Sturgeon Bay Park Reserve Bloodvein Lake St.Martin First Nation First Nation Manitoba Pinaymootang Fisher Bay First Nation Park Reserve Fisher River Atikaki Provincial Park Cree Nation Peguis First Nation Hecla/Grindstone Hollow Water First Nation Peat Mining in Little Birch Wildlife Provincial Park Management Area Dog Lake Manigotagan River Peguis First Naon Wildlife Management Provincial Park Sleeve Lake Area Wildlife Management Area Nopiming Tradional Territory Lake Lake Manitoba Winnipeg Provincial Park First Nation Little Black River Elk Island First Nation Narcisse Wildlife Provincial Park Management Area BERGER DEER LAKE Sagkeeng First Nation BOG MINE Sandy Bay Grand Beach Provincial Park First Nation & Lake Manitoba Brokenhead Peguis Ojibway Nation SUNGRO RAMSAY POINT First Nation Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area BOG MINE St. Ambroise Beach Provincial Park Oak Hammock Marsh Whiteshell Provincial Park Wildlife Management Area Birds Hill Provincial Park For addional informaon, contact Long Plain Winnipeg DRAFT First Nation Cheyenne Parisian or Lloyd Stevenson 0 5 10 20 30 40 Peguis First Nation Kilometers (1.204.645.2359) Scale: 1:1,400,000 Legend Datum: NAD83 Peat Mine Appeals Projection: UTM Zone 14N Roadways Quarry Leases July 16, 2012 V1 Data Sources: or Councillor Mike Sutherland Peguis First Nation Reserve Land Berger Peat Moss LTD. ESRI: (Province, Inset) Manitoba Lands Initiative (Cities and Major Towns, First Nation Reserve Land Regional Sun Gro Horticulture Canada LTD. Railroads, Roads, Parks, Protected Areas, Hydrology); Protected Areas Geogratis (Peguis First Nation Reserve Land; First Sunterra Horticulture Canada LTD. Nation Reserve Land) Manitoba Geological (1.204.330.4371) Survey (Quarry Leases) The Province of Manitoba enacted a 2‐year Sun Gro Hor/culture (Canada) Inc. applied to moratorium on new peat mines in the province as part Manitoba Conservaon for an Environment Act of the Save Lake Winnipeg Act June 2011. Some peat license to develop peat‐mining operaons on 1170 mines received licenses without First NaSons hectares of crown‐owned land in the Ramsay Point consultaon, and over objecon of the Aboriginal Bog (located 40km northwest of Riverton) December RelaSons Branch in Manitoba ConservaSon. Two 9, 2010. On June 29, 2011 just aer the moratorium proposed peat mines are located within Peguis First started, Sun Gro was granted Environment Act Naon's Community Treaty Land Entlement (TLE) license 2964. Peguis First Naon appealed this Noficaon Zone. Other nearby First Naons, such as license to the Minister of Conservaon and Water Fisher River First Naon, have also raised objecons to Stewardship. the peat mines. Coagers and others have appealed these peat mine licenses. Berger Peat Moss Ltd. applied to Manitoba Conservaon for an Environment Act license to What is Peat? develop peat‐mining operaons on 2257 hectares of Peat is thick water‐logged organic soil layer made up crown land in the Deer Lake Bog (located 60km of dead and decaying plant material. Peatlands include north of Riverton) February 25, 2011. On July 20, moors, bogs, mires, peat swamp forests and 2011 Berger was granted Environment Act license permafrost tundra. Peatlands act as important water 2964. Peguis First Naon appealed this license been filters, reducing harmful nutrients that enter the lake. to the Minister of ConservaSon and Water Peatlands are moose habitat and provided us with Stewardship. medicinal plants. Peat bogs also serve as important carbon sinks. Mining them releases both carbon and Both peat mines received licenses without First methane into the atmosphere. Naons consultaon, and over objecon of the Aboriginal RelaSons Branch in Manitoba Why Is Peat Mined? Peat is used in agriculture where Conservaon. The two proposed peat mines are it is mixed into soil to improve its structure and helps located within Peguis First Naon's Treaty Land retain moisture. It is also used in water filtraon. Most Entlement (TLE) Noficaon Zone. Other nearby of the peat mined in Southern Manitoba goes to the First Naons, such as Fisher River First Naon, have USA market for gardens, greenhouses, orchards, etc. also raised objecons to the peat mines. .