The devil could be in the details-
Some think the mining ban could have been to cut off growing provincial demands for a park in the area to complement Waterton NP in Alberta and Glacier in the United States.
Details on Canadian Flathead mining ban short – for now. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian.
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Pierre Graton, BC mining president, stated that there is nothing in this agreemnt for BC. What about clean water? Looking into the future, with climate change issues, watershed protection will be more critical than coal.