Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 22, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Pulp and paper firm fights Forest of critics company at Odds with natives environmentalists one Falls by Bud Robertson regional reporter a Mac free i press Keenan says Clear Cut forests grow Back with Good management. Pine Falls a vice Keenan plants his feet in Quot the underbrush of a Forest that was Clear Cut a half Century ago and gazes up toward the sky now obscured by the branches of Majestic Black Spruce Trees. A a it a a time perspective As far As pm concerned a said Keenan divisional forester for the Pine Falls paper ., As he guides a recent tour of the company a harvesting areas. The Public is outraged when it sees hectares of Forest being Cut Down to make paper products he said. But people done to realize that with proper Forest management it will eventually All grow Back again he adds. 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As part of that plan it also wants to build a Bridge across the blood vein River which has been designated a heritage River because of ancient Indian pictographs that have been carved into the sheer rocks lining the ,. In addition the company is applying for a two year operating licence a As opposed to the usual 10-year licence a in order to assess its logging needs As it prepares to switch to a Thermal mechanical pulping system and add a new Sawmill. Its Wood requirements Are expected to increase to 745,000 cubic metres a year from the current 360,000, by mid-2001. But keen an said even if nothing changed the company would still want to finish the Road that was started in the Early 1980s because it needs a More reliable Means of getting the Wood out in Winter. He added first nations com Muni ties affected by the Road have been consulted and their requests to move the Road closer to accommodate economic activity on the reserves have been heeded a a they re the ones w eve been working with More than anybody because they re the ones that Are going to be however the Anish Naabe Tirtle Island protectors a a group of four native bands in the area a questions the roads Impact on traditional native uses of the land such As Hunting and wild Rice farming. And the future Forest Alliance of m,.anitoba has voiced concerns Over soil erosion the Impact of herbicides on Waterways and the Impact on animals such As owls Woodland Caribou and Moose. Many of those concerns will be addressed when the clean environment commission holds Public hearings on the company a licence application later this fall said Bob so puck director of environment programs. For Pine Falls paper. , he added a a we re not so naive to think that people who have been opposed to us in the past will suddenly become our in the meantime the company is in hot water Over the construction of 13 Bridges without first obtain ing navigable Waters permits from the Federal government even though it did have the necessary approvals from the province. It faces fines As High As $65,000. Keenan said he has no excuse for not knowing Federal approvals were needed before the Bridges could be built. A ignorance is no excuse but that is our excuse a he said. A nobody had Ever told us we needed a navigable Waters As controversy swirls around the company Keenan said he Only wishes people would take the time to hear both sides of the Case before passing judgment. A to me its an education process a he said adding people tend to believe whatever they read in a newspaper or hear in a 30-second television clip. Reeve accuses councillor of wrongdoing the Reeve of the Rural municipality of Ste. Anne is seeking a police investigation into alleged wrongdoings by one of its . Lee Guttre who took office in a by election last year said he has uncovered a number of questionable actions including one Case in which a councillor billed the municipality for work that was done on private property rather than municipal property. Guttre said to his mind that is a Case of misrepresentation and misappropriation of funds. Guttre would not name the councillor but he presented his findings to the ramp yesterday. A efm in a bit of a hornets nest Here a he said. A i uncovered some stuff that. Was beyond stupid. It could have been Guttre noted Council is working under an antiquated Board system. A we done to tender we re not open we done to work at least one councillor is unhappy Guttre did no to consult with other members of Council before raising his concerns with the Media. 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