Burns Bog Conservation Area

Synopsis

Burns Bog is about 3000 hectares of undeveloped urban wilderness, one of the largest in North America. It is a globally unique ecosystem, a stopover for at least 103 migratory bird species, home to rare and endangered species. Peat is the most efficient biological carbon sink on earth. Burns Bog is under constant threat of usurpation for highways, landfills, commercial and industrial development. The South Fraser Perimeter Road and MK Delta Lands Group proposal are the most recent threats.

Category Conservation

Type Land

Prov BC

Region Metro Vancouver

Posted 04Jul12

Updated 04Jul12

Status Active

Resolution

The South Fraser Perimeter Road is under construction.

The MK Delta Lands Group project requires zoning of the property at 10770- 72nd Avenue by the Corporation of Delta and Metro Vancouver.

Driving a Highway Through Burns Bog, Stephanie Orford, WS Sep-Oct 2010

Fraser River Gateway Projects - Done Deal?, Ben West, WS Jan-Feb 2010

Burns Bog Saved by Government Deal, WS Jan-Feb 2004

Contacts

LOCAL
COMMUNITY

Burns Bog Conservation Society, www.burnsbog.org, Eliza Olson, 604.572.0373, 888.850.6264, info(at)burnsbog.org

The Liveable Region Coalition, info(at)livableregion.ca, www.livableregion.ca, 604-736-7732

South Fraser Action Network, sfan.ca, Anita den Dikken, adikken(at)dccnet.com, 604-948-0139

GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES

South Fraser Perimeter Road Project at the BC EAO, BC Environmental Assessment Office.
- the project received environmental approval in 2008.

Corporation of Delta, www.corp.delta.bc.ca, 604-946-4141, Lois Jackson, Mayor, 604-946-3210, mayor(at)corp.delta.bc.ca

Metro Vancouver, Burns Bog Conservancy, Metro Vancouver Parks, 604-224-5739, Burns.BogInfo(at)gvrd.bc.ca

PROPONENT

Gateway Program, SFPR, www.th.gov.bc.ca/gateway/, 604-775-0471, info(at)gatewayprogram.bc.ca

MK Delta Lands Group, mkdeltalandsgroup.com, Joanne Barnett, Keith McGee, 604-952-5542, info(at)mkdlg.com

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