<div>TOP SIX REASONS TO SUPPORT STOPPING DEVELOPMENT ON THE PROVINCIALLY SIGNIFICANT SILVER CREEK WETLAND, FLOODPLAIN AND CREEK IN COLLINGWOOD, ON
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>We need to insist that regional and provincial governments protect the 180 hectares (450 acre) of Provincially Significant Silver Creek Wetland from imminent development and hold them accountable:
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>1.  CLEAN WATER: These Wetlands filter the water draining 2700 hectares in the surrounding area, removing many pollutants and silt before this water reaches Georgian Bay.  Without this natural filter, Georgian Bay becomes more silted in, algae blooms, wildlife dies and residents and tourists encounter "No Swim" days;
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>2. FLOOD PREVENTION
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>3. DESTRUCTION OF TROUT/SALMON HABITAT Silver Creek is a Class A cold water trout/salmon stream.  If development goes ahead, trees are removed, water temperatures rise and this cold water stream becomes uninhabitable for these fish.  We are left with suckers, carp and other species of fish that can survive in warmer water.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>4.  THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES: Silver Creek, its floodplain and the Wetland are home to countless birds, fish and animals that thrive within them, relying on them for food, shelter and a place to raise their young.  Many of these species are designated as threatened and will disappear if development goes ahead.  Biodiversity will lose another battle to irresponsible development.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>5. DESTRUCTION OF NATURAL HERITAGE: The Silver Creek system is part of our natural heritage.  Without this area and others like it, we just become another case of urban sprawl with nothing unique to offer the residents and thousands of tourists, except a Georgian Bay with questionable water quality and miles of houses, roads, cars, construction vehicles and malls. Our local economy (tourism) depends on maintaining and protecting our natural environment.
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>6. FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE: Wetlands are among the most powerful natural stores of carbon and one of our most important tools for combatting climate change. Destroying them is like emptying your last canister of water on a long hike through the desert. Why would we purposely sabotage ourselves?
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>The whole of the Niagara Escarpment in the Collingwood and Blue Mountains area are under increasing pressure from developers.  Our governments have to recognize the value of our natural assets, because once they are gone, they are GONE!  
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div>Let your political leaders know we citizens are thousands strong and growing in this together and we are watching them and where they place their priorities.  Act now and please support us to raise funds for legal counsel so we can call political leaders to account!
</div>
<div><br />
</div>
<div> 
</div>
<div>The Friends of Silver Wetland 
</div>
<div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/318611201679420" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Save Silver Creek Wetlands Facebook Page</a>
</div>

Barbara Zimmerman

Anonymous

Christopher Rickard

Mark Levine

Loreen Dugale

Maddy Gillis

David Matthews

Jan Sanderson

Catherine Tile

James Dalziel

Brian Nugent

James McGregor

Marina  Cajic

john doherty

Sandra Stoll

J. T. Moore

Save Silver Creek Wetlands

Support urgent earthquake relief and past recovery in Venezuela.

Apoya la ayuda urgente tras el terremoto y los esfuerzos de recuperación en Venezuela.

platform

Platform is iOS

Android

Adyen Google Pay Development Audience

$opt_dummy_attribute

English only

Deprecate Stripe Legacy

dyn_template_ids

Adyen V6 Bene Transfer & MyMoney Campaign Organizers - test01

Bene transfer V6 and AdyenV6MyMoney Campaign Organizers - production

OneTrust next-app audience

fundCountryCode

NextDoor Share Option Users

Fundraisers with Reactions feature capability

fundCurrencyCode

US + Non-charity COs Only

locale

fund country is US and user language is English

personId

comms-internal-person-ids

Enhanced Story Experience Users

Suggested Goal Experience Users

user language is English and fund country: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

Poster share - new funds eligible (newest 9/18)

Streaming widgets beta user

paymentProcessor

3DS payment method

user language is English and fundCountry: US, AU, DK, FI, IE, NO, SE, CA, GB; 

currencyCode

Money Box Donation List Prompt Experiment Audience

GoFundMe Employees

ipAddress

Mark Rieth IP Address

Version 9.2.0 and above

Fund is in English speaking country

desktop

Android v12.11.0 and above

Platform is Android

paymentMethodType

checkoutType

Payment method type group to be vaulted on success

admin pr kit prod

EUR Donation Upsell

Share Text generation Skip Fundraiser

(prod) new funds eligible for amp12 (UGC gallery)

fintrac_cad_idv_form_v2 audience

paymentProcessorAccountId

fallback mode accounts

proCampaignId

p2p legacy startfundraising page

AMP24 New Funds Only PROD (DO NOT MODIFY)

Eligible for Profile Share Badge

countryCode

charityId

UKCharities

Federated Search Internal Testing

route.pathname community

US Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks Feature Audience

International Only

fundId

braze fundraiser group 

Payment Identity Transfers ATO Risk Check (Targeted) - Production

Fundraiser Saved Payment Method Rate Limit Bypass (Production)

leaderboard-partner-id-audience-givepanel

Version 9.2.1 and above

AUD Donation Upsell audience

fundraiserCountryCode is US/EN

Active Fundraiser - Smart Default Cadence

DAF Internal

Vault on success card payment method

Platform is iOS v11.0.0 and above

Desktop users

Person ids

United States (US) users

allow yuno fundraisers for test

Mexico country code

Posters INTL

Support Comments Allowlist

NPO Profile Opted-In

iOS at or above 12.4.0

non-US recurring donors

Canada Campaign Owner Group

Fundraiser Without Meta Link

Scheduler payment tester gorup

charityCommunityId

Charities allow to be claimed unclaimed (PRD)

Canada (CA) users

UC Tipping v20250115 International

pymk_production_xplr_fe_team

Android at or above 12.2.0

Profile photo entry point audience

smart goals (fundraiser/manage) on test01

Activity Tracking v1 Beta Testing

start gfm intl allowed locales

Platform is iOS v11.2.0 and above

NPO upsell education category

unclaimed charities

prod_ach_audience

AI Chatbot Audience

amp13 only new funds (prod) (anyword auto)

UC Flow Enabled (Prod)

Payment Identity Beneficiary Verification - Production

shared notification bell audience

Custom users

ach frontend audience

Android v11.0.0 and above

Users Receiving Payments Paused Notifications

smart goals test01

Manage Coach - US English Organizers Only + new funds only

Team EGG - IP Address list

NPO recommendations prod

Fundraiser Without Instagram Deep Link

Native 11.4.0 and above

UC Tipping v20250107

checkout headers audience

ai_title_page

anyword

openai

control

manual_entry

userEmail

template_id

userId

fundUrl

isCharityCo

email

appVersion

shouldBucketIntoExperiment

isEligibleForProfileBadge

partnerId

donationCadence

isActiveFundraiser

isPartner

isMobile

npoProfileOptIn

fundIsLinkedWithMeta

hasSessionDonation

categoryGroup

isCampaignOwner

fundHasInstagramDeepLink

Native 11.3.0 and above

Native 11.4.0 and higher

New funds eligible - Video Sharing (PROD)

GB Donation Upsell audience 

Auto Thanks V3 Rollout Audience

Thank you V3 testing whitelist

isRecurringFriendly

Is Recurring Friendly

Excluded funds - Video Sharing

NPO upsell animals category

NPO upsell disaster relief category

Logged In Users

CH Donation Upsell audience

Android v10.6.0 and above

NPO upsell essential needs category

NPO upsell medical category

userCurrencyCode

Localized Currency

NPO upsell cancer category

v11.5.0 and above

testAudience

pathname

Survicate

appVersion is at or above 12.8.0

Non-charity fund

isChallengeFundraiser

challenge-fundraisers

Payment Identity Launch Verification - Production

New funds eligible - Posters v2

CAD Donation Upsell Audience

Braze Email Tester

NPO Profile Opted-Out

iOS App Version

hasKnownDonors

PYMK has donors

iOS v12.3.0 and above

Save Silver Creek Wetlands

Still $11,260 to go. Help us build momentum.