In one of the driest years recorded for the Kootenay/Kootenai River Basin, extremely low spring precipitation combined with well below average winter snowpack and runoff…
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An important year for the Columbia River Treaty
Letter to the Editor It has been an important year (2018) in the history of the Columbia River Treaty. This past spring, negotiators representing Canada…
Columbia River Treaty meetings underway
Representatives of the Canadian and American federal governments are meeting August 15 and 16 for the second round of negotiations to update the 54-year old…
B.C. and U.S. discuss river treaty at Spokane summit
Last week’s Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) summit provided an opportunity for the provincial government to meet with United States legislators to discuss the future…
Columbia River Treaty negotiations to begin
The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada and the United States will launch negotiations on May 29, to renew the…
Trench Society tours unique grasslands
Directors of the Rocky Mountain Trench Natural Resources Society toured sites around the Koocanusa reservoir recently and came away with an increased sense of urgency…
MP seeks assurances on Lake Koocanusa
Kootenay-Columbia Member of Parliament Wayne Stetski contacted the US Army Corps of Engineers this week to get answers on the low level of water in…
Local governments meet feds on future of CRT
Local government representatives Mayor Deb Kozak and Mayor Karen Hamling met with Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, federal officials and…
What would a Trump presidency mean for Canada?
Perceptions by Gerry Warner So let’s think the unthinkable. Donald Trump wins the election in November and becomes the 45th President of the United States….
The story of a once wild river
Collecting data on Lake Koocanusa By Heather Leschied From my viewpoint looking out over Lake Koocanusa, I can’t help but imagine this landscape; pre-Highway 3,…