Ontario to protect vast tract of Boreal Forest Edward Frank
August 19, 2009

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Ontario to protect vast tract

Ontario has made the largest conservation commitment in Canadian history, setting aside at least half the Northern Boreal region - 225,000 square kilometres - for permanent protection from development, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced yesterday. It's an area almost the size of the United Kingdom.  It is, in a word, immense. It's also unique and precious. It's home to the largest untouched forest in Canada and the third largest wetland in the world," McGuinty said.

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Ed Frank

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