Raush River Watershed declared an Indigenous protected and conserved area
The Simpcw First Nation announced it has declared British Columbia’s Raush River Valley to be an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area.
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Ecologically diverse watershed declared Indigenous protected area by B.C. First Nation
The Simpcw First Nation says the Raush Valley, near Mount Robson, ‘has had little resource development and we intend to conserve it.’
Rocky Mountains Canada General Mount Robson British Columbia George Lampreau Fraser Headwaters Alliance
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Simpcw declare Raush Valley an Indigenous protected area
The Raush River is a tributary of the Fraser River and the two join near the community of Dunster in the Robson Valley.
Source: alaskahighwaynews.ca
Ecologically diverse watershed declared Indigenous protected area by B.C. First Nation
The Simpcw First Nation says the Raush Valley, near Mount Robson, ‘has had little resource development and we intend to conserve it.’
Source: globalnews.ca
It's Time for the BC Government to Create a New Future
Done right, halting old growth liquidation in Fairy Creek could bring great opportunity for the Pacheedaht and local residents.
Source: thetyee.ca
Residents opposed to proposed logging road in Fraser headwaters
Currently, two isolated patches of the Raush are Protected Areas, totalling 6,667 hectares of the 101,000-hectare watershed. “Theres never been logging,” Howard said. “Its definitely old growth in the valley bottoms. Its still intact, thats the main thing.” But that may soon change. Maps distributed to Raush stakeholders and shared with the Goat, show a proposal by Prince George-based Carrier Lumber to build roads through one of the protected areas to access unprotected forests f...
Source: princegeorgecitizen.com