From: Peter Hafemann (Ontario Bluewater Guide) [bluewater@kw.igs.net]
Sent: December 15, 2008 7:53 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

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Dear NIRB Directors:

I am very concerned about the recent decline in the caribou populations in the arctic, especially the Beverly herd. I know how fragile their habitat is because I worked on a uranium exploration project in the Thelon basin during the 1980's. I suspect that rapid climate change is adversely affecting the caribou herds' viability, but at the same time human industrial activity is compounding the pressures on the herds. I believe we must give the caribou a wide berth until their populations recover and stabilize. Therefore I oppose the granting of Uravan's mineral development application because it falls within such a critical area of the Beverly herd's calving grounds.

Sincerely,
Peter Hafemann, publisher
Ontario Bluewater Visitor Guide
RR 2 WELLESLEY, ON