North Fork Preservation Association » Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes http://www.gravel.org News and information about the NFPA and the North Fork of the Flathead River Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:06:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 World Heritage Committee draft resolution on Waterton-Glacier posted http://www.gravel.org/2009/06/23/world-heritage-committee-draft-resolution-on-waterton-glacier-posted/ http://www.gravel.org/2009/06/23/world-heritage-committee-draft-resolution-on-waterton-glacier-posted/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:06:27 +0000 nfpa http://www.gravel.org/?p=537 Today’s post on the Waterton-Glacier Endangered web log includes information on the UN World Heritage Committee draft resolution concerning the dangers posed to Waterton and Glacier parks by resource extraction in the Flathead headwaters region — the proposed Cline Mine, in particular. According to the posting, the first draft of the resolution does not explicitly call for placing Waterton-Glacier Park on the list of “Endangered World Heritage Sites,” nor does it yet address any indigenous concerns, including those views expressed by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

The UN World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain runs through June 30th. The schedule document is more than a little opaque, so it is not clear when the resolution on Waterton-Glacier will come up for a final vote.

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