Tiny herd spends most of its time in British Columbia-
The woodland caribou have been on the endangered species list for a long time, several million dollars have been spent on their conservation. That might sound like a lot, but it is a total over many years. They depend on old growth rain forest, living […]
Continue Reading →Is this a new problem or a sudden realization of an old one?
Whether it is or not, this issue is heating up in British Columbia and Alberta The adult grizzlies are more likely to escape the wintertime dozers and other heavy equipment than the cubs, but the mortality rate of even adults is substantial. […]
Continue Reading →U.S./B.C. herd of 50 to finally get critical habitat-
Woodland caribou, far more rare than the well known barren ground caribou, have kept a tiny toehold in the United States in the Panhandle of Idaho. Even that sometimes slips and the herd spends its time just to the north in British Columbia. About 600 square […]
Continue Reading →What a turnaround in the space of 3 years!
In 2008 I took a 2 week trip to the headwaters of the famed North Fork of the Flathead River in B.C. to say goodbye to one of North America’s premier fish and wildlife areas, not to mention its incredible beauty.
Huge open pit coal mines, […]
Continue Reading →Recent observation of a grizzly in the Pitt River, a reason for hope-
One look at the forested, very scenic, and deep mountains around busy Vancouver, British Columbia and you would think the woods might be full of grizzly bears. It isn’t true, especially close to Vancouver. The Garibaldi-Pitt grizzly bear population unit (GBPU) and […]
Continue Reading →More good news, and just a few years ago every day seemed to bring bad news for the North Fork of the Flathead River-
Tester, Baucus renew effort to protect Flathead River Basin. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian.
Continue Reading →Alberta’s griz population has already collapsed, B.C.’s grizzly hunt quota too high-
Pitiful Alberta now has fewer grizzly bears now than Montana does, and scientists say that B.C. is going the same direction, most directly affecting Montana in the North Fork of Flathead.
Scientists say B.C. grizzly hunt could hurt recovery efforts in Montana. […]
Continue Reading →Controversy began 1n 1974-
Well what a cause for celebration this is! I can remember I was just starting to explore the wild country as a young man back in 1974 when Sage Creek Coal proposed a big coal mine on Cabin Creek, a tributary to the North Fork of the Flathead. In 2008 I […]
Continue Reading →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.
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 […]
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