Resolution

Department:  Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Agriculture

WHEREAS there is an ever increasing number of conservation easements on private lands and lands controlled and/or owned by conservation groups;

WHEREAS these lands often have very little or no storm surge holding capacity and cause back flooding of adjacent productive lands and roadways;

WHEREAS these lands increase maintenance costs due to culverts continually being plugged by beavers;

BE IT RESOLVED that APAS lobby government to have the conservation easement holder and land owned or controlled by conservation groups held responsible for maintenance costs of cleaning out culverts, etc. and to effectively manage the water levels on these lands to provide storm surge holding capacity and not cause back flooding on adjacent lands and roadways.