Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary – A Lost Legacy?

  Many have asked why Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary is closed to the public.  

 It has been 13 weeks since the closure, and as of Monday  all employees except for a small maintenance and security team have been permanently severed from their jobs. 

According to Peter Allard, Chairman of the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary, the decision to close was extraordinarily painful, as it affected the lives of many good men and women.   But the closure was inevitable because the physical survival of the Sanctuary is at stake.

 “After spending nearly $35 million US on the Sanctuary and its operations over fifteen years, we finally realized the Sanctuary would not survive,” said Allard.

“We rely on a natural healthy ecosystem, along with its natural peace and tranquility, because it is the only “inventory” that the Sanctuary has to offer visitors.”

 “It is not, as some would believe, about simple economics.    Increasing pollution and government policies and procedures outside of the Sanctuary are killing the wetlands at Graeme Hall, and no amount of continued investment inside the Sanctuary can change that.” 

“It is simply not prudent or feasible for one man to continue supporting the Sanctuary in perpetuity.   The matter is further complicated when governmental policies and actions are dooming its ecosystem to failure.”

• Read the complete press release – Adobe PDF
• Final Employee Terminations Scheduled for March 9 at Graeme Hall– Adobe PDF