
WHEREAS Perry Ridge has been identified on GIS forest cover maps (Valhalla Society, Nov. 2004) as a major intact area in the southern portion of the Inland Temperate Rainforest Region WHEREAS Perry Ridge serves as an important connectivity corridor between Kokanee Glacier and Valhalla Parks WHEREAS The Sinixt Nation has identified Perry Ridge as an important cultural wetland and is the location of many identified and unidentified significant archaeological sites WHEREAS Perry Ridge is a unique geological landform and provides domestic drinking and agricultural water to hundreds of farms and homes along the base of the mountain WHEREAS Perry Ridge is part of the scenic visual corridor along Highway 6 and as a major intact area is very important to the developing sustainable tourism industry in the Slocan Valley. (e.g. (Cross Canada Trail system - Rails To Trails along the Slocan River) THEREFORE we the undersigned support Perry Ridge being added to Valhalla Park. Name (print) Signature Address Phone/e-mail Download a copy of the petition here Please be sure to sign this petition only once and return all completed Petitions to Marilyn BurgoonPRWUA, Group 16 C-9, Winlaw, BC VOG 2JO Canada 1-250-226-7324. mburgoon@netidea.com Thank you. |