From: Brian Sharpe [bwsharpe@xtra.co.nz]
Sent: December 7, 2008 6:03 AM
To: lpayette@nirb.ca
Cc: Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca; DShewchuk@gov.nu.ca
Subject: Uravan Garry Lake Project, NIRB File 08EN037

Dear Sirs

I am writing with regard to the above Project  and Uravan Minerals application for mineral development on what I understand are the calving grounds of the Beverly Caribou herd.

I took a canoe trip through the Barren Lands in 2005 . The stunning  
isolation and dramatic landscapes lived up to all my expectations   
except one - we saw very little wildlife and whilst we did see 2 or 3 Caribou there were no signs of the thundering herds I had read about and hoped we might see. I know there are several possible explanations but all too frequently we heard that ' we should have been here last year or the year before that...'  And at that point you think that whatever the definitive evidence may or may not be , permitting industrial exploitation of one of our world's last true wilderness areas cannot be a good thing.

Realising that there are people whose way of life and even existence, depends on this same wildlife puts things in an even more serious perspective.

I therefore urge you to turn down the Uravan application.

Amongst many others my children and grandchildren will thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Brian Sharpe
Glenorchy
New Zealand