(This letter to Environment Minister George Heyman was copied to Coast Reporter.)
Minister Heyman:
I am an avid hiker, outdoors person and nature lover. I am both shocked and distressed that your ministry and BC Parks is even considering changing the status of Tetrahedron Provincial Park. The Tetrahedron is a gem of a park and the only one accessible, where one can sit next to a beautiful lake, look at the trees and mountains, and hear the sounds of silence. For sure, all this will change unless this park remains as is, a Class A park.
The SCRD has been dilly-dallying with a solution to the water problem for over 25 years. There are many other solutions that should be tried before even thinking of changing the park’s classification in order to deepen the draw from Chapman Lake. Please leave the park as designated today and don’t enable the SCRD’s plans, which at best would be a short-term solution to the water problem and would actually relieve them of finding a real solution.
Jack Stein, Gibsons
