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Decline of the Dumfries Conservation Area, and how to save it" Free Book by Paul Langan Released.

Dumfries Conservation Area Under Threat by Neglect Percy R. Hilborn donated 75 hectares land in the middle of Cambridge, Ontario in 1967. It became the Dumfries Conservation Area under the control of the Grand River Conservation Area.(GRCA)  In 1984 an arboretum was added with over 900 trees. In 2026 the arboretum has been abandoned, the grass in the former areas where events were held is not cut. Benches donated by people, some as memorials, are rotted and not maintained.  Cambridge Author/Historian . Paul Langan has released a 65 page book outlining the "Decline of the Dumfries Conservation Area, and how to save it". It is a chilling indictment of the GRCA's mismanagement of this conservation area The ebook is available to view/download for free on this website. If you would like a paperback copy of the book, it will be priced around $10.00 available locally in 11 days at Hamley's Second Chapter Book store in Cambridge and Wordsworth Bookstore in Waterloo. It is als...

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