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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jun 22 2009
In case you missed it on the read-through of the article linked in the previous post, Will Hammerquist of the NPCA and Ryland Nelson of Wildsight “…have established a new Web site, savewatertonglacier.com, and will be blogging from Spain throughout the weeklong meeting, in addition to posting pictures and video from the conference.” There’s already [...]
Jun 22 2009
Here’s an excellent article — with video — that appeared in today’s Missoulian . . . Glacier National Park and its neighbor to the north are endangered by mining proposals, and the international community must intervene to protect the region’s natural and cultural heritage. That’s the message being delivered this week by tribal leaders, community [...]
Jun 21 2009
From today’s online edition of the Missoulian . . . The state of conservation at two Northern Rockies national parks near a place eyed for possible coal mining will be reviewed by a UNESCO committee meeting in Spain this week. Groups that say Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, consisting of a U.S. park and a Canadian [...]
May 17 2009
From this week’s online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . . Sen. Max Baucus last week said he would push to have the North Fork of the Flathead designated as a World Heritage Site in Danger, a dubious distinction as Glacier National Park turns 100 next year. The North Fork will see the [...]
