John Cutfeet, a Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug band member, has been hired as the new Aboriginal watershed program coordinator (Anishinini’ow Niipii’ow Anokiinakun) for the Wildlands League.
Wildlands League is a chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. The new position is intended to support First Nations to protect rivers, lakes and wetlands in Canada’s Far North.
“A majority of First Nation communities do not have the resources or the capacity to begin to deal with the changes that are coming into their traditional territories,” Cutfeet said.
“Wildlands League is committing more than 13 per cent of its budget this year to providing support and capacity to advance watershed protection for the maintenance of healthy ecosystems. This means 13 per cent of its budget is going directly to First Nations.”
The role of the new Aboriginal watershed coordinator will be to develop culturally appropriate, community-based approaches to watershed stewardship in First Nation communities most often affected by water quality issues.
“Wildlands League is taking the lead to begin to address this very important need,” Cutfeet said.
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