Pilgrimage to Burns Bog

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Pilgrimage to Burns Bog - Karl Perrin on the Gateway Project

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Burns Bog Pilgrimage

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Over 100 people participated in a pilgrimage to Burns Bog on Sunday.  The event organized by a multi-faith coalition had participants walk over the Alex Fraser bridge and then though the Delta Nature Conservancy.

The pilgrimage was designed to draw attention to the damage that the South Fraser Primeter Road (SFPR) will cause to the environmentally sensitive bog.

Burns Bog has been listed as threatened by the International Mire Conservation Group because of the impacts of the SFPR.  In response to the mitigation measures proposed the Environmental Stewardship Branch of Environment Canada wrote that "...that the
changes are not sufficient to alleviate its concerns related to the impacts of the Project on Pacific Water Shrew (PWS), hydrology, aerial deposition, and ecological integrity of Burns Bog."