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Kimberley, B.C., Canada
Joined January 2010
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We will be hosting a #townhall in #Golden / online with @wildsight and @goldenbcchamber! 🤩
Virtual registration (no registration required for in-person event): eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-colu…
#CPAWS #CPAWSBC #BCElection #Election #BC #Zoom #Virtual #candidate
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The IJC is gearing up to investigate Teck Resources' toxic coal mining legacy in B.C., which has allegedly decimated aquatic life in waterways across the Canada-U.S. border.
@wildsight explains why this case is so important: wildsight.ca/2024/08/13/what…
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Bold moves from @s_guilbeault
What will these mean for BC's deep snow dwelling caribou? 8 of 18 herds have been extirpated since 2005.
In places like Columbia North only 1/3 of habitat is protected. Thousands of hectares of critical habitat logged annually.
When will we act?
📢 Quebec's caribou populations are on the brink of collapse.
Today, I'm announcing steps to protect the at-risk boreal caribou populations in Quebec and to ensure the well-being of the communities, as part of an emergency order.
👉 canada.ca/en/environment-cli…
PC: Mark Bradley
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Work to implement the 2020 old growth strategic review "will span generations," per the forests ministry. Slow progress protecting old growth is causing justified frustration but there are also reasons to be hopeful #bcpoli
My latest for @thenarwhalca
thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-…
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Research by Dr. Michael Proctor, @claytontlamb & others on grizzly bears in the Selkirk & Purcell mountains shows forestry roads are more likely to cause deaths and limit access to huckleberries, a main food source.
More: phys.org/news/2023-09-reveal…
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/wmon.1078
ALT An infographic showing the relationship of grizzly bears, forestry roads and huckleberries. The title reads berries and bullets. The major header reads: analysis of bear populations (female habitat selection, reproductive success, and density) showed that both bottom-up an top-down influences were important for grizzly bear conservation
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Columbia River watershed in British Columbia declared by @InspectionCan as an infected area for whirling disease, a parasite that causes deformities in fish and has a high mortality rate.
thestar.com/news/canada/brit…
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🎙️ Dive deep into the issue of selenium pollution in the Elk Valley with @wildsight's Simon Weibe on this eye-opening podcast episode. A must-listen for anyone concerned about the environmental impacts of mining.
reformbcmining.ca/news/2024/…
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NEW PAPER: w/ Sparwood Fish and Wildlife Club we collared 78 elk and followed their survival, death, and migratory patterns in the Elk Valley. Compared to a 1980s study, a similar % of elk migrate but not as far. Collisions, starvation + preds r killers
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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💧Join us as we tackle the $6.4 billion question: how to reverse selenium pollution from coal mines operated by @TeckResources.
@wildsight's Simon Weibe breaks down the facts and implications in our latest podcast episode.
🎧Listen now:
pnc.st/s/beneath-the-surface…
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A new report finds the cost to treat water contaminated with selenium from Teck Resources’ Elk Valley coal mines could be $6.4 billion — more than three times the amount reported to the B.C. government. #bcpoli
thenarwhal.ca/teck-elk-valle…
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B.C. Lands Minister @nathancullen says the province is considering a “blanket” policy requiring heli-ski companies to report where they fly in order to protect at-risk caribou — but will wait for pilot project results first. via @ainscruickshank #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-heli-ski-pi…
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“Now we know how to find old-growth patches,” Lausen says. “You track this bat that is dependent on old-growth. It’s been an eye opener.”
@wcscanadabats Cori Lausen on how the ITR's old growth forests provide a critical refuge for northern myotis bats.
thenarwhal.ca/endangered-bat…
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The small Rocky Mountain city of Fernie, B.C., is on the hunt for a new backup drinking water supply after selenium levels in wells downstream of Teck-owned coal mines exceeded provincial guidelines. via @ainscruickshank #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-fernie-drin…
ALT Left: photo of a main road in Fernie, with mountains in the backdrop. Right: Narwhal logo, "News" label and the headline: Coal contamination spurs search for new backup drinking water source in Rocky Mountain city. By Ainslie Cruickshank
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Grateful for the @Narwhal and @sarahcox_bc for telling this story about the Inland Temperate Rainforest.
Also @baileyrepp’s photos are amazing!
When @eddie_petryshen learned BC Timber Sales was auctioning off cutblocks in a rare inland temperate rainforest that also provides core habitat for endangered caribou, he took to the woods in search of ancient trees. @sarahcox_bc tagged along. #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/bc-rainforest-…
ALT Left: a man and a dog are seen in a grove of old-growth cedar trees in a planned cutblock in the Nagle Creek Valley in B.C.'s inland temperate rainforest. Right: Narwhal logo, "On the ground" label and the headline: "We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees." By Sarah Cox
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New major paper on mountain caribou and heli skiing 👇
“We found that home-range size was on average 80–120% larger during the anthropause (when heli skiing was inactive) than in years of normal heli-ski operations”
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Research shows grizzly bears aged 2-6 in the Elk Valley have the worst survival rate on the continent. Important research from @ClaytonTLamb
Highway and railway mitigation desperately needed @Rob_Fleming @Dave_Eby
cbc.ca/amp/1.6992673
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Alberta took the feds to court over the Impact Assessment Act — long dubbed the No More Pipelines Act by opponents — and the powers it gave Ottawa to rule on big projects like coal mines or pipelines. It won.
via @DrewPAnderson #abpoli #cdnpoli thenarwhal.ca/impact-assessm…
ALT Left: photo of stacks of pipes for a pipeline. Right: Narwhal logo with headline underneath: Alberta just won a big case challenging the feds at the Supreme Court. Here’s what it all means. Story by Drew Anderson.
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My latest column out today:
How to win electoral support from young people? How about instituting a Youth Climate Corps | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis nationalobserver.com/2023/10…
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It doesn't get more powerful than Evy, Ellie, Zoe, and Marek’s speeches @wildsight event in Revelstoke.
Here's Evy speaking
Zoe said "Please make the decisions that we can’t make, yet!” @Dave_Eby @BruceRalston @nathancullen @BowinnMa @Josie_Osborne @GeorgeHeyman @KatrineConroy