By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, SNnewswatch.com OTTAWA — The Ontario government wants to go fast on connecting the Ring of Fire to the highway system, but conservation scientist Adam Kirkwood cautions that haste carries risk. “There are definitely quite a few risks,” Kirkwood, a research associate with Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, told Newswatch. Financial risks are real, he said, but ecological risks are his focus and area of expertise. On March 2, the province released a plan to accelerate construction of all-season roads to the Ring of Fire so that projects could start this June and the first road — the Webequie Supply Road — could open by the end of 2030, four years ahead of schedule. The roads involved are routes to the Webequie and Marten Falls…
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