The International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board (Study Board) is seeking literature, data and knowledge that may be related to its study that is exploring the…
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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…
33 groups call for federal assessment of Castle mine
Thirty-three conservation groups in Canada and the United States have now joined the call for a federal environmental assessment of Teck’s proposed Castle coal mine…
Wildsight joins calls for federal EA for Castle expansion
Teck counters it is going through a B.C. environmental assessment process Teck Resources Ltd.’s Castle coal mine expansion would be the largest coal mine in…
Fix Canadian mining now
By Rich Moy and Ric Hauer Op-Ed Commentary An international group of science and policy experts from the United States and Canada recently published a…
Selenium pollution has US attention
Selenium pollution crossing the border at Lake Koocanusa was on the agenda for a high-level meeting between the US and Canada in Washington, D.C. April…
Groups call for halt to new mines in Elk Valley
In light of recent charges brought against Teck Resources Ltd. under the Fisheries Act for fish deaths resulting from the failure of a selenium treatment plant…
U.S.–Canada coordinate ops to manage flood risk
Current snowpack levels across the Kootenay (spelled Kootenai in America) River Basin are above normal for this time of year, contributing to above-normal spring runoff…
Libby Amish demonstrate a bit of slow in our mad rush
Looking for a little something different to do during the Victoria Day long weekend and you’re thinking of heading south to the United States? Check…
Kootenai one of America’s most endangered rivers
The Kootenai (Kootenay) River is the ninth most endangered river in America thanks to selenium pollution originating from coal mining in the Elk Valley. The…