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MS - Okay. Made some notes about that. So, basically, your major concern is issuing Community Forest Agreements in the area that overlaps a Reserve. It doesn't really matter that it's not Creston. You are only mentioning Creston only because Arrow Creek is in the area of the Creston Community Forest Agreement. However, your letter would be pretty much the same for any other
Community Forest Agreement that overlaps a potential Watershed Reserve.

WK - That's correct.

MS - .. Well, I will take a look at that, so see what is going on with that Watershed Reserve, and I will probably have to write my report to the Minister's office regarding our conversation, and I have to briefly clarify
your major issues.

WK - . The B.C. Tap Water Alliance has been going on for twelve years. We've been raising the issue of the Watershed Reserves for quite some time. We have never had any proper response from the government yet.
Just to also let you know, there was a court case in July of 1997 about two Watershed Reserves. The Ministry [of Forests] was giving a license to Slocan Forest Products to log in the Slocan Valley. And you know what the
government did for the court case? It shredded the files, and then told the court the Reserves never existed. But, we have lots of evidence to show that it did.. The government acted underhandedly, and we understand this history intimately. So, nothing new there.