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Manitoba Conservation Delays - Court Date Set 18 September 11

Tolko logo The judicial rule review regarding the logging road being built in Grass River Park by Tolko is moving slowing towards its court date.

In 2008 Wilderness Committee director Eric Reder identified the logging road proposal as a contradiction to Manitoba's new 'no logging' zones under the Parks Act. Appeals regarding the licence were rejected. With documentation and affidavits from Gaile Whelan Enns, manager of Manitoba Wildlands, the Wilderness Committee requested a rule review by a Queens Bench judge concerning the road and changes in the Act that for logging zones in Manitoba parks.

A court date of October 11, 2011 has been set. Manitoba Conservation has not filed any response to Wilderness Committee lawyers in the three months since statements and affidavits were filed with the court. It is likely Tolko resumed building the 'logging’ road recently.

"Manitobans love their parks," said Eric Reder, Campaign Director for the Manitoba Wilderness Committee. "This legal action is a respectful, responsible way to resolve the dispute between the government and the thousands of Manitobans who want their parks protected from logging."

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