British Columbia

  • Details on Canadian Flathead mining ban short – for now

    Ralph Maughan

    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. Earlier on…

  • Great News! British Columbia says no mining in North Fork Flathead River

    Ralph Maughan

    After years of controversy, B.C. to ban  mining, energy development in critical headwaters of famed river near Glacier National Park- I have been worried about this for years, and posted many articles. Every month is seemed a new, massive environmentally destructive scheme was proposed for the North Fork. Now British Columbia Lt. Gov. Steven Point…

  • One more British Columbia threat to Glacier National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Gold deposit discovered on ridge visible from Glacier in the North Fork Flathead River- First it was coal mining, then coal bed methane, now gold; and all the pollution runs into the United States. Canadian company claims rich gold find north of Glacier National Park, raising concerns. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian

  • In B.C.'s wilderness, where the wild things aren't

    Ralph Maughan

    Lots of grizzly bears have been killed in B.C.’s Bella Coola River valley- Six years ago Jackie and I took a special trip to Bella Coola to see bears. We did, but it was clear the locals didn’t appreciate their value. Mark Hume. In B.C.’s wilderness, where the wild things aren’t. The Globe and Mail.

  • Wildfires rage in British Columbia, Alaska

    Ralph Maughan

    Pacific northwest dry and burning as rest of West has a cool and moist summer respite- We planned to go to B.C. and Alaska this summer. Glad we didn’t. Instead we stayed in Pocatello, Idaho where a very wet late spring and cooler than normal summer has greatly reduced normal fires and given clean skies.…

  • United Nations Will Study Threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally some international pressure on the coal pit/coalbed methane proposals just northwest of Glacier (and Waterton) National Parks- United Nations Will Study Threats to Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. By Dan Testa, Flathead Beacon (in New West)

  • UN to consider petition against the planned coal development that will endanger Glacier National Park and Waterton National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    The massive Foisey Creek coal development in B.C. (the Lodgepole coal pit and 2000 coal bed methane wells) is becoming an international issue. UN to hear petition. The Globe and Mail. By Mark Hume. Earlier in this blog. 5/15/09. North Fork Flathead plight in U.N. spotlight 9/5/08. Another coal mine planned near the upper Flathead…

  • North Fork Flathead plight in U.N. spotlight

    Ralph Maughan

    Coal mining threat from Canada just north of Glacier NP is becoming an international issue- I made a trip to the mine proposed area (and even worse coal bed methane wells) in British Columbia last summer. What a horrible place to do this! Other than the local fish and wildlife (and there is a lot),…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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