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Progress slow for Bear Creek Reservoir
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Nearly a year after the county applied for a permit to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to build the Bear Creek Reservoir, progress on the long awaited and still somewhat controversial project is slow and plodding. Several months after County Attorney Tommy Craig's office sent the Corp requested additional information on the county's plans to mitigate the environmental affects of the reservoir, the permit application seems to be in limbo as separate governmental agencies wonder whose court the ball is in now. Jenny Carter, an attorney with Craig's office said the county is waiting to hear back