Last night at sunset, a group of concerned Niagara residents set up a camp at the site of a proposed Niagara Falls development.
In a release. the group says the purpose of the camp at Thundering Waters Forest is to raise public awareness over the plan to turn the area into a $1 billion development.
The group notes the site is home to 484 acres of wetlands, woodlands, savannah and threatened species which the group says are exceedingly rare in Ontario.
The protestors says they are concerned local politicians have not been truthful with the public, have hired lobbyists to convince the government to pave over the protected wetlands and have launched lawsuits to silence critics.
The release goes on to say "The time for accountability is upon us; nature has very little left to give us. We have taken enough."