PeterSL Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Lafarge Canada Inc. received Water Act approval from AEP to mine gravel, build an end pit and construct some flood protection and groynes on the Freeman close to where it enters the Athabasca. A local resident appealed the approval on a number of grounds and the Approval is now on appeal to the Environmental Appeals Board. Northern Lights became aware of this Appeal Hearing and from reviewing the documents and talking to those involved could find no evidence that consideration was given to the fact that there are trout species at risk in both rivers that could be affected by the work or even that any input to the Approval was requested from the regional fisheries biologists. The Chapter executive has sent the attached letter to the EAB.In exploring this issue we learned that there is very limited information on the Arctic Grayling and Athabasca Rainbow populations in the Freeman. Because of our work on the upper Pembina we have been asked if we might be interested in doing some similar work on the Freeman - reporting on location and fork length of fish caught, test angling, maybe temperature measurement, fish tagging etc - sometime in the next couple of years. Will put this on a meeting agenda when we get more detail to determine if we have the time and interest. NLFF to EAB re Lafarge Approval Appeal.docx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Peter Well done...thank you. Vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisS Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Peter great letter. Please keep us informed The Freeman R is one of our important Grayling stream. Dennis S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjfish Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Thanks Peter. Doing some volunteer angling on a seasonal basis would be useful. Jim O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSL Posted March 25, 2019 Author Share Posted March 25, 2019 Seasonal Angling would be very useful. A Reporting Form showing the type of information that would be of use is attached. Test Angling Survey Form.xls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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