Fall 2005 Grant Recipients
Applicant:
Mary Jo Cullen
Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay (CCMB)
122 Robert Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2K3
Lake Basin: Lake Superior
Ph. 416 922 0151
mj.cullen @sympatico.ca & maryjocullen@onlink.net
www.ccmb.ca
Sponsor:
Great Lakes United
Bonnie Danni, Financial Manager
1300 Elmwood Avenue, Cassety Hall
Buffalo, NY 14222
All the Great Lakes
Ph. 716 886 0142
Fax: 716 886 0303
bonnie@glu.org
www.glu.org
Project Title: Utilizing the OMB process to protect coastal habitat on Lake Superior.
Fall Grant Award: $5000
Summary:
A proposed quarry at Michipicoten Bay, within a globally significant section of wild Lake Superior shoreline, has been given the green light by the Township of Michipicoten, despite a zoning by-law which disallows the quarry operation as proposed. Citizens Concerned for Michipicoten Bay has forced the Township to amend the by-law to legally permit the quarry operation, so that CCMB may then appeal that amendment to the Ontario Municipal Board, thus earning the right to a hearing by this independent tribunal, where evidence of the potentially devastating environmental impacts of the operation may be presented.
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Grants and Publications Manager
sand@glhabitat.org
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