PRESS
RELEASES,
CORRESPONDENCE
| January 11, 2011 Pdf File |
Government in Supreme
Court
to Deny Sinixt Nation Consultation Rights to Protect
Drinking Water
Sources |
| May 24, 2008 Pdf File Pdf File |
Letter to Forests
& Range Minister Pat Bell,
in response to the Minister's short email of February 9,
2009, and his
Ministry's April 22, 2009 letter of response to our letter
of November
11, 2008, concerning the Creston Valley Forest Corporation
and its
license to log in four community watersheds, Arrow,
Sullivan, Camp Run
and Lister, three of which are Watershed Reserves. A Backgrounder to the letter, which is a copy of a section from Chapter 8 of From Wisdom to Tyranny: A History of B.C.'s Drinking Watershed Reserves |
| November 11, 2008 Pdf File |
Letter to Forests
& Range Minister Pat Bell, concerning the
awarding of a
Community Forest licence to log in four drinking
watersheds and
Watershed Reserves. |
| May
30, 2008 Pdf File |
News
Release: B.C. Community Forest Conference Under
Community Fire |
| June
12, 2006 Pdf File |
Press
Release: Alliance Report Details Resource Crime
of the Century |
| April
26, 2005 Pdf File |
Press
Release: Forests Minister De Jong Conspires
Against Sunshine
Coast Community and Sechelt First Nation Accord to Include
Drinking
Watershed Reserves in So-Called "Community" Forest License To view photo compilation and quotes from the April 19th Community meeting in Sechelt, Click Here. |
| October
14, 2004 Pdf file See Backgrounder (right column) |
Press
Release: Union of BC
Municipalities Emergency Resolution Once Again "Urges"
Campbell
Government to Protect BC's Drinking Watersheds Backgrounder (html file) (word file): List of Resolutions (1971-2004) by the UBCM to protect drinking water |
| October
12, 2004 Pdf file |
Press
Release: Sloan Commission Template for BC's
Drinking Water:
Broken by Government |
| September
21, 2004 Pdf file |
Press
Release: Alliance Asks Forests Minister De Jong
to Report on New �Community Forest Tenure� Program that includes Logging in BC�s Drinking Watersheds. For a copy of the list we received (letter dated September 27, 2004) - (click here). |
| September
20,
2004 |
Letter
to Forests Minister De Jong - Re: Community
Forest Licence
Tenures and Drinking Watershed Logging |
| August 18,
2004 |
Letters
to the editor: Nelson Daily News /
Slocan Valley
Voice, regarding Land Act lease legislation for drinking water protection |
| August
9, 2004 Pdf file (Backgrounder - Word Version) |
Press
Release: Campbell Government Tampers with
Community Watershed
Objectives in Lillooet LRMP [For comparative analysis of Lillooet Table negotiation texts, download Backgrounder] |
| August
6, 2004 Pdf file August 14, 2004 - Input to BC Mines Inspector |
Press
Release: Canfor to Blame for Logging and Gravel
Mining in the
Sunshine Coast's Water Supply Comments by the BC Tap Water Alliance to the provincial Mines Inspector regarding AJB Investments aggregate application |
| July
15, 2004 Pdf file |
Press
Release: Protective Legislation Returns to the
Greater Vancouver
Watersheds [Click here, to view a related opinion piece in the Creston Valley Advance, October 15, 1998, regarding the Arrow Creek Watershed Reserve] |
| October
31,
2003 Pdf file |
Press Release: Alliance Calls on Cabinet Ministers Hagen and De Jong to Resign |
| November
26,
2002 Pdf file |
Press Release: B.C. Liberals Strip Key Legal Principles From Forest Laws (and Backgrounder) |
| November 18, 2002 Pdf file |
Letter to the Minister of Forests, Michael De Jong: regarding the significant diminishment of public scrutiny over harvesting plans under Bill 74, the Forest and Range Practices Act |
| October 21, 2002 | Letter to Minister of Health Services, Colin Hansen: regarding his October 10, 2002 claims about the state of B.C.'s drinking water sources |
| May
28,
2002 Pdf file |
Press Release: Alliance Urges Campbell Gov't to Honour Sunshine Coast Referendum and Petition for Community Control of Drinking Water Sources |
| May
22,
2002 Pdf file |
Press Release: Campbell Government Cuts Drinking Water "Watchdog" with Bill 35 - Calling it "Red Tape" |
| May
15,
2002 Pdf file |
Press Release: Report Reveals Untold History and "Dirt" Behind Ministry of Health's Tainted Policy on Drinking Water Sources |
| February
6,
2002 Pdf file |
Press Release: Campbell Government Forces Waste of $10 Million to Subsidize Logging of Arrow Creek in Erickson Referedum |
| November 29, 2001 | Letter to Minister of Health Planning, Sindi Hawkins: regarding Provincial Health Officer's Annual Report for 2000 on Drinking Water |
| November
19,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: Health Minister's Position on Drinking Water Sets B.C. Back a Century |
| October
25,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: B.C. Tap Water Alliance Calls for Dr. John Blatherwick's Resignation |
| March
12,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: Old Socred Scandal Still Drives BC Drinking Water Protection Policy |
| February
22,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: SPEC backs medical health officer Peck's call for protection of drinking watersheds |
| February
19,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: SPEC calls Forest Minister Wilson's plan for logging in watersheds - "stab in the back" |
| February 15, 2001 | Letter to the Association of B.C. Professional Foresters (and March 5 response) |
| February
13,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: Groups call on government to protect drinking watersheds and create Watershed Reserves |
| January
30,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: Immediate moratorium called for logging in provincial drinking watersheds |
| January
24,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: Environmentalists give thumbs down on Dosanjh's Drinking Water Protection Plan |
| January
17,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: B.C. Government in conflict of interest over Erickson chlorination |
| January
8,
2001 Pdf file |
Press Release: Save the Arrow. Proposed logging in Arrow Creek, water supply for the Erickson Improvement District and the town of Creston |
| July
14,
1997 Pdf file |
Press Release: B.C. Tap Water Alliance shocked at recent Supreme Court decision to allow logging in Community Watershed Reserves |