I live in the Dundas Valley
This was the meadow where we ate and slept. We traveled through the woods and stayed off
the busy roads. Our protected deer yard was beautiful in the summer.
It was safe and sheltered in the winter.
The Niagara Escarpment Commission and City of Hamilton said it was in an
Escarpment Protection and Environmentally Sensitive area.
But now I’m worried. Now, people
with big machines are building a monster home beside my meadow.
The NEC said it would be okay, though - the meadow is outside of the
approved development zone. They said it
is protected.
But, now,
what’s that noise? Where did the trees
go? Why is that bulldozer uprooting
trees in the protected deer yard? It is
working well outside the development zone
Now, piles of dirt and roots and snow cover my meadow. There is lots of other room on the
construction site for debris. Fences
now block my wildlife corridors. There
is a wooded pond up in those woods. I
liked to drink there, but now I cannot reach it.
They have turned my meadow into a dump.
Nothing can grow there this summer.
Where will I eat and sleep? Where
can I shelter in the winter?
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What have they done to
my meadow?
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Why is this proceeding, unchecked?
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Where are the NEC and
the City of Hamilton?
They say the meadow is supposed to remain natural.
Why won’t they stop this construction outside
the development zone?
Why Won’t They Help Me?
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