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  • Star Wars in the Wild

    by theolamb | January 26, 2010
     
    Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Ryland Nelson, pictured to the left in full winter gear. He's an active contributer to The Big Wild who campaigns for Wildsight BC. At the top of his radar right now is the Flathead River Valley.
     

    Ryland, not everyone knows what the Flathead is, can you tell me more about it?

    The Flathead River has some of the purest water in the world and is home to rare and endangered species. It's found in B.C.'s southeast corner and flows into Glacier National Park in Montana. For the past three years, the Flathead has topped the B.C. Outdoor Recreation Council's list of the province's most endangered rivers. That's because of nearby energy and mining proposals that threaten water quality, including one proposal for a coal strip mine that would dump 300 million tonnes of slag and pollutants into a Flathead headwaters stream.

     
    Here's a weird one for you ... picture this -- if the Flathead river valley is a movie, what's the soundtrack? In other words, what song do you best identify with when it comes to how you feel about the Flathead?
    Weird question, weird answer...   Star Wars Theme Song
     
  • Protect the Flathead River Valley
    In a remarkable move, the BC Government banned mining from the region. Now we're asking leaders to establish permanent protection for the Flathead River Valley. In November, 2011, British Columbia's provincial government awarded the "Flathead Watershed Conservation Act" the Royal Assent. According to the new law, coal mining and methane gas extraction is forbidden in the Flathead River Valley. Now we're just two steps away from total protection of the Flathead River Valley.