{"id":9375,"date":"2020-08-19T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T16:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=9375"},"modified":"2020-08-19T14:26:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T18:26:32","slug":"leaving-a-dangerous-and-ugly-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=9375","title":{"rendered":"Leaving a dangerous and ugly mess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Township of Muskoka Lakes lease for Portage Landing requires that at the end of the lease \u2013 which happened on June 30, 2020 \u2013 Swift River Energy Ltd. <em>&#8220;shall forthwith commence and diligently carry out the &#8230; restoration&#8230;&#8221;<\/em> . Instead of any work on-site to implement <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5.+Landscape+plan,20170713.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this landscaping plan<\/a> which is to <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1.+Site+Plan,20170607.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">result in this<\/a> (that includes a 6&#8242;-wide path with a slope down to the water suitable for wheelchairs), we have:<\/p>\n<p>A board with a rusty nail sticking up &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200810_163518,BoardWithRustyNail,1557x1168.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200810_163518,BoardWithRustyNail,800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several places where there is a mystery goo coming out of the ground and draining towards the Moon River &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200810_163248,MysteryGoo,2016x1512.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200810_163248,MysteryGoo,800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other rusty metal sticking out of the ground &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200810_163536,RustyMetal,1157x1168.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4053\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_20200810_163536,RustyMetal,800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Swift River Energy Ltd. continues to disregard safety and the needs of the community, and has left this public land as bare construction rubble.<\/p>\n<p>This also <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=7095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contravenes Swift River Energy Ltd.&#8217;s commitment for their environmental approval<\/a> that this project: &#8220;<em>will not result in any net adverse effects to heritage buildings, structures or sites, archaeological resources, or cultural heritage landscapes<\/em>&#8221; and contravenes the Township of Muskoka Lakes&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PortageLandingOnMoonRiver,HeritageDesignation,20130412.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">By-law 2013-052<\/a> which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muskokalakes.ca\/en\/residents\/designated-properties.aspx#Portage-Landing-on-the-Moon-River\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">designated Portage Landing under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act<\/a> which requires the: <em>&#8220;Presence of trees, grasses, wildflowers, and other vegetation&#8221;<\/em> and the: <em>&#8220;Absence of artificial lighting and buildings&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Township of Muskoka Lakes lease for Portage Landing requires that at the end of the lease \u2013 which happened on June 30, 2020 \u2013 Swift River Energy Ltd. &#8220;shall forthwith commence and diligently carry out the &#8230; restoration&#8230;&#8221; . Instead of any work on-site to implement this landscaping plan which is to result in <a href='https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/?p=9375' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background","category-3-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9375"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9386,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9375\/revisions\/9386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savethebalafalls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}