Fort Chipewyan First Nations officials say the province’s draft land-use plan for the Lower Athabasca region fails to protect their treaty rights and the environment. And if push comes to shove, they’re prepared to take legal action, says Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations. “It’s pretty detrimental to our people when things are being imposed upon us,” he says. “It seems like a never-ending story of encroachment. We cannot endure that behaviour anymore and we’re taking a stand upon it.” Released in April, the draft Lower Athabasca Regional Plan was hailed by the Alberta government as a “blueprint for vigorous economic growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment” for decades to come. The plan would create 10 new provincial recreation areas, new public land-use zones and, according to the province, will ultimately protect more than 20,000 square kilometres in the region. First Nations and environmental experts say it’s unclear how the province chose which areas to protect and which to develop. “There is no evidence that the government of Alberta conducted any traditional resource analysis to support the selection of land that needs to be protected,” says Petr Komers, of Management and Solutions in Environmental Science.
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Draft land-use plan fails to protect native rights, environment, say chiefsPublished June 9, 2011 by Trevor Scott Howell in News
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