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They want to pave paradise!

All over Kingston – one of 15 cities in Canada predicted to become a heat island – our cooling, carbon-storing trees are being destroyed. We have identified more than 20 past or proposed clearcuts in the city – mainly to build unaffordable homes. Developers are paving over our forests – and even want to pave over our wetlands – with little thought to the increasing climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis, neighbourhood rights, and the local Indigenous population.

Help us save our urban forests and wetlands – donate today!

Kingston ON, Canada

Stop the Chop! Save Our Urban Forests and Wetlands!

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Kathleen O’Hara
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Before….and Now.

Our forests and wetlands need your help!

As the climate crisis is devastating our planet, the future of Kingston’s nearest downtown forest and wetland is going before the Ontario Land Tribunal. Our previous City Council voted against the plan but a developer is still trying to push through the clearcutting of 37 acres – 1800 trees – beside a sacred burial ground for the Indigenous people of the area. This clearcutting would include a 220-year-old white oak tree (shown below), also sacred to the local Indigenous community.

As you can see, we’ve had wonderful support from many generous donors! All these people are heroes who care about nature in Kingston and don’t want to see it destroyed by greed.

We have also raised funds with two amazing fundraisers at Musiikki and Grant Hall at Queen’s. In both cases, young people – many from Queen’s University – came to us wanting to help, and they certainly did! We have raised thousands due to their dedication, along with efforts from local stores, artists, musicians, and others.

It has been amazing watching Kingstonians of all ages working to protect the Tannery forest – and nature generally – especially as we face climate and biodiversity crises. We can’t thank them enough!

You can help us defend City Council’s decision to stop this disastrous plan at the Tribunal. We have hired a hydrogeologist, an envirotoxicologist, a wetland/forest ecologist, and a land-use planner to present our case against a very wealthy developer. This has cost us thousands of dollars, but the fight is worth it!

Please help us prevent forest and wetland destruction.

Every donation counts!

The wetlands now.

The proposed development.

 

 

In partnership with No Clearcuts Kingston.

Name Donation Date
Robert MacInnes $250 June 6, 2024 8:15 pm
Rudolf K Mogl $225 May 6, 2024 12:30 pm
Judith Larkin $250 May 6, 2024 1:10 am
Vicki Schmolka $410 May 5, 2024 9:18 pm
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Kerry Hill $205 May 4, 2024 1:49 pm
Eleanor MacDonald $50 May 3, 2024 10:22 pm
Mary Louise Adams $253 May 3, 2024 6:27 pm
Anonymous $200 May 3, 2024 3:12 pm
Nancy Jones $205 May 3, 2024 3:03 pm
Anonymous $500 May 3, 2024 2:52 pm
Judith Wyatt $200 May 2, 2024 3:53 pm
Gavin Anderson $500 May 2, 2024 2:49 pm
Kathleen OHara $500 May 1, 2024 8:43 pm
Vicki Schmolka $500 April 29, 2024 8:23 pm
Mary Louise Adams $105 April 11, 2024 7:52 am
Gillian Sadinsky $105 April 1, 2024 9:03 pm
Ken Fisher $50 March 30, 2024 9:44 pm
Joan Bowie $250 March 28, 2024 1:04 pm
Karen Stos $53 March 27, 2024 11:31 pm
John GRENVILLE $1,015 March 27, 2024 9:22 pm
Maureen Buchanan $100 March 27, 2024 7:05 pm
Christine Cannon $105 March 21, 2024 2:54 pm
June Blackburn $200 March 7, 2024 12:46 am
Jonathan Cresswell-Jones $50 March 4, 2024 2:01 pm
Liz Whelpdale $510 March 3, 2024 8:30 pm
Rosemary Dobbin $100 March 3, 2024 7:41 pm
Shirley Bailey $260 March 3, 2024 5:57 pm
Marie Lloyd $30 March 3, 2024 3:29 pm
Mary Louise Adams $100 March 3, 2024 5:25 am
Jean Jeffrey $70 March 2, 2024 11:40 pm
Bruce Hill $1,005 March 2, 2024 9:12 pm
james brown $1,010 March 2, 2024 9:11 pm
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Mark Sibley $50 February 4, 2024 9:11 pm
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Tina Bailey $250 December 28, 2023 10:53 am
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Madison Hartwick $200 December 18, 2023 11:47 pm
Gisele Pharand $25 December 15, 2023 9:42 pm
Matt Rogalsky $250 December 11, 2023 12:47 pm
Jill Clarke $50 December 10, 2023 3:32 pm
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Emily Everett $400 November 28, 2023 5:30 pm
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Allison Wren Montgomery $100 November 9, 2023 7:23 pm
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James Jack $100 November 4, 2023 8:27 pm
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Mabyn Armstrong $110 October 30, 2023 5:47 pm
Anonymous $5,025 October 30, 2023 12:37 am
Linda Hart $100 October 29, 2023 5:15 pm
Jocelyn Purdie $25 October 28, 2023 1:33 pm
Judith Wyatt $100 October 26, 2023 3:55 am
Jean Jeffrey $50 October 25, 2023 7:59 pm
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Morgan Tomalty $150 October 8, 2023 6:25 pm
Vicki Schmolka $210 October 8, 2023 12:09 am
Richard Tam $50 October 7, 2023 7:06 pm
Charlene Habibi $15 October 7, 2023 12:25 am
Graydon Wicks $12 October 6, 2023 11:29 pm
Chloe Earnshaw-Osler $10 October 6, 2023 11:29 pm
Julie Nguyen $20 October 6, 2023 11:28 pm
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Alicia Gordon $105 September 27, 2023 12:42 pm
Jonathan Cresswell-Jones $55 September 23, 2023 7:37 pm
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Ian Fraser $55 September 20, 2023 10:53 am
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james brown $1,025 August 30, 2023 3:51 pm
Marie Lloyd $25 August 30, 2023 2:07 pm
Dorothea Burns $100 August 30, 2023 1:19 pm
Craig Sims $100 August 28, 2023 2:13 pm
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Dianne Lackonick $1,000 August 18, 2023 2:15 pm
Ron Turney $100 August 14, 2023 11:25 pm
Kathleen OHara $400 August 14, 2023 11:20 pm
Ken Johnson $205 August 11, 2023 12:03 pm
Marc Xuereb $100 August 10, 2023 12:19 pm
Will O'Hara $100 August 8, 2023 9:36 pm
Anonymous $255 August 8, 2023 6:53 pm
Heather Karn $50 August 7, 2023 11:45 pm
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Rosemary Kozak $55 August 2, 2023 12:54 pm
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Matt Rogalsky $505 July 28, 2023 11:59 pm
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Marie Lloyd $25 July 24, 2023 7:46 pm
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Henry Swoboda $150 July 24, 2023 11:37 am
Hannah Kaufman $55 July 1, 2023 8:06 pm
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Marie Lloyd $30 June 23, 2023 6:18 pm
John GRENVILLE $1,000 June 21, 2023 12:00 pm
Lea Westlake $260 June 20, 2023 2:40 pm
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K&B Hill $320 June 2, 2023 11:19 am
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James Swift $260 May 23, 2023 1:12 pm
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Dawn Crawford $100 April 22, 2023 8:51 pm
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Wren Montgomery $300 April 13, 2023 1:17 am
Danielle Deptuck $10 April 11, 2023 1:09 pm
Mary Farrar $100 April 7, 2023 5:59 pm
Vision for Kingston $1,000 March 29, 2023 1:46 pm
Barbara Burger $100 March 22, 2023 12:49 pm
Kathryn Hodgson-Gupta $100 March 21, 2023 11:46 am
June Blackburn $50 March 20, 2023 9:34 pm
Tara Kainer $25 March 20, 2023 6:05 pm
Mark Sibley $55 March 11, 2023 3:33 pm
Jerri Jerreat $100 March 9, 2023 8:44 pm
Larry Scanlan $50 March 8, 2023 10:47 pm
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Lib Spry $100 February 18, 2023 1:31 pm
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Liz Whelpdale $50 February 15, 2023 7:46 pm
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Elinor Rush $50 February 7, 2023 2:17 am
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Heather McGregor $100 February 7, 2023 1:30 am
Paul Gervan $50 February 6, 2023 11:33 pm
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Ghislaine Marcotte $100 February 3, 2023 2:32 pm
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Derek Redmond $50 January 30, 2023 3:29 am
Emily M Hill $100 January 29, 2023 8:15 pm
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Yvonne Hiemstra $110 November 30, 2022 1:18 am
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