Dec 25 2009
Here’s an item your friendly web-weenie meant to post earlier. Alas, the press of business sometimes interferes with such things…
The resource development threats to the Canadian Flathead, and the Trans-boundary Flathead in general, have become a bit of a cause célèbre. Enough so, that they were a significant point of concern at the 9th World [...]
Aug 01 2009
Today’s Vancouver Sun has a first-rate article — with photos and video, no less — concerning the often contentious issues surrounding preservation of the Canadian Flathead Valley. Very nicely done. Recommended reading.
Here’s the lede . . .
GRIZZLY WIDE PASS — No one knows for sure when humans first discovered this impossible place.
Perhaps it happened on [...]
Jun 26 2009
The Vancouver Sun has a couple of pieces up on the decision by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to investigate threats to Waterton-Glacier Park. There is a basic heads-up article and a short pictorial.
The Tyee also has a pretty decent write-up with some handy links to related material.
There’s an AP/Canadian Press article making the rounds, [...]
Jun 26 2009
From a “Breaking News” post in today’s online edition of the Missoulian . . .
UNESCO will send a mission to Canada to judge for itself the threat posed by a planned Canadian coal mine to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
The group’s World Heritage Commission, meeting in Seville, Spain, voted Friday to send the delegation, and also [...]
Jun 26 2009
The Flathead Beacon has picked up on the story about the UNESCO World Heritage Committee’s decision to send a delegation to investigate threats to Waterton-Glacier Park. Here’s the lead-in from a nicely written article by Dan Testa . . .
The United Nations plans to send a fact-finding mission to Canada to investigate environmental threats to [...]
Jun 26 2009
According to the Waterton-Glacier in Danger web log, UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has voted unanimously to send a delegation to investigate threats to Waterton-Glacier Park posed by resource development activities.
Here’s the lead-in from the press release. See the Waterton-Glacier in Danger site for details and breaking news . . .
Seville, Spain–UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee voted [...]
Jun 01 2009
It looks like the snowpack is melting off in an orderly fashion this year.
From yesterday’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .
Despite slower-than-usual runoff, officials say Flathead Lake is on pace to reach full pool by mid-June. The one thing that can push that back – and did, just last year – is [...]
Apr 13 2009
The Flathead Beacon posted a tardy, but well-written article covering both of the North Fork’s recent “endangered river” designations . . .
As the threat of large-scale mining continues to bear down on the headwaters of the Flathead River Basin – and as funding for conservation research hits a snag – Ric Hauer believes the North [...]
Apr 09 2009
The Hungry Horse News has a nice article about a press conference held at Blankenship to discuss American River’s listing of the North Fork as one of the ten most endangered rivers in the U.S.
Here’s the lead . . .
On a bright blue day at Blankenship black bugs come off the water and land on [...]
Apr 07 2009
Following up on our earlier post about about the North Fork Flathead River making the American Rivers organization’s list of “America’s Most Endangered Rivers,” here’s the Missoulian’s write-up, which includes some additional information . . .
The North Fork Flathead River, a wild waterway forming the western edge of Glacier National Park, has recently been listed [...]
