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winnipeg.cbc.ca
Monday, October 27th, 2003
WINNIPEG - The environmental group Save Our Seine says time is
running out for an 32-hectacre patch of forest around the Seine
River in south Winnipeg.
Unless the forest is bought and paid for by the end of the year,
the group says it may be bulldozed to make room for houses.
Bev Sawchuk, president of Save Our Seine, says her group's fundraising
efforts have fallen short of the purchase price of the forest
– and it's time for the province to step in.
"It's something that the province themselves, in their own Manitoba
Conservation document, has said they recognize the importance
of forests. It's what our donors are telling us. It's what the
city of Winnipeg is telling us," she says.
"The community has stepped up to the plate. The city of Winnipeg
has stepped up to the plate and we're hoping now that the province
can come in as owner of the forest. Come in on the white horse.
Be the white knight and do the right thing."
Sawchuk says the city of Winnipeg has contributed $1.6 million,
and her group has raised around $115,000. However, the group is
still about $600,000 short of the full purchase price. The province
owns 38 per cent of the land, with the rest belonging to a development
company.
Sawchuk wants people to send postcards to the premier urging
him to help save the land.
The forest, called Bois-des-esprits, is located just off St.
Annes Road, south of Bishop Grandin.
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