tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post4986892498326856948..comments2024-02-21T22:09:14.356-05:00Comments on Karstad Biodiversity Paintings: adventures in the colour of Canada: Big Eddy Dobsonflies (oil on canvas 16 x 20 in.) SoldAleta Karstadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-14259665219955900662012-10-18T21:34:14.935-04:002012-10-18T21:34:14.935-04:00an article about the controversy about the Petawaw...<a href="http://ottawariverkeeper.ca/blog/the_petawawa_river_to_dam_or_not_to_dam/" rel="nofollow"> an article about the controversy about the Petawawa River</a>Aleta Karstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-41343241030481682522012-10-18T15:25:04.655-04:002012-10-18T15:25:04.655-04:00Thank you for your good words, Alexandra! This is ...Thank you for your good words, Alexandra! This is a very important battle to fight now. I always think, when I'm sitting at each of these free-flowing waterfall or rapids that are threatened by unnecessary hydro dams, how the river would be changed - what the place would look like and what ecological damage would be done if the dam goes in. I never say "when the dam goes in", but always "if the dam goes in". Lets get everyone involved, in at least letter-writing. It would be simple for Ontarions to save more hydro than would ever be made by damming our wild rivers! For everyone's information, here's the Ottawa Riverkeeper link about this proposed dam on the Petawawa. Aleta Karstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-9578531745621200302012-10-18T12:52:16.239-04:002012-10-18T12:52:16.239-04:00This painting is both stunning and poignant. This ...This painting is both stunning and poignant. This is what we stand to loose for 5.3 MW of power . . . a tiny drop in the energy bucket. One of only two undammed tribs of the Ottawa River. Please help us save the beautiful Petawawa River.<br /><br />Ottawa RiverkeeperAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-24893196578719355962012-10-17T20:23:08.776-04:002012-10-17T20:23:08.776-04:00Oh, bravo for Fred to keep searching for this enda...Oh, bravo for Fred to keep searching for this endangered species, and good for you, staying in one spot and thereby encouraging him to keep looking. I certainly hope his report to the NatureList finds its way to the powers that be, to whoever it is who has control over the damming or not-damming of the stream.<br />As a third-generation British Columbian, raised by an environmentalist and only recently moved to Alberta, I have been concerned about dams for most of my life.<br />K<br />Kay L. Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09966266404058177742noreply@blogger.com