GIS Inf ormation Manag ement Ring o f Fir e Pr oject Land U se Planning Mining Advisor s MED Pr oject Barb Dufin Manag er Gilbert Sc ott Species at Risk Sar ah Couchie GIS Ofic er V ac ant Corrina Gagnon R esour c e Liaison Nat alie Lajeunesse Kim R o z on John Ok onmah Ec onomic De v elopment Ofic er o Pr oject b ased f unding o GIS Dat a Collection o D A T A Base de v elopment o GIS Centr e of Ex c ellenc e de v eloping f ee f or ser vic e f or Fir st Nations and Businesses f or their GIS needs o Bringing GIS t o the classr oom is some thing ne w pr o vincially GIS has been t aught in school f or gr ades 7 12 but w e dont hav e that in our c ommunity schools f unding is being sought f or this t o be of er ed in the f ut ur e within our Northern Schools o Support c ommunities in the de v elopment of maps f or land use Planning o Species at Risk c ollection of dat a on c aribou w olv erine and st ur g eon o Pr oject b ased f unding o De v elop EA pr oc ess R esponse and R e vie w o Socio Ec onomic Baseline St udies o De v elop Ne g otiation Str at e g y o Pr oject b ased f unding o Support f or Land U se Liaison with c ommunities and MNR o Support c ommunity b ased planning and f acilit at e R e gional Planning in r e g ar ds t o shar ed lands r e gional int er ests af ecting planning o R e gional Land U se Planning Conf er enc e t o be held in e arly F ebruar y 2015 o Pr oject b ased f unding o T o assist c ommunities in r esponding t o r equest f or e xplor ation permits o Ensur e the pr ot oc ol agr eement be tw een c ommunities Mushk e g o wuk and MNDM is adher ed t o and c ommunic ation is open o Pr oject b ased f unding o De v elop R e gional Corpor ation o De v elop longt erm Plan The e xtr action industr y is within the lands of the Omushk e g o and ther e is mor e t o c ome as e xplor ation is ong oing and as f urther disc o v eries ar e made Much of the Southern t errit or y of the Omushk e g o has been de v eloped and or g aniz ed with highw ays t o wns cities and under pr o vincial r e gulations The North has not seen much in the w ay of de v elopment with the e x c eption of f or estr y Hy dr o Dams T r ansmission lines ONR R ail t o Moosonee and DeBeer s mine in A tt aw apisk at t errit or y Ho w e v er this c ould chang e with st aking and e xplor ation f or miner als e xp anding int o the North on the West ern side of James Bay Ring o f Fir e Just t o the West of the DeBeer s mine is the pot ential de v elopment of what is kno wn as the Ring of Fir e which c ould see a mine lif e of appr o ximat ely 150 y e ar s in an ar e a that has been unt ouched sinc e time immemorial The T or ont o Chamber of Commer c e r eports that the Ring of Fir e de v elopment has a pot ential w orth of 50 60 billion dollar s Mushk e g o wuk s inv olv ement in the Ring of Fir e t o dat e has been with the F eder al and Pr o vincial Envir onment al Assessment Pr oc ess F unding w as giv en f or Mushk e g o wuk t o r espond t o tw o applic ations under this pr oc ess fr om pr oponents Nor ont R esour c es and then le ad c omp any Clif s Nat ur al R esour c es Clif s Nat ur al R esour c es has sinc e pulled out of this pr oc ess citing that the g o v ernment pr oc ess has been t oo slo w and that t oo much mone y had been spent Also the pric e of chr omit e has dr opped in the w orld mark e t le aving them with no choic e but t o halt their oper ations with the Ring of Fir e Ho w e v er Nor ont R esour c es on the other hand hav e plo w ed ahe ad on their pr oject and ar e looking at the de v elopment of an all se ason r o ad c orridor fr om the mine sit e t o Pickle Lak e A po w er sour c e is still in question Nor ont has st at ed that the y will buy po w er fr om whoe v er brings it t o the Ring of Fir e Our inv olv ement with Nor ont t o this st ag e is in r esponse t o their applic ation f or an Envir onment al Assessment Nor ont also p artner ed with MNDM Ring of Fir e Secr e t ariat t o assist in f unding our Socio Ec onomic Baseline St udy which is ong oing w ork The b aseline st udy w ould be a p art of the envir onment al pr oc ess in which w e cr e at e b aseline dat a t o me asur e imp acts fr om the pot ential de v elopment of the Ring of Fir e on our c ommunities sinc e w e ar e do wnstr e am fr om the Ring of Fir e mine sit e The envir onment al pr oc ess is still ong oing and no decisions hav e been made b y the F eder al and Pr o vincial g o v ernments on the applic ations f or Nor ont R esour c es F or F urther Inf ormation Cont act Mushk e g o wuk Lands R esour c es at Phone 705 2683594 or 705 2681150 36 Bir ch Str ee t South Timmins ON P4N 2A5 17