The following remarks were given by Warren Mills from Pine Creek First Nation at the Bipole III Transmission Project Public Hearing.
“The Pine Creek First Nation is currently a saturated community with record levels of ground, surface, river and stream and high lake levels. The water problems which were brought to a head with the 2011 flood have left the community with immeasurable water caused damages. The community has a tremendous concern that the clear-cut swatch through their watershed will have a negative effect on the First Nation.” – Warren Mills, Pine Creek First Nation
Testimony of Warren Mills from Pine Creek First Nation. Bipole III Transmission Project Public Hearing. (October 1, 2012.) Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Page 86. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/biopole-III-mb-hydro/doc/Transcripts/Bipole_Oct._1.pdf
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