Infrastructure fined $10K for unintentionally destroying nests… In an effort to deter threatened species from nesting
The fine stems from an incident in 2018 off Highway 3 near Edzo.
The department of Infrastructure was fined $10,000 after contractors destroyed the nests of a threatened bird species. The fine stems from an incident where two contractors for the department were working on Highway 3 near Edzo — a nesting area for bank swallows. Bank swallows tend to nest underground in…