ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSIONER WEIGHS IN

Gord Miller in today's K-W Record "Wildlife, forests feeling the impact" has a message for us. Although the Elmira Advocate has clearly focused on environmental issues specific or relevant to Woolwich Township, nevertheless sometimes we will stray and sometimes in this case, the broader issue of global warming is as relevant to Woolwich as to the rest of the world.
The E Commissioner gives several examples of wilflife impacts that we have most certainly seen here in Woolwich. Opossums are now common and plentiful in Woolwich whether in the woods or dead alongside our roads. I'm sixty years old and the first live one I saw was in West Montrose just over ten years ago. Lyme disease from deer ticks is no longer rare in Ontario. They have also expanded their range northwards as the winters have warmed up. Gord Miller sums up " The new conservation ethic must take into account the cumulative impact of our activities, use a precautionary approach every time a decision is made, and ensure we don't penalize future generations."