From: Joan K. Raskin [jraskin@raskinholdings.com]
Sent: December 4, 2008 8:28 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

We have heard that you are considering an application from Uravan minerals for development of their uranium property and that this property is right on the calving grounds of the Beverly caribou heard just south of Garry Lake (Back River).  



Kindly deny this application and others like it, because this can only contribute more to the already known decline in the caribou population in this area. What remains of these caribou provides millions of dollars worth of meat annually to the residents and user-communities in Nunavut, NWT, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.  Not protecting them will deprive these people of their needs and contradict what we understand are the desire of Canadians to see this species and its habitat protected.



We hope you can protect these people and this herd.



Thank you,



Raskin Holdings

103 Continental Place, Suite 110

Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

Tele: 615-373-1100

Fax:  615-370-3111