-----Original Message----- From: sandy mcnamee
I have had a bumper sticker on my van for 15 years about saving wild salmon. I am still raising my voice to protect wild salmon. Wild salmon are an iconic species. How is it that decisions can be made that could have any risk to the salmon. I can only assume this happens out of human ignorance. It is known that the LNG proposed for the Skeena is the heart of wild salmon habitat. It is known that the eelgrass habitat at Flora Bank is not like other areas and therefore is rare and critical for juvenile salmon. There are further risks to salmon from that Dr. P. McLaren reported but DFO did not even mention his findings. These risks to salmon should stop the LNG.
I that is not enough then the impact on climate change is astronomical and would be among the largest point sources of greenhouse gas emissions in the country. This is not BC. We are not that.
The Haida have banned tankers in their waters that the LNG project would need. The Lelu Island Declaration was signed by First Nations leaders from across the Skeena watershed, as well as Grand Chief Stewart Philip of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, MLAs Jennifer Rice, Doug Donaldson, and Robin Austin, and MP Nathan Cullen, to protect the proposed site – and its salmon – from LNG development. Lelu Island has been occupied by Lax Kw'alaams members since August 2015, who have been working to prevent further work on the rejected project. Madii Lii territory, which the fracked gas pipeline would pass through on the way to Lelu, has been closed to pipeline development by Luutkudziiwus people since Aug. 2014.
First nations will not be ignored according to PM Trudeau.
Please do the right thing, Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this process, Sandy McNamee
Sincerely, sandy mcnamee