How to Save Grizzly Bears and Trout From a Flathead Valley Coal Mine in Eighteen Seconds (or Less)
By Tom Chandler on Jan 25, 2007 in Environment, News
As if surviving another work week wasn’t accomplishment enough for a Friday, it turns out we need to stop a Canadian mining company from building an open pit coal mine.
Seems they want to build it smack dab atop the headwaters of the Flathead River in British Columbia.
I myself think that you simply haven’t truly enjoyed a quality outdoor experience until you’ve seen a couple dozen trout go belly up from toxins while taking in gorgeous scenery like mountains with their tops removed.
It’s OK. If it’s one thing the Trout Underground stands for, it’s Trout Protection. We worship trout.
We got their backs.
From the NRDC:
Cline’s mining proposal calls for removing mountain tops and
building waste dumps and settling ponds right on top of the
headwaters of the Flathead River in British Columbia.
That’s nice. Nice.
Here’s the part where you walk the walk: invest 18 seconds (I timed myself, honest) convincing the British Columbia government to reject the Cline coal mine and protect the trout fishery of the Flathead River at:
Take Action: Grizzly Bears and Trout need your help.
Eighteen Seconds. That’s all it takes. Eighteen (I timed myself). Do it. Now. Right now. Now.
And then let us know you did.
Technorati Tags: conservation, environment, flathead, flathead river, flathead river valley, cline, british columbia, grizzly bear, trout
Jim Webb | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Yeah, ok. I did it. It won’t make any difference, and I feel like an idiot sending a form letter to the Canadian government when I live in the suburbs of Los
Angeles. If I were them, I’d tell me to go mind my own business. On the other hand, Canadians tend to be a bit self-ritious for my taste, so F… ‘em. Maybe it’s not only their wilderness to destroy; maybe they don’t really own it.
Sully | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
“Like maple syrup, Canada’s evil oozes over the United States.” - Edwin S. Simon, NBS News Anchor in Canadian Bacon.
Len | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Done. Thanks for tipping us to this horror. It doesn’t just kill trout, it kills Everything. I saw the upper Sac after the spill, and it looked like the Los Angeles river, in all it’s concrete glory..
roundup | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Done. And put it in my daily fly fishing roundup.
http://hubpages.com/tag/new/fly+fishing
Tom Chandler | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Thanks everyone for signing. Yeah, it’s a Canadian project, but they’re accepting input from Americans, so why not?
Mark Latham | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Done, Tom. Thanks for that, it’s in my sisters back yard. Canadians. That’s like Americans without guns.
coldH2Owi | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Did. & thanks. For all you Canada haters, grow up for crying out loud. They’ve got a much better record than we do. Plus they all have health care.
Tom Chandler | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Americans without guns, but nicer. Lots nicer.
Jim Webb | Jan 26, 2007 | Reply
Well, maybe they are, but when I listen to the Canadian news brodcast on NPR, they seem to delight in denigrating Americans. If their health care is as good as ours, then God bless ‘em. I’m not really a Canadian hater, just getting old and crusty. Haven’t been fishing lately.
guy smith | Jan 27, 2007 | Reply
I did it!
C4CRaine | Jan 27, 2007 | Reply
Hooah! Another stone atop the grave of the evil canadian coal regime.
Matt | Jan 27, 2007 | Reply
Nice job on the heads up. It might not be a bad idea to join/donate to NRDC — I’m checking into that now.
Roger | Jan 28, 2007 | Reply
Say, I contacted them and asked them to approve that mine! I think most of us use electricity to some extent.
Provides good jobs too.