The provincial government is planning to amalgamate conservation districts.

Intermountain Conservation district is expected to join with Tuttle River based around the Dauphin Lake water basin.
Jeff Thiele, I-M-C-D Manager says the size might be an issue.

“The two boards of Turtle River and Intermountain, we’re worried about the size of it and maybe some loss of local input of it. It would be a very large district, probably about 13 or 14 municipalities. It would go all the way from McCreary, Kelwood area all the way up to Cowan and all the way over past Grandview and Bield area. So it’s quite a large area, currently, it would be the largest watershed district in Manitoba.”

Thiele continues saying there has been no formal announcement yet.

“the province hasn’t told us this 100 percent for sure, but everything is indicating that it’s going to go this way and then I guess it would be likely up to the new board of directors to decide what will happen as far as where the offices are and staff and all that.”

Thiele expects a formal announcement to be made at an already planned meeting in Dauphin this upcoming October.