[news] In the Canadian Boreal Forest, a Conservation Ethic at Work

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For thousands of years, the people of the Poplar River First Nation have relied on the trees, plants and wildlife of the Canadian boreal forest for food, medicine and the survival of their cultural beliefs and traditions. Spanning rugged granite cliffs, dense evergreen woods and tranquil marshlands on the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba, the Poplar River community lands are accessible only by air or water for most of the year; an ice road allows for limited ground travel during the winter months.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/7/29/1701/36356