From: Kevin Browngoehl [browngoehl@verizon.net]
Sent: December 4, 2008 6:43 AM
To: lpayette@nirb.ca
Cc: Strahl.C@parl.gc.ca; Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca; DShewchuk@gov.nu.ca
Subject: Uravan Garry Lake Project, NIRB File 08EN037

Dear Public Officials:
 
I am writing to urge you as strongly as I can to deny the mining permit for the 
Uravan Garry Lake Project.  As you know, you have one of the ecologically unique 
jewels of the world in the Barren Lands of Nunavut.  I had the pleasure of 
exploring the Barren Lands by canoe this summer.  The Beverly Caribou Herd is a 
big part of what makes the Barren Lands such a wonderful area.  Unfortunately, 
the Beverly-Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board recently reported that the herd 
has all but disappeared.  The Uravan Garry Lake Project sits in the calving 
grounds of the Beverly Caribou Herd.  Opening the calving grounds to increased 
industrial activity with the approval of this permit would be precedent setting 
and would, in my opinion, make it that much more difficult for the herd to 
survive.  I hope you can set an example for us here in the States and look at 
the BIG PICTURE by helping to preserve one of your greatest natural and historic 
areas, The Barren Lands. 
 
Sincerely,
 
Kevin Browngoehl MD