said he discovered gta wetland watch for no obvi ous reason was making pay- merits to new dawn consulting a company run by mr de baeremaeker who supports himself by consult ing for environmental groups why is new dawn getting funds for projects when i did all the planning mr carroll asked ian glynwilliams presi dent of gta wetland watch and treasurer of save the rouge said new dawn was paid because mr de baeremaeker provided it with strategic advice funding pro posals and contacts mr de baeremaeker said he has never received money for work he did not do save the rouge is partici pating in an ontario municipal board hearing on the leslie north development area in richmond hill but mr de baeremaeker said it is withdrawing from a hearing on box grove in markham because it doesnt have the resources to address both at once new to your be sure to call dianne 6403521 helen 6405082 tlcomed wagon f since 1930 our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information r boetotophbbi taurant sports bar ho i help us help kids for a minimum 3 donation receive a boston pizzarogers video kids card valid for free kids meals free kids movies for a year youcanentertowin a dvd player whenyoubookapartyof6ormpreaskfordetaiis net proceeds go directly to kids help phone jyr v ssf