The B.C. Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by an organisation of individuals holding water licences (“Red Mountain”) against the cancellation of an integrated watershed management plan and a decision of the District Manager of the Arrow Forest District to permit the building of a logging road in the watershed supplying domestic water to the members of Red Mountain. The appeal was dismissed on the basis that Red Mountain could not rely on the doctrine of legitimate expectations to resurrect the Watershed Management Plan, and further that the issues surrounding the building of the road in the watershed area had been made moot.
Administrative law – Environmental issues – Watershed management – Water licence holders – Forest practices – Judicial review – Natural justice – Legitimate expectations Red Mountain Residents and Property Owners Assn. v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests, British Columbia Forest Service, Arrow Forest District), [2003] B.C.J. No. 659, British Columbia Court of Appeal, March 26, 2003, ...