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Watershed Study Board after input on new report

The International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board (Study Board) is seeking input on its draft Interim Status Report from the public and interested parties. The public consultation period…

Elko boat take-out work to begin soon

The Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) today reported that construction at the Elko boat access take-out on the Elk River above the dam is…

Watershed Board wraps up summer listening sessions

During the past three months, the International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board (Study Board) met with the public from across the watershed via three listening sessions…

Logjam warning for Elk River near Fernie

The City of Fernie is alerting river recreationalists to be aware that there are multiple dangerous logjams near town on the Elk River. New signs…

Revised Fording River mine expansion still poses risks

Submitted by Wildsight Bighorn sheep, grizzly bears and native fish populations would suffer if a proposal to expand British Columbia’s biggest coal mine by over…

FFD rescues river recreationalist

Fernie Fire Department (FFD) members yesterday (July 14) responded to a recreational river user who had capsized and was stuck on a strainer in the…

Elk-Kootenai/y watershed study board seeks public input

The International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board (Study Board) will host three public listening sessions this summer. Two will be in the Elk-Kootenai/y watershed and one…

Local mine named in harmful steel-supply chain report

Submitted by Wildsight The Elk Valley’s Line Creek Operations (coal mine) has been named in a new report exposing environmental impacts and human rights abuses…

Morrissey boat launch closed Sept. 9-13

For anyone planning trips down the Elk River this September, please be aware that there will be construction limiting access to the Morrissey boat launch….