Plant a tree to Stop Gateway! This Saturday
Saturday - Tree Planting to Stop the Highway
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Come out to have fun, show your support, save a farm, plant a tree, have some BBQ: Sat at 1 pm at 11059 River Road Call 604 683 8220 for details.
BRAD'S PLACE WILL BE GROUND ZERO IN THE FIGHT TO HALT THE SFPR.
With no contractors in place to build the South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) highway as proposed in the Gateway Plan, the Ministry of Transportation has begun early stages of bulldozing and laying sand along portions of the proposed route of the controversial South Fraser Perimeter Road (SFPR) highway.
Brad Major, a local fire fighter, and professional arborist has started a small business growing Christmas trees on his family's beautiful 1 acre property. Brad lives in the a lush valley close to burns bog which is in the trajectory of the proposed SFPR highway route in North Delta on the banks of the Fraser River.
Brad is one of the residents who have been told that his property will be expropriated by the provincial government to make way for the proposed SFPR highway which would connect Delta Port to Highway 1 as part of the Gateway Project. He was contacted a week before Christmas last year by the Ministry of Transportation by phone and told they would remove him out of his home within a year.
This Saturday Brad will be planting some of his Christmas tree seedlings in the path of the highway as part of a reforestation project on his property. Brad plans to sell Christmas trees to families and then the tees would be re-planted on his property after the holidays. Brads business would help provide a carbon friendly Christmas for families and a healthier habitat for species in the Fraser River, Burns Bog ecosystem.
LETS MAKE SURE BRAD'S LAND GROWS TREES, NOT FREEWAYS!
Drop by this Saturday at 1pm at 11059 River Road for a BBQ and a family friendly tour of Brads property and tree farm. Come see first hand a piece of what is threatened by the Gateway Project highways. Plant a tree and check out where our Christmas trees could go if the valley is saved and the highways are stopped.
Check out this video for more on Brad and his home at risk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC5JYg9rBXQ
Contact Ben West, Wilderness Committee Healthy Communities campaigner for more details 604 683 8220
I applaud everyones
I applaud everyones intentions but how about for every tree planted in front of the oncoming bulldozer, a tree is planted where it will survive. The bulldozer is coming and the ones planted in their way will be a waste of the life of that tree which is sad and why would someone sacrifice a living thing on a forgone conclusion ?
Sorry to be blunt but the SFPR highway is coming through and the planting of a seedling in it's way may be symbolic but really is just taking the life of a young tree.