Feb
10
2010
We’re starting to see more — and more detailed — coverage of British Columbia’s decision to forgo resource extraction activities in the Canadian Flathead River Valley. Two good articles appeared today.
The Daily Inter Lake did a nice, balanced job . . .
The lieutenant governor of British Columbia announced Tuesday that all types of mining and [...]
Tags: British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, coal mining, coalbed methane, gold mining, North Fork Flathead
Feb
09
2010
In the annual “Throne Speech,” British Columbia Lt. Gov. Steven Point declared the Canadian portion of the Flathead River Valley off limits to mining and energy extraction. Assuming no subtle weasel-wording, this means B.C. just shut the door to activities such as coal and gold mining and coalbed methane development in the Canadian North Fork. [...]
Tags: British Columbia, coal mining, coalbed methane, gold mining, North Fork Flathead
Jan
31
2010
The folks at Flathead Wild posted a good summary of the high points of the UNESCO World Heritage report on threats to Waterton-Glacier Park, along with links to major press coverage — both print and video.
Here’s the lead-in . . .
Great news for Friends of the Flathead! A UNESCO World Heritage report is recommending a [...]
Tags: Canadian Flathead, coal mining, Flathead Valley, mining, UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Jul
16
2009
Dan Testa has an excellent piece in the Flathead Beacon discussing trout studies in the North Fork — on both sides of the border — and the general importance of this sort of baseline study in connection with the upcoming UNESCO scientific mission to study threats to Waterton-Glacier Park.
Here’s a sampler . . .
The research [...]
Tags: Cline Mining, coal mining, cutthroat trout, North Fork Flathead River, UNESCO, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, World Heritage Site
Jul
03
2009
Here’s this week’s Hungry Horse News write-up on UNESCO’s investigation of threats to Waterton-Glacier Park . . .
A United Nations delegation will travel to Glacier National Park and the North Fork to see for itself the threats of mining and coal bed methane development could have on the Park.
Meeting in Spain last week the 21-member [...]
Tags: coal mining, UN World Heritage Committee, UNESCO, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Mar
23
2009
The Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia (ORBC) started publishing a list of the most endangered rivers in the province in 2006. This year, the Flathead River is in the #1 spot, as it was in 2007, mostly because of the proposed Cline Coal Mine. An excerpt from today’s press release . . .
The Flathead [...]
Tags: BC, British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, Flathead River Valley, ORBC
Feb
01
2009
From the Saturday, January 31, 2009 online edition of the Calgary Herald . . .
Conservation groups are renewing calls for Waterton Lakes National Park to be expanded into the Flathead River Valley, despite British Columbia’s decision to close the door to coal bed methane development in the ecologically key area in southeastern B.C.
The Sierra Club, [...]
Tags: BC, British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, coalbed methane, Flathead River Valley, Mist Mountain Project, strip mining, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Jan
11
2009
From the Sunday, January 11, 2009 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
The coal was here, hidden by a thin skin of wilderness, long before Rich Moy arrived; and it was still here, against all odds, when he left.
That, he considers, is at least some sort of success, although much more work will be [...]
Tags: BC, British Columbia, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, coalbed methane, Flathead Basin Commission, North Fork Flathead River, Rich Moy
Dec
04
2008
Further information on the proposed Cline mine’s impact on bull trout from the Canada.com web site . . .
U.S. government scientists studying the Flathead River watershed straddling the B.C.-Montana border say they’ve discovered the prime spawning site for a threatened species of trout – on the Canadian side of the system, and in the very [...]
Tags: bull trout, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, Flathead River Valley, redds, strip mining
Nov
28
2008
From the Friday, November 28, 2008 online edition of the Missoulian . . .
A controversial Canadian coal mine, proposed high in the headwaters above Glacier National Park, would be built atop the most productive bull trout spawning habitat in the entire river basin.
“That site, immediately below the proposed mine site, is incredibly important bull trout [...]
Tags: bull trout, Canadian Flathead, Cline Mining, coal mining, Flathead River Valley, redds, strip mining