Melancthon Against Quarries is an initiative of a citizens group based in Melancthon Township and reaching outside to other communities.

We have worked for the past year to raise awareness about the dangers presented Strada’s proposed below the water table Blast Quarry and to express the community’s strong opposition to it.  We have distributed flyers and lawn signs in Melancthon, hosted three Town Hall information sessions and participated in others. We are the publishers of  Melancthon Against Quarries, our newsletter which now has 503 subscribers. We are currently circulating in person and online petitions expressing the community’s strong opposition to the Strada Blast Quarry.

People here have lived for many years without complaint about gravel pits.  They have been seen as part of rural life.  Strada’s below the water table Blast Quarry would be the first such operation in the whole of Dufferin County.  Proposed for construction at the headwaters of the three rivers support life in Melancthon and surrounding communities, it is widely considered to pose wholly unnecessary risks to our community.

We believe our view is are shared by the overwhelming majority of residents of Melancthon Township and the surrounding communities.  At its core, this issue is about balancing private profit against the long-term sustainability of communities and ecosystems. We strongly believe that approval of this project would represent a failure of the Ministry to uphold its mandate to protect Ontario’s natural resources and the wellbeing of its citizens.

Our online Letter Writing App supports people everywhere to write letters to the applicant and the Government to protest this outrageous blast quarry proposal.

Our group aims to build and maintain itself as an active participant in public affairs in Melancthon.  We will soon launch a not-for-profit corporation to be called the Melancthon Headwaters Coalition. It will bring together our Melancthon Against Quarries campaign with new campaigns and partners.