The provincial government is planning to change conservation districts into watershed districts.
This has representation in the Intermountain Conservation District concerned.
According to Jeff Thiele, Manager for IMCD, the provincial plan is to increase the district size.
“Right now it looks like they want to make them bigger, so we are a little bit concerned about the size of them. We’ll probably lose some local input. As these organizations get bigger we have kind of seen that some of the previous amalgamations whether it’s the school boards or the RMs.”
Thiele spoke at the IMCD banquet this past week and says he has heard nothing but positive things regarding how the district is run, and wonders why the government would want to change that.
Thiele and other representatives are attending the Kinsmen Business Expo taking place this weekend. He encourages everyone to come to their booth and see what services the IMCD offers.
