News about the fight to save the forest

Landmark agreement could be reached on North Gwillimbury Forest's Maple Lake Estates - Georgina Advocate, June 24, 2013

'Uphill battle' building over forest development - 70 residents pack hall to help stop Metrus - Georgina Advocate, April 29, 2013

Georgina residents fight historic development rights on wetlands - Toronto Star, April 22, 2013

Community involvement good for democracy - Georgina Advocate, April 4, 2013

'We will lose' legal battle on development: town - Residents feel plea to halt plan falls on deaf ears - Georgina Advocate, March 28, 2013

300 name petition to stop forest development - Georgina Advocate, March 21, 2013

Legal wrangling on impending Forest development - Georgina Advocate, Jan. 31, 2013

Letter from Ontario Nature to the Town of Georgina opposing development in a provincially significant wetland

Letter to York Region councillors from the Rev. Jim Keenan seeking clarification of intentions regarding negotiations with Metrus

York Region Environmental Alliance calls on town to protect North Gwillimbury forest

Snake Island Cottagers Association asks town to withhold approval for MLE development, May 24, 2012

Trees keep us healthy - new report outlines tremendous health benefits of trees and forests.

Why and how the MLE development can be stopped. Letter to Georgina Mayor Robert Grossi, Feb. 9, 2012

Development can be stopped - Letter to the Georgina Advocate, Jan. 27, 2012

Metrus development far from a done deal - Letter to the Pefferlaw Post, Jan. 16, 2012

South Lake Simcoe Naturalists endorse call for forest protection

Alliance for a Better Georgina opposes MLE development

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The North Gwillimbury Forest includes the York Regional Forest and the Arnold C. Matthews Nature Reserve. The Reserve will be cut off from the rest of the forest by Metrus' proposed Maple Leaf Estates.