Big Win, Logging Halted in Canadian Headwaters of the Skagit River
Today, an international coalition of more than 140 conservation, recreation and wildlife groups celebrated as the British Columbia Government announced that they would halt future plans to log pristine areas in the Canadian headwaters of the iconic Skagit River. A coalition of conservation, recreation and wildlife groups as well as elected officials, outdoor industry leaders, local businesses […]
Protecting the Skagit
By Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Chairman The Swinomish Tribal Community are People of the Salmon, and the Skagit is our home. It is an essential part of who we are as a people. We have paddled the waters of the Skagit and the Salish Sea since time immemorial, when the rivers were thick […]
Opposition to Imperial Metals’ Proposed Mining Permit near Manning Provincial Park Grows
Today, an international coalition of more than 140 conservation, recreation and wildlife groups as well as local elected officials, businesses and Tribes and First Nations continues to grow to a proposed mining permit in the Skagit Headwaters. A letter signed by more than 30 British Columbia organizations and local businesses was the latest evidence of […]
International Coalition Launches Paid Ad Campaign in Opposition to Proposed Mining in Skagit Headwaters
Today, a coalition of more than 110 conservation recreation and wildlife groups as well as local elected officials, businesses and Tribes and First Nations from both British Columbia and Washington State are redoubling their efforts to oppose a mining permit in the Skagit Headwaters. Over the weekend, members of the coalition launched a paid media […]
Washington Wild Highlights Threat to Skagit Headwaters in Local Media
As a public comment period by the British Columbia government closed on May 18, opposition to proposed mining in the Canadian headwaters of the Skagit River has grown substantially. The Skagit flows through Washington State before providing a third of the fresh water for Puget Sound, habitat for Chinook salmon and critical food for endangered orca whales. Over […]
More than 50 Conservation Organizations and Elected Officials Oppose Mining in Skagit Headwaters
Today Washington Wild coordinated a comment letter to the British Columbia Government signed by 53 conservation, recreation and wildlife organizations as well as a bipartisan group of former and current elected officials. The letter opposed proposed mining within an unprotected “donut hole” of British Columbia lands which are surrounded by park and protected areas in […]
Canadian Media Highlights Mining in Skagit Headwaters and WA Wild Joint Letter
The Narwhal, a Victoria B.C. online newspaper, featured an article “Imperial Metals’ plan to drill in Skagit headwaters spawns cross-border backlash” quoting a letter coordinated by WA Wild and signed by more than 20 organizations. “Neither the previously allowed logging activities, pending timber sales, nor this latest mineral exploration permit are in alignment or in […]
Organizations Oppose New Mining Threats in Headwaters of the Skagit River
Today, Washington Wild coordinated a letter signed by 22 conservation, recreation and wildlife organizations to the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission Co-Chairs regarding proposed mining activities in the Canadian portion of the Upper Skagit Watershed. The organizations expressed their concern about the extensive logging in the Silverdaisy area and the recently proposed exploratory drilling in the […]
