{"id":1047,"date":"2021-04-01T19:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T23:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bg.esilverstrike.com\/?post_type=speak-up&#038;p=1047"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:33:45","slug":"nelson-quarry-expansion","status":"publish","type":"speak-up","link":"https:\/\/www.burlingtongreen.org\/fr\/speak-up\/nelson-quarry-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Quarry Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you had a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.unesco.org\/biosphere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve<\/a>\u00a0in your community, would you do everything you could to safeguard it?\u00a0<\/strong>In fact, Burlington\u2019s escarpment is part of the Province of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/ontarios-greenbelt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ontario\u2019s Green Belt<\/a>\u00a0AND a Unesco World Biosphere Reserve. It is home to a diversity of species (including the at-risk Jefferson salamander), vital farmland, valuable parklands and conservation areas and important aquifers (water sources).<br><br><strong>Is this worth protecting?<\/strong>\u00a0We think so, and if you do too, we ask you to stand with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Perlburlington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PERL<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coreburlington.com\/still-a-bad-idea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CORE Burlington<\/a>,  \u00a0non-profit organization of volunteers united to protect the beautiful and biodiverse\u00a0<a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/conservationhalton.ca\/park-details?park=mount-nemo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mt. Nemo<\/a>\u00a0area. <br><br>Show your support by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.coreburlington.com\/lawn-sign-mobile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ordering a lawn sign from CORE<\/a>, and email or write to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.burlington.ca\/en\/your-city\/Find-Your-Councillor-Ward.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor and Burlington Council Members\u00a0<\/a>to voice your support for the protection of this important area.<br><br>Click below to visit the CORE Burlington website to learn more about this issue and opportunities to get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>BurlingtonGreen is a non-partisan, solution-focused organization. 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