Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Just a quick question on some wildlife management issues dealing with wildlife habitat and impacts on wildlife from human activity in reference to the Taltson hydro dam that is still in operation and still has a lot of impact on hunters and trappers up and down the Taltson area. One trapper was showing me pictures from last December of water levels coming right up to his cabin, flooding out his dog houses, flooding his cabin out. He said every year, in the springtime...In December there is a high demand for power, the gates are opened, the water levels come up, the beavers are forced out of their lodges out on top to prevent them from drowning but they wind up freezing to death anyway.
So each spring, he says, there are hundreds and hundreds of beaver carcasses on the river. Is there any wildlife monitoring and mitigating and compensation? Are there any compensation issues that should be addressed with the people in the area especially if they have pictures of things that are going on? I think probably the onus is on the Power Corporation to ensure that there is some sort of monitoring agency that does it for them so they get their water licences renewed. Does the wildlife management section of ENR provide for something as drastic as that? Thank you.