PRESS RELEASE BACKGROUNDERS March 21, 2013 BC LIBERALS CAUGHT DEMOTING PROTECTED STATUS OF COMMUNITY DRINKING WATER SOURCES March 21, 2013 - Press Release (pdf) February 27, 2013 - Letter to Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Deputy Minister Doug Konkin (pdf) January 28, 2013 - Letter to the Sunshine Coast Regional District (pdf) July 23, 2007 - Presentation to the Sunshine Coast Regional District: Chapman and Gray Creek Watershed Reserves - Board of Health Hearings (pdf) 2008 - Bill 23, changes to the Health Act - BC Legislative Hansard, May 26, 2008 (starting at page 11) (pdf) June 28, 2006 - Letter from Lands Minister Pat Bell, in response having received the book, From Wisdom to Tyranny: A History of British Columbia's Drinking Watershed Reserves (pdf) Extracts from the 2006 book, From Wisdom to Tyranny: A History of British Columbia's Drinking Watershed Reserves, by Will Koop Preface, Acknowledgements Executive Summary: Findings and Recommedations Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations Watershed Reserves Timeline (1871-2006) BC Statutes - 1960 and 1970 Lands Statutes on Crown Reserves (pdf) 1979 - Ministry of Environment Map, excerpt showing McNeilPrl Lake (alternatively, Haslam/ Haslem Creek) watershed and the adjoining Silversands Creek watershed Reserves (see page 3 on pdf document). List of provincial wide Section 16 Watershed Reserves, including the Lower Mainland/Vancouver Region. (Note: Additional Watershed Reserves were established after 1979, not included on this initial list) (pdf) 1979 - Ministry of Environment Map - showing partial identification list of Watershed Reserves in Southwest BC (Jpeg file) 1979 - Ministry of Environment Map - showing locations of Watershed Reserves in Southwest BC (Jpeg file) Ministry of Lands Watershed Reserve Tenure - Chapman Creek - Computer Print Out (pdf) Ministry of Lands - Tenure Codes for community Watershed Reserves (Pre-1996). In 1996, the revised Land Act renumbered the Reserves Section, making Section 11 and 12 Reserves as Section 15 and 16 Reserves, respectively) (pdf) Definitions of Reserve Terms - 1993 Protocol on Crown Land Administration and Forestry Activity Between BC Forest Service and BC Lands (pdf) Definitions of Reserve Terms - Ministry of Lands, March 1994 (pdf) Ministry of Lands - Crown Land for Environmental Management - October 1990 (pdf)