Environmental assessments hold up community lands

Two Six Nations properties going through the federal Additions to Reserve process continue to move forward, although funding received for required environmental assessments fell short of the amount requested. Councillor Cynthia Jamieson, chair of the Lands, Resources, Wealth and Economy Committee, provided an update during Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) General Council meeting on September 8 Jamieson said Tayler Hill, Lands and Resources Assistant Director at Six Nations Lands and Resources, addressed the committee’s standing Additions to Reserve (ATR) agenda item and said funding for environmental assessments required for the properties is the biggest issue. “They had put in for an application for dollars for the environmental assessments that had to be done, and they received, some, but not all of the requested amount,” Jamieson said. The funding is aimed…

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