From the Wednesday, November 21, 2007 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Potential industrial development in the Canadian Flathead drainage is gaining a higher profile in British Columbia, with possible environmental consequences that would counter international law, Canadian speakers said at a gathering Monday in Whitefish.
Richard Paisley, an international water law expert from the University of British Columbia, was among the speakers at an open house sponsored by the Flathead Coalition, a group of Montanans concerned about potential coal and gas development north of the border.
Paisley said there is a growing body of international law that supports the position that fish, wildlife and water resources in Montana’s North Fork Flathead River drainage would be adversely impacted by coal and gas development north of the border.
“On this one, you are fighting on the side of the angels, because you have international law on your side,” he said.
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