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May 2012 NECHAKO RIVER LEGACY PROJECT K e n n e y d a m w a t e r relase facility The Kenney Dam Canyon and resulted in the Sixty years of reservoir The Cheslatta fresh-water was constructed on the Nechako flooding of 120,000 acres of releases have desecrated the fisheries court case is being held River in 1952 to service the the Upper-Nechako Watershed fresh-water fisheries in the in abeyance until the Kenney Alcan aluminum smelter in and the removal of Murray-Cheslatta system. Dam Release Facility (KDRF) Kitimat. The Kenney Dam approximately 2/3 of the is built. blocked all flows in the Nechako natural flow of the Nechako. 2007 Cemetery Flooding THE SOLUTION A Kenney Dam Water Release Facility (KDRF) would stop the flooding of Cheslatta graves, stimulate a massive environmental restoration of the Upper Nechako watershed, and begin a revitalization process for the Cheslatta land and people. The provincial government has committed on numerous occasions to build the KDRF. In 2012, the Nechako Watershed Council and the First Nations Summit unanimously supported its construction. In order to make the KDRF economically feasible, the Cheslatta have secured an industry partner to build a hydro-electric powerhouse as a key component of the KDRF. Legacy Fund 1992 Cemetery Flooding The Cheslatta are committed to establishing a substantial Nechako Environmental Enhancement Fund once the KDRF is operational. Next Steps/Requests: The Cheslatta-Carrier Nation is a First Nations community whose Cheslatta request that the Province members currently reside south of Burns Lake, BC. Much of their direct the Nechako Environmental traditional territory was flooded Kenney Dam by the Kenney Dam in 1952. Enhancement Fund to uphold its 2001 recommendation to construct the Cheslatta cemeteries and gravesites are continually KDRF. flooded by huge releases from Cheslatta also request that the the Skins Lake Spillway – Province direct BC Hydro to negotiate human remains (male and an Energy Purchase Agreement with female) were found on the Cheslatta and its industry partner to shore of Cheslatta Lake in ensure that the KDRF can be built. 2012. cheslatta carrier nation 250-694-3334 [email protected] May 2012 NECHAKO RIVER LEGACY PROJECT cheslatta carrier nation 250-694-3334 [email protected].