Yukon and BC sign cooperative water management agreement

On April 5, 2017, BC and Yukon Environment Ministers signed and agreement pledging to cooperatively manage the shared waters of the Mackenzie River Basin, specifically the Liard River and its tributaries. Compass’ Lee Failing, with support from Michael Harstone and Sally Rudd, designed and facilitated the negotiation process for the development of bilateral water management agreements for the Peace-Athabasca and Liard basins, involving the governments of BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, NWT, and Yukon. This is the third bilateral agreement to be signed through this process.

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