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[160] Mr. Monty first met Mr. Bourgh in 1996 and learned of the proposal to build a mill in
Watson Lake. He attended a meeting on April 18, 1996 with LPL and was involved in other
meetings over the next 4 years.
[161] Mr. Monty testified at length about the development of forest management plans, with an
emphasis on the need for sustainability. He referred to a report that was prepared for the Department
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in 1990 by Dendron Resource Surveys Ltd. called “Development of a Forest Management Plan of
the Southeastern Yukon” (the “Dendron Report”). He also referred to Volume 1 of a “Forest
Management Plan for Southeastern Yukon” prepared by Sterling Wood Group Inc., dated March
1991 (the “Draft Sterling Wood Report”). He testified that in his understanding, this plan was not
approved. This document, entered as Exhibit D-81, Tab 3 was a draft document.
[162] A final version of the “Forest Management Plan for Southeastern Yukon” prepared by
Sterling Wood Group dated August 1991 (the “Final Sterling Wood Report”), consisting of three
volumes, was entered as Exhibit P-38 in the course of Mr. Monty’s cross-examination.
[163] Mr. Monty gave evidence about the meetings and correspondence that he had with both the
Plaintiffs and other public servants.
[164] Mr. Peter Henry was the next to testify on behalf of the Defendant. He is a graduate of the
University of Toronto and holds a bachelor of science in forestry. He began working with DIAND
in 1990 as an inventory technician. He looked at the Dendron Report when it was delivered to the