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By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Early discussions have started about a quarter-millennium-long plan to protect siw\u026ckw (water) in the Okanagan-Similkameen region\u2019s watersheds. The early steps to creating a 250-year, multigenerational roadmap comes months after syilx Okanagan leaders and local government officials formally pledged to increase their water protection advocacy. \u201cThe biggest thing will be communicating to our constituents that it\u2019s about the fish, it\u2019s about this place, it\u2019s about us, it\u2019s about our future,\u201d said Tim Lezard, a councillor with the Penticton Indian Band. \u201cWith the 250-year plan, those will be the goals \u2026 Some people don\u2019t have that worldview.\u201d More than 20 members of the Okanagan Similkameen Collaborative Leadership Table gathered for a meeting in the District of Lake Country on April 24. The meeting brought… <\/p>\n

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By Aaron Hemens, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, IndigiNews Early discussions have started about a quarter-millennium-long plan to protect siw\u026ckw (water) in the Okanagan-Similkameen region\u2019s watersheds. The early steps to creating a 250-year, multigenerational roadmap comes months after syilx Okanagan leaders and local government officials formally pledged to increase their water protection advocacy. \u201cThe biggest thing will be communicating to our constituents that it\u2019s about the fish, it\u2019s about this place, it\u2019s about us, it\u2019s about our future,\u201d said Tim Lezard, a councillor with the Penticton Indian Band. \u201cWith the 250-year plan, those will be the goals \u2026 Some people don\u2019t have that worldview.\u201d More than 20 members of the Okanagan Similkameen Collaborative Leadership Table gathered for a meeting in the District of Lake Country on April 24. The meeting brought... <\/p>\n

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