Airport plan depends on extending runway, but a woodlot is in the way
April 20, 2021 April 20, 2021
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CAMBRIDGE In early spring, the woodlot behind the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is bright and expectant.
Some of the last remaining deep interior woodland habitat in the area is in this woodlot. This means forest that is more than 200 metres from the edge the woodlot has a small amount, 0.5 hectares.
In 2018, the Region of Waterloo set aside 300 hectares of land as “employment land” for development where Cambridge and Woolwich meet next to the Grand River, known as the East Side Lands, and this woodlot sits in the middle of it.