Door to door campaign launched to save river valley

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Friends of the Oldman River are taking their message to the public with a door to door campaign.

About 3,000 newspapers describing the issues surrounding the project have been distributed in Edmonton by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Another 7,000 are going to Calgary homes.

The newspaper says off-stream storage and water conservation could deliver the same amount of water as the dam would but at half the cost and minimal environmental damage.

Friends of the Oldman River won a case in the Court of Queen's Bench in December in which provincial permits for the dam were found invalid.

Instead of appealing the court case, Environment Minister Ken Kowalski has issued new permits for work to continue on the dam.