By Rich Moy and Ric Hauer Op-Ed Commentary North Fork of the Flathead River, north of Columbia Falls, Montana An international group of science and…
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Invisible rivers beneath our feet with Dr. Ric Hauer
What do grizzly bears, birds, wolves, and fish have in common? A dependence on gravel bed riversâa special type of river found in the mountainsâand…
Seeing the Unseen: Searching for Tailed Frogs
In a case of CSI meets wildlife biology, ecologists can now identify a speciesâ presence without actually observing it. Call it seeing the unseen. On…
MP intros Bill to protect riding lakes and rivers
Kootenay-Columbia MP Wayne Stetski Kootenay-Columbia Member of Parliament Wayne Stetski today introduced a Private Members Bill amending the Navigation Protection Act to protect the ridingâs…
Trust funds environmental wellbeing in valleys
Forty-nine projects were approved for funding in 2016 with a combined total of $1.07 million from Columbia Basin Trust’s Environment Grants program. The projects address…
Study says gravel-bed rivers an âecological nexusâ
Gravel-bed river floodplains are some of the most ecologically important habitats in North America, according to a new study by scientists from the U.S. and…
Fourth Flathead BioBlitz aims to catalogue species
Fourteen scientists are gathering today in B.C.âs Flathead and Elk valleys for a BioBlitz on three undeveloped parcels of land belonging to Teck Resources Ltd….
Celebrating water and a local water hero
As Canadians celebrated Canada Water Week last week, and the world celebrated World Water Day, here at home, a Kootenay resident was also celebrated. Nelsonâs…
U.S. Senate legislation affecting Flathead River Valleyâ¨
Achieves mining and energy ban in transnational river valley On Dec. 12 the U.S. Senate passed the North Fork Watershed Protection Act as part of…
Partisan differences transcended by US Flathead Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill March 4 that formally withdraws the federally-owned portion of Montana’s Flathead River watershed from future oil and…