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By
Brenda
Fleming
The
Lance
Wednesday,
October
9,
2002
A
little
snow
didn't
stop
members
of
the
Save
Our
Seine
group
and
their
supporters
from
turning
out
last
weekend
to
help
clean
up
a
section
of
the
treasured
Seine
River
Forest
and
river
area.
Volunteers,
including
a
group
of
enthusiastic
Boy
Scouts
from
East
Kildonan,
and
Paul
Gossen
of
Quest
for
the
Bay
fame,
got
together
Saturday
morning
to
take
part
in
the
cleanup
effort,
which
took
place
in
a
section
of
the
forest
behind
Morrow
Gospel
Church
on
St.
Anne's
Rd.
Participants
helped
out
with
everything
from
clearing
deadfall
from
the
river
trail
to
installing
culverts
for
drainage.
The
Seine
River
Greenway
trail
in
St.
Vital
runs
along
the
Seine
River
from
Morrow
Gospel
Church
to
Victor
Wyatt
House
on
St.
Anne's
Rd.
The
forest
and
river
are
havens
for
wildlife,
with
everything
from
turtles
to
foxes
making
the
areas
their
home.
"There
are
all
kinds
of
deer,"
said
Jules
Legal,
president
of
Save
Our
Seine
River
Environment
Inc.
"This
year
we
counted
about
half
a
dozen
fawns."
One
of
the
volunteers
on
hand
was
Nathan
Laser.
Laser,
an
Old
St.
Vital
resident,
has
had
a
longtime
love
of
the
Seine.
This
summer,
he
supervised
an
Urban
Green
Team.
Laser
and
members
of
the
team
took
part
in
a
variety
of
cleanup
and
preservation
efforts,
including
widening
a
section
of
the
Seine
Forest
river
trail
and
clearing
debris
from
the
river.
He
said
the
team
even
came
across
some
history
over
the
summer.
"We
came
across
an
old
seeder
that
had
a
date
on
it
from
the
early
(1900s.)"
Laser
said
that
he
has
always
been
fond
of
the
Seine
River
area
and
feel's
that
it's
his
duty
to
help
preserve
it.
In
addition
to
taking
part
in
last
Saturday's
cleanup
efforts,
members
of
Save
Our
Seine
and
other
supporters
of
the
Seine
River
and
forest
have
been
working
to
raise
$1
million
be
the
end
of
December.
The
money
is
needed
to
help
preserve
a
section
of
the
Seine
forest
known
as
Bois
des
Esprits
as
a
city
park.
Save
our
Seine's
Jules
Legal
acknowledged
that
ranging
$1
million
by
the
end
of
the
year
is
a
big
task,
but
he's
hopeful
that
goal
can
be
reached.
He
said
he
is
pleased
that
many
people
have
expressed
an
interest
in
seeing
Bois
des
Esprits
preserved.
The
Save
Our
Seine
effort
has
attracted
supporters
of
all
ages,
ranging
from
school
children
to
seniors.
Legal
said
many
people
have
said
they
want
to
see
the
environment
preserved
for
future
generations
to
enjoy.
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