Environmental issues and concerns in the remote park are not addressed in the talks being held behind closed doors. Cottagers who are promoting the hydro project in Nopiming are restricting access to information about the proposed project and the impacts it will have in the park. The Manitoba government has committed to stop logging in the park, yet 30 acres of trees will have to be removed for the new hydro line.

Manitoba Conservation and Manitoba Hydro are both silent on what criteria are being used to evaluate and approve the significant use of land in a park that includes protected areas for woodland caribou.

Concerned citizens can contact Manitoba Conservation, Minister's Office: (204) 945-4695, or email at Mike.Keenan@leg.gov.mb.ca