Why do cities across North America spend tens of millions of dollars on preserving their wetlands? Because the costs of replacing the function of wetlands with stormwater and water treatment infrastructure are on the order of 10 times more. Read more…
Archive for November, 2008
The Value of Urban Wetlands – Priceless
Posted in Wetlands on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
CROAKER’S CROSSING AT CORBETT CENTRE WILL DRAW A LINE IN THE ROAD FOR BIG-BOX RETAILERS
Posted in Action!, Events, Road, Species, Wetlands on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fredericton, N.B., Canada October 31, 2008 In the aftermath of the so-called “froggy carnage”, The Friends of the UNB Woodlot will put several hundred popsicle-stick white crosses along a section of Knowledge Park Drive near the Corbett Centre retail complex. Each cross will remember the needless death of these small wetland frogs [...]
