Appeal Accepted!!!

On March 16, 2011, the Smoky Lake County Subdivision and Development Appeal Board accepted our Appeal of the earlier Development Authority decision to allow gravel mining in River Lot 2 of Victoria Settlement. We sincerely thank the members of the Development Appeal Board for this wise decision, and are very grateful to the scores of people who wrote letters and e-mails in support of our Appeal. We now need to focus on strengthening County By-Laws to ensure that another permit to allow gravel mining in the historically signficant Victoria Settlement valley will not be approved in the future.