Wanatango Falls – 19 September 2012
This is the first of our “hydroelectric” series of plein air paintings, from a visit to a proposed damsite south on the Frederickhouse River, south of Cochrane yesterday. To see a larger image of this painting, and read about this lovely place, be sure to click on http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com
This painting is for sold. You may view the details and comments at http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com.
For information about purchasing or commissioning paintings, feel free to e-mail me at karstad@pinicola.ca or see http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/p/how-to-buy-karstad-biodiversity.html.
… or you can just file this message away in your own little thumbnail collection of Aleta’s daily paintings, and look forward to the next one, as we continue the 30 Years Later Expedition http://www.fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm
Wanatango Falls – 19 September 2012
I painted Fred and Marigold collecting moss, from photos I took after packing up from my plein air painting of the Wanatango Falls. To see a larger image of this painting, and read about Fred’s bioinventory of the place, be sure to click
on http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com.
This painting is for sold. You will find more information at http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com.
For information about purchasing or commissioning paintings, feel free to e-mail me at karstad@pinicola.ca or see http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/p/how-to-buy-karstad-biodiversity.html.
… or you can just file this message away in your own little thumbnail collection of Aleta’s daily paintings, and look forward to the next one, as we continue the 30 Years Later Expedition http://www.fragileinheritance.org/projects/thirty/thirtyintro.htm.
Aleta Karstad
About Wanatango Falls – A River at Risk:
Xeneca Power Development Inc. (Xeneca) is proposing to build a 4.67 MW modified peaking hydroelectric dam at Wanatango Falls, on the Frederick House River. This site is located approximately 26 km northwest of Iroquois Falls and 22 km south of Cochrane.
Wanatango has been through the gauntlet once already in 2011 when Xeneca issued the Environmental Report (ER) and Notice of Completion for this proposal; however, the river was given a reprieve when the Ministry of Environment rejected another proposal on the Ivanhoe River because it was so lacking, and Xeneca was sent back to the drawing board to do more work. Xeneca was then given the opportunity to withdraw the ER for the Wanatango, and they complied.
ORA is opposed to this development for the reasons set out in our 3 November 2011 letter to the Ministry of Environment’s office.
Now Xeneca is close to completing their studies on the Wanatango and will soon issue the ER once again.
Aleta Karstad and her husband Frederick Schueler, of Fragile Inheritance http://www.fragileinheritance.org have travelled to Wanatango to study and paint, and hopefully draw attention to this beautiful set of falls that could be lost.
It is very timely that Aleta and Fred are on a junket to visit several rivers at risk over the next several weeks – so stay tuned for more of Aleta’s beautiful paintings on http://www.aletakarstad.com.