Fish Matter More Than You Think...

THE AVON RIVER CAUSEWAY KILLS FISH

FREE TIDAL FLOW IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO

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The Nova Scotia Government is Twinning Hwy. 101 in 2018 - This Government Needs to Do It Right!
Will the Avon River Die - Can We Save Her? No Fish-Passage, No Fish! 😰
Will Endangered Species be driven to extinction?

Will the Federal Fisheries Minister, Hon. Dominic LeBlanc, become the Hero of the Avon River story?

Join us and make the difference - your contributions work to bring accountability: that our elected officials act responsibly and choose a bridge for the twining of highway 101; to finally remove a small portion of the causeway, near Windsor, to restore the river to free tidal-flow; and to honor the habitat in order to protect the unique Inner bay of Fundy, Endangered Wild Atlantic Salmon! 

New Brunswick has just announced they are returning the tides to the Petitcodiac Causeway in Moncton, we can do it too! Just Google Petitcodiac' and see the excited organizers; hear their united voice, and try to imagine why we shouldn't demand at least the same!
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This is what some of us plan for the Town of Windsor, and the way to get there is with free tidal flow at the Causeway! Don't rule-out 'a lock system' to hold and maintain water for the Town's protection, and recreational lake activity too. BTW: With sea-walls, we can redirect and have better control of the river. We can protect properties and farmland above the causeway! The Dutch have been doing this for years with real slick technology! The Acadians and Planters could invent them 300 years ago, and the NS government says it is 'not technically feasible? In 2003, Fred Lawrence (Hants Journal) reported that a government study pegged the cost of the Upper Falmouth dyke-system repairs at about 3.5 million. Subject to inflation, isn't this still cheaper than the new aboiteau behemoth we will probably see proposed in the preliminary planning? 

We don't see a giant aboiteau in the works here. We are certain they cannot solve fish-passage without returning the free tidal-flow. We envision the tidal bore rolling in, right between the communities of Falmouth and Windsor; thousands of visitors coming every day for tidal-rafting adventures, riverside market crowds and souvenir shops, crafts, and delis, with music, art and dance, and period-costumes and re-enactments, the history of when the Tallships came in; and of Haliburton and the early hurley, Kings Edgehill, Fort Edward, etc, etc, etc! This is an internationally joyous old town, and it died when they made it a lake!
The acclamation of the environmentally-conscientious - returning the tides in order to save the many endangered species - in the land of the highest and fastest-rising tides in the world - the headwaters of the Bay of Fundy - here in the quaint little Town of Windsor!
Oh, but then the fish; can you imagine the fish running freely, right up past the Mines Road, like they used to.., salmon, sea-trout, striped-bass, gaspereau, smelts, eels, sturgeon, and possibly many more, with our free tidal-flow elegantly answering as the solution to this story...and what a story to tell.

My friends, if we can put a man on the moon, we can fix this disaster at the Avon River Causeway!  And if you think all of this sounds a little 'far fetched', just remember to investigate those excited people near Moncton, NB, on the Petitcodiac River initiative!
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