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- Assessment and Review for Peat Mine Licence Appeals - for Whelan Enns Associates
Fall 2012
This project includes technical support for First Nation community consultations regarding two peat mine appeals. Presentation material for community meetings, review of environmental statements, and licensing filings, including standards for peat mines, technical advisory comments among the products for this project. A final report for the Crown incorporating traditional knowledge, issues and rights concerns from the First Nation, and technical and scientific assessment of the proposed licences, was provided to the First Nation. - Bipole III Community Presentation - for Manitoba Wildlands
Fall 2012
Bipole III community presentation regarding the Manitoba Hydro project, its corridor, potential environmental impacts and possible impacts on Aboriginal rights and traditional lands and waters. The presentation is customized for each community audience, and their treaty, occupancy and traditional use areas. This approach was essential as 26 First Nations, and 46 Aboriginal communities have been identified as affected by Bipole III, according to Manitoba Hydro. - Bipole III Maps - for Manitoba Wildlands
Fall 2012
Bipole III map products to show the Manitoba Hydro Bipole III preferred corridor in relation to First Nation traditional territories and treaty regions in Manitoba. Maps customized for specific community to show treaty land entitlement land selections, pending land acquisitions, crown land designations, and new First Nation land acquisitions. . Both converter stations to service the new direct current transmission system included in map products. - Peat Mining Products - for Manitoba Wildlands
Fall 2012
Peat mining information products for First Nation community consultation project regarding appeal of environmental licences for peat mines. Products include technical presentation for community meetings, summaries of discussion from each community event, review of company EIS materials concerning the request for license, and various reports for community and government audiences. Research included review of the public registry contents, correspondence, technical advisory committee comments, and industry materials. Final report to Manitoba government provided First Nation response to the Crown regarding these licences. - Bipole III Community Surveys - for Manitoba Wildlands
November 2012
This survey was circulated in community open houses, presentations, and round table discussions regarding the project. Questions pertain to traditional land use, possible impacts from Bipole III and the converter stations, specific sites that may be impacted, and the geographic scope of First Nation risks to rights and access to lands from the project. Activity includes reporting on the outcome of the survey, with statistical analysis. - Bipole III Woodland Caribou Reports Analysis - for Manitoba Wildlands
September 2012
Review of Manitoba Hydro Bipole III woodland caribou technical materials Summary regarding woodland caribou contents in all EIS products, including analysis of gaps or deficiencies in these woodland caribou materials. Search performed throughout EIS for confirming or contradicting entries. - First Nation References - Bi Pole III EIS - for Manitoba Wildlands
September 2012
Charts containing all references to specific First Nations within Manitoba Hydro EIS filings for Bipole III. Charts inform the First Nation as to all comments, contents, and information about their community and their traditional knowledge used by Manitoba Hydro. Location, content, and relevance to community consultation noted. - Bipole III Expanded Outline - Environment Impact Statements (EIS) - for Manitoba Wildlands
Summer 2012
Contents in each section of the Bipole III EIS were noted and expanded within the table of contents or outline structure. Specific annotated outlines for primary technical reports filed with the EIS and during proceedings were also provided. The expanded outline for the EIS was posted publicly and used during research, to assist in writing information requests to Manitoba Hydro, and to assist all parties to locate contents in the sizeable amount of material filed by Manitoba Hydro. - Bipole III Information Requests - for Manitoba Wildlands
August 2012
Draft and file formal Information Requests (IR) during CEC proceedings regarding Bipole III l. IRs based on issues of concern to client communities, especially as project planning, construction, and management may impact Aboriginal rights and traditional lands. Monitor responses to IRs from Manitoba Hydro for relevance to concerns of community clients. - Bipole III Hearings Chart - for Manitoba Wildlands
August 2012
This chart lists events, documents, and decisions in the Clean Environment Commission (CEC) proceedings and hearings regarding the Manitoba Hydro Bipole III direct current transmission project. These proceedings started in spring 2012. During the hearings, schedule, witnesses, presenters, and links to transcript, evidence etc are provided. Started in summer, 2012 and updated weekly. - Bipole III Round Two formal Information Requests (IRs) - for Manitoba Wildlands
August 2012
This second set of IRs concerning the transmission project include a range of technical issues, and need for clear and more complete information than current EIS materials provide. Manitoba Hydro responds in writing to IRs. - Bipole III Round Two formal Information Requests (IRs) - for Whelan Enns Associates
August 2012
These Bipole III IRs focus on matters regarding the Riel Converter Station, electrodes and irrigation system, and potential environmental effects from the elements of the converter station. Leachate, risk to aquifer, and staged licensing of these Bipole III elements are among the questions for Manitoba Hydro to answer. - Response to Sunterra proposal for expansion of peat mine operation - for Manitoba Wildlands
July 2012
The proposed expansion to 5,000 ha operation is based on existing leases and leases frozen in the ‘moratorium’ arising from the Save Lake Winnipeg Act. This set of comments is among hundreds of petition signatures, letters, and formal review comments filed under Manitoba’s environment act. - Bipole III Round One Information Requests ( IRs ) - for Manitoba Wildlands
July 2012
This set of 90 IRs is based on the EIS and supplemental materials filed to be answered by Manitoba Hydro. They cover a range of potential environmental effects, and were filed through the Clean Environment Commission, for Manitoba Hydro to answer. - Peat mining presentation materials - Whelan Enns Associates
July 2012
Maps, and visual presentation materials regarding peat mining operations in a notification zone for First Nation land entitlement. Materials include information to describe the regulatory steps, and situation with respect to peat mine licence appeals. Designed for use in community meetings. - Report regarding Bipole III project impacts - Whelan Enns Associates
June 2012
The community affected by the transmission project identified a range of potential effects on their Aboriginal and treaty rights, and deficiencies or gaps in the EIS filed by Manitoba Hydro. Scope for the response includes the Bipole III corridor through extensive traditional territory. - Bipole III traditional knowledge and data collection - Whelan Enns Associates
June 2012
The affected First Nation undertook to interview land users, elders, and community members concerning potential effects from the Bipole III corridor with respect to traditional territory access, land uses, cultural activities, land selection and aboriginal rights. Data collected shows traditional and other various land uses in relation to the Bipole III corridor and project area. - Mine Closure Plan Assessment / Traditional Use Maps - Whelan Enns Associates
May 2012
Set of maps showing traditional knowledge and land data across a large region, zoomed in to depict the potential impacts with respect to a mine closure plan. Combined water layer, mining sector tenure and dispositions shown with traditional use data, in relation to zone where First Nation is responding to a mine closure plan. - Bi Pole III Expanded Table of Contents - Whelan Enns Associates
May 2012
Table of contents for Manitoba Hydro Ni Pole III environmental impact statement (EIS) detailed and expanded. EIS sections and chapters explained, with primary contents inserted. Gaps and deficiencies identified, questions to ask during licensing proceedings identified. The expanded table of contents is intended as a guide to location, and contents in the EIS. Two more packages of EIS materials are expected from Manitoba Hydro, and will be added to expanded Table of Contents product. - First Nation Lands Plans - Whelan Enns Associates
May 2012
Final draft lands plans for east side Manitoba First Nations. Plan documents based on discussion during sequence of meetings with Manitoba Conservation staff, and review of drafts, including by Chief and Council, and direction from client First Nations. Statements of goals, principles, and objectives for each community basis for lands plan. Includes activities prohibited, and activities allowed in each large planning area (based on trapline districts, a Crown system from 1950s). Each plan contains a clear statements of rights flowing from Canada's constitution and Charter of Rights, and Treaty. - Lake Winnipeg Shoreline Habitat Inventory Mapping - Whelan Enns Associates
April 2012
Shoreline Habitat Inventory Mapping (SHIM) report for the summer 2011 demonstration project of first ever shoreline inventory of Lake Winnipeg, south basin shoreline. Includes Foreshore Inventory Mapping (FIM) report, Ecological Habitat Index analysis and report, and fieldwork reports regarding fish, birds, wildlife, and plants. - Lake Winnipeg Shoreline Inventory Data Products - Whelan Enns Associates
April 2012
2011-12 SHIM project data analysis and products based on GPS and GIS data for the south basin of Lake Winnipeg. Includes Trimble GPS data, and all comments, notation and GIS data regarding shoreline segments, types, and habitat status and shoreline development. Includes numerous figures, and charts depicting the results of project data analysis. - Citizens' Lake Winnipeg Report - Whelan Enns Associates
April 2012
Citizens Lake Winnipeg South Basin Report to provide an introduction Lake Winnipeg, and introduction to shoreline habitat inventory methods. Methods and results of SHIM 2011 project are summarized. A 'what we learned from SHIM' section included. Needed lake science, the urgency of the situation for the future of Lake Winnipeg, and support for SHIM projects are communicated priorities. - Community Communications Plan Review - Whelan Enns Associates
April 2012
Review and updating of First Nation community communications plan to take into account policies, staffing requirements, several new community cultural and land use programs, and new economic initiatives. Designation of spokespersons, and reporting to community members included. Privacy requirements, emergency measures communications, exchanges between staff and contractors, and clear guidelines as to type of communication method or media also added to updated policy. - Bi Pole III Environmental & Process Presentations - Whelan Enns Associates
April 2012
Materials for briefings in community sessions, including use of maps relevant to the region or traditional use area for community. Includes summary of the licensing process, and timeline regarding Bi Pole III reviews, proceedings and decisions. Includes over view of EIS information and maps relevant to First Nation rights, culture, history, and land use. Summary and analysis of technical reports attached to the EIS which contain Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge provided. - First Nation Lands Plans - Whelan Enns Associates
March 2012
Final draft lands plans for east side Manitoba First Nations. Plan documents based on discussion during sequence of meetings with Manitoba Conservation staff, and review of drafts, including by Chief and Council, and direction from client First Nations. Statements of goals, principles, and objectives for each community basis for lands plan. Includes activities prohibited, and activities allowed in each large planning area (based on trapline districts, a Crown system from 1950s). Each plan contains a clear statements of rights flowing from Canada's constitution and Charter of Rights, and Treaty. - Lake Winnipeg South Basin Maps - Whelan Enns Associates
February 2012
Suite of map shows town sites, beaches, parks, First Nation communities and road grid around the south basin. Shoreline is identified in segments for shoreline inventory purposes, based on fieldwork. Habitat inventory assessment based GPS data data is coded and shown on maps. Suite includes single objective maps, composites, with and without satellite data surround. - Response to Manitoba Hydro Scoping Document: Keeyask Generation Station - for Manitoba Wildlands
February 2012
Manitoba Wildlands provided comments on Manitoba Hydro Scoping Document for Keeyask Generation Station submitted to Manitoba Conservation Environmental Assessment and Licensing Branch. Comments follow the same headers used in the Scoping Document and point out a number of deficiencies in: scoping the project, assessing cumulative impacts, assessing alternatives, and providing clear maps, project area descriptions, and other basic information. - Survey of First Nation community - Whelan Enns Associates
January 2012
Collage and tabulate data from a First Nation community survey regarding cultural and heritage issues, including language, ceremony, sacred places, and preferences in future community cultural practices and policies. Provide most frequent phrase used analysis, detailed spreadsheet with analysis for each survey question, etc. - Mining Sector Maps for First Nation - Whelan Enns Associates
January 2012
Research, design and digitize a suite of maps to show overall mineral dispositions in a large Ontario traditional use area. Provide maps to show activities of specific Mining companies. Provide map products that zoom into specific high mineral activity zones in the traditional use area. Combine these sets of data with updated results from community traditional use interviews so maps show mining sector and company activity in relation to First Nation traditional use. - Occupancy and Land Use Interview workshop - Whelan Enns Associates
January 2012
Plan, customize and deliver for First Nation community a workshop to build confidence and prepare for extensive in-community traditional use and occupancy interviews. Provide and customize various tools for interview, and undertake sample interviews as part of training. Set up tracking system for each interview, including consent form, interview coding summary, audio files, etc. - Manitoba Wildlands response to CEAA Background Document about the Keeyask Generation Station - for Manitoba Wildlands
January 2012
Manitoba Wildlands provided comments on Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) Background Document on the Keeyask Generation Station. Comments follow the same headers used in the Background Document and focus on requirements under Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to consider decommissioning of a project, the need for and alternatives to the project, and the cumulative effects of the project along with any existing, future, or intended connected projects. - Review of NDP Environment Promises Since 1999 (Jan. 2012 Update) - for Manitoba Wildlands
January 2012
Chart updated, with promises from Oct 4, 2011 40th Manitoba General Election added. Chart lists all environment promises made by the Manitoba NDP in 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011 elections. Chart includes total environment promises, how many are done, done partially, or not done as of January 1, 2012. Promises are taken from Manitoba Wildlands letters, surveys, and questionnaire responses and party platforms dating from 1999 to 2011.