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Posting of draft version of Species at Risk Guide Delayed

The province is delaying posting the draft version of its Species at Risk Guide and that’s good news to the Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities.  FONOM says an effort was underway to protect species first without taking into account how this affects forestry-dependent communities.  FONOM president Al Spacek says northern leaders were worried the final version of the guide would still include the species first provision.  Spacek says if this was to happen, the consequences would be dire because northern and rural towns would lose their forestry-related jobs.

 

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