/R E P E A T -- Media advisory - Cree First Nation, Environmental Groups and Scientific Experts join forces to save one of Quebec's last Pristine Forests/

WASWANIPI, QC, Feb. 19, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - As the Environmental and Social Impact Review Committee (COMEX) is assessing the possibility of constructing two access roads through the Broadback forest, Cree First Nation, several environmental groups and scientific experts are joining forces to save one of Quebec's last pristine forests, and ask the Quebec government to act.

WHAT:	Joint press conference on the issue of protecting the forest of the Broadback River Valley
WHO:	Chief Marcel Happyjack, Cree First Nation of Waswanipi Romeo Saganash, MP of Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou Melissa Fillion, Canopy Serge Couturier, Biologiste Don Saganash, Tallyman Pier-Olivier Boudreault, CPAWS Nicolas Mainville, Greenpeace Chief Ghislain Picard, AFNQL
WHEN:	Monday, February 22, at 11AM
WHERE:	Hilton Hotel Room De Tourny 1100, boul. René-Lévesque East Québec City

SOURCE Conseil de la Première Nation crie de Waswanipi

Jean-Alexandre D'Etcheverry, 514-910-1328, [email protected]