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“Using the 2013 flood event, that would have been a beneficial time to have a regional response and coordination between the two communities and would have benefitted us both."

The permanent preservation of the McIntyre Ranch south of Lethbridge will be the largest private grassland conservation in Canadian history.

The great flood of 2013 brought out the best in Albertans. Government were solid at the time, then fell into muddle.

“It was the fastest snow melt I've ever seen…I’ve never seen anything like this," said John Pomeroy, director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology in Canmore and the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change.

“I am not aware of any blessings by the Stoney Chiefs pertaining to any site of a proposed dam, I know haven’t provided one,” wrote Dixon in the letter. “This mischaracterization gives the false impression we are in favour of the dam project wherein no decision has yet been made.”

The permanent preservation of the McIntyre Ranch south of Lethbridge will be the largest private grassland conservation i Canadian history.

The permanent preservation of the McIntyre Ranch south of Lethbridge will be the largest private grassland conservation i Canadian history.

The permanent preservation of the McIntyre Ranch south of Lethbridge will be the largest private grassland conservation i Canadian history.

Over the next week, we will take a closer look at some of the areas most impacted by the June 2013 floods in Calgary and southern Alberta.

Readers share thoughts to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2013 flood in southern Alberta. Share yours by emailing reply@calgaryherald.com