December 6, 2024 – Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada must determine whether the proposed Sagkeeng First Nation – Hybrid Green Infrastructure Shoreline Protection is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, Housing, Infrastructures, and Communities Canada is inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments will be considered public. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website (https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/Protection?culture=en-CA).

Written comments must be submitted by January 7, 2025 to:

Regan Chatten, Environmental Review Officer, Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (regan.chatten@infc.gc.ca)

The Proposed Project

The proposed hybrid infrastructure project will involve the installation of both man-made infrastructure and natural vegetation and plants to secure and stabilize the quickly recessing shoreline along approximately 200m of the Winnipeg River on Fort Alexander No. 3, reserve lands of the Sagkeeng First Nation, to prevent further erosion and land loss.

Project works include:

• The installation of rock armour and rock fill along the lowest, most vulnerable part of the shoreline.
• The planting of trees along the shoreline above the rock armour to further stabilize the bank and protect against erosion.

The project is in close proximity to the Winnipeg River, therefore there is potential for impacts to water, but there are no works in water planned. Construction is planned to take place during the Winter of 2025.