A feasibility assessment of the Seal River Watershed will be informed by traditional and scientific knowledge.  The Watershed in northern Manitoba is reported to be one of the richest carbon sinks in the world and one of the world’s largest remaining ecologically intact watersheds spanning over 50 thousand square kilometers. 

The Seal River flows into Hudson Bay unhindered by dams or industrial development. The Watershed includes portions of the ancestral territory of four First Nations. 

Together they have created the Seal River Watershed Alliance to work to support a shared vision of protecting the nations’ respective ancestral lands.  Within the Seal River region, there are at least 22 known species at risk including wolverines, polar bears, grizzly bears, barren ground caribou, orcas, and olive-sided flycatchers. 

Large numbers of harbor seals can be found 200 kilometers inland from the mouth of the Seal giving the river its name. Traditional knowledge coupled with science will be used as the foundation for the feasibility assessment.