tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post1065893570448731848..comments2024-02-21T22:09:14.356-05:00Comments on Karstad Biodiversity Paintings: adventures in the colour of Canada: Wanatango Falls (oil on canvas 5 x 10 in.) SoldAleta Karstadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-62731441797187879532012-09-23T18:40:02.386-04:002012-09-23T18:40:02.386-04:00Hi Aleta! ORA wishes to thank you and Fred for ta...Hi Aleta! ORA wishes to thank you and Fred for taking the time to go to Wanatango Falls, on the Frederick House River to record her majesty and beauty! If Xeneca has its way, this waterfall will be replaced by concrete and chain link fence, fish habitat will be destroyed, water quality and water quantity will be diminished, and it will be unsafe for the public to swim, fish or boat within at least a few kilometers downstream of this site.<br /><br />In gratitude,<br /><br />Linda Heron, Chair<br />Ontario Rivers AllianceLinda Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04141525570872401580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3403025007552597654.post-26089991971017915912012-09-23T12:46:41.884-04:002012-09-23T12:46:41.884-04:00This comment was sent to me by Linda Heron, of Ont...This comment was sent to me by Linda Heron, of Ontario Rivers Alliance:<br /><br />About Wanatango Falls – A River at Risk:<br />Xeneca Power Development Inc. (Xeneca) is proposing to build a 4.67 MW modified peaking hydroelectric dam at Wanatango Falls, on the Frederick House River. This site is located approximately 26 km northwest of Iroquois Falls and 22 km south of Cochrane.<br />Wanatango has been through the gauntlet once already in 2011 when Xeneca issued the Environmental Report (ER) and Notice of Completion for this proposal; however, the river was given a reprieve when the Ministry of Environment rejected another proposal on the Ivanhoe River because it was so lacking, and Xeneca was sent back to the drawing board to do more work. Xeneca was then given the opportunity to withdraw the ER for the Wanatango, and they complied.<br />ORA is opposed to this development for the reasons set out in our 3 November 2011 letter to the Ministry of Environment’s office.<br />Now Xeneca is close to completing their studies on the Wanatango and will soon issue the ER once again.<br />Aleta Karstad and her husband Frederick Schueler, of Fragile Inheritance http://www.fragileinheritance.org have travelled to Wanatango to study and paint, and hopefully draw attention to this beautiful set of falls that could be lost.<br />It is very timely that Aleta and Fred are on a junket to visit several rivers at risk over the next several weeks – so stay tuned for more of Aleta’s beautiful paintings on http://www.aletakarstad.com.Aleta Karstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900113759159760493noreply@blogger.com