Dear Editor,
As long-time property owners on Lac des Roches, we must express our deep concern over the actions of Land and Water BC in proposing a massive, intrusive development in a high-elevation area with its short summers and extremely sensitive natural values.
For well over 20 years, we have watched the insidious deterioration of water quality and associated problems which have been consistently ignored by government agencies. Now, it seems, that “The Most Photographed Lake in B.C.” (quoting from government publications) has become a play-thing for LWBC bureaucrats.
We urge all of your readers to unite with our community organization, Friends of Lac des Roche and Birch Lake (www.lacdesroche.org or 250-593-0041), in opposing this unwarranted, unrealistic and unwelcome development proposal.
This problem involves two regional districts (TNRD and CRD) and two provincial constituencies, and your protest letters to these governmental bodies are vital.