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New park could generate $38M: report
Fisher River Cree Nation is proposing an expansion of the area being considered a provincial park. (CANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY)
WINNIPEG - The creation of a provincial park proposed around Fisher Bay would add $38 million to the Manitoba economy, according to a new study.
Conducted by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, the study shows current industries in the area of Fisher River Cree Nation — logging, non-aboriginal hunting and mining — generate about $2.2 million annually for Manitoba’s economy.
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An industry sustained by park management as well as ecological and cultural tourism would bring in about $40 million per year, the study concluded.
An area around the bay was granted interim protection by the province as a potential park site in 1999. A study done in 2006 recommended those boundaries be expanded "according to the best ecological and cultural considerations, rather than political lines," said Ron Thiessen, executive director of Manitoba’s chapter with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.
The most recent study, released today, examined the prospects of that broader area.
The province is in the midst of boundary considerations and has committed to establishing the park by October of next year.
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Posted by: Ron Thiessen
December 4, 2009 at 6:24 PM
For those wondering how the 40 miilion dollars revenue a year was calculated - check out the study at www.cpawsmb.org
Posted by: ticked
December 3, 2009 at 10:08 PM
talk about time on their hands. what's next? disneyland on black island?
Posted by: Micky
December 3, 2009 at 9:19 PM
40 million the only way that will ever happen if the tax payer kicks in 39.5 million a year
Posted by: Georg
December 3, 2009 at 9:09 PM
38 million or less, go ahead and create this park!
Posted by: Canuck1473
December 3, 2009 at 6:11 PM
40 million per year. And just how did the heavy thinkers come up with this number???
Posted by: snapdragon
December 3, 2009 at 4:47 PM
About time! It's taken the government years..