From: Heidi von Graevenitz [theheidivg@yahoo.ca]
Sent: December 5, 2008 3:00 PM
To: lpayette@nirb.ca
Subject: Caribou of the Uravan Garry Lake Project

Dear Leslie Payette

re: Uravan Garry Lake Project, NIRB File 08EN037

I would like to state my strong opposition to the mineral development on the calving grounds of the Beverly caribou.  Calving sites are extremely sensitive systems.  And the caribou are a fundamental part of that ecosystem, as well as First Nations livelihood, traditional lifestyle and culture.  Recent research has indicated that the numbers of caribou cows seen in the calving grounds has dropped by an astounding rate, and the herd itself has been reduced to 98% over the last 14 years.
Please act to save this essential part of our north.
Yours sincerely,
Heidi von Graevenitz