Environmental Issues in
Northern Ontario
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Energy and Ecodesigns Now
Wetland
A Sudbury developer and his consulting
engineer have engineered a wetland and pond project that benefits
people, the environment and the bottom line.
“There’s lots of fish here, now that we
have provided a home for them,” said Sig Kirchhefer, consulting engineer
for Oliver Korpela, a Sudbury developer.
He was referring to a 9 acre wetland site
off second Ave., near Ramsey Lake, complete with 2 ponds full of
frolicking fish.
The land is being donated in a public
ceremony tomorrow morning to the City of Greater Sudbury by Oliver
Korpela, the developer of Lakeview, an adjacent housing subdivision.
“People just love this place, seniors
especially can use the walking trails for their enjoyment,” said
Kirchhefer, the designer of the site.
Approximately 90 trees have been planted,
a footbridge was constructed, trails developed and the City of Greater
Sudbury is putting in public benches, according to Kirchhefer. This
wetland development was an alternative to a establishing a conventional
park that the City requires for new subdivisions.
The wetland includes fish ladders that
will allow fish from Ramsey Lake to come upstream to the ponds.
“The Federal Department of Fisheries and
Oceans has already carried out studies that 5 species of fish already
call the ponds home including baitfish like creek chubs and perch,” said
Kirchhefer.
“This developer, Oliver Korpela, took
pride in this site, making sure that it would benefit the living
environment, look pleasing to the eye, that it will last for generations
to come and be cost conscious.”
