Low-impact economic opportunities are allowed in conservancies but commercial logging, mining and most hydroelectric plants are banned. Skeena Resources Ltd., says it is supporting the Tahltan by returning mineral tenures for its claim in the area. Energy Minister Bruce Ralston says the partnership between Aboriginal, provincial and federal governments, Skeena Resources, B.C. Parks Foundation and the Nature Conservancy of Canada protects the land and fosters long-term relationships between Indigenous Nations and mineral companies. Walter Coles, president and CEO of Skeena Resources, said his company came to appreciate the cultural importance of the region to the Tahltan after open and respectful conversations with its leaders.
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A group of Washington state legislators is calling on Premier John Horgan to better protect the headwaters of cross-border rivers from the threat of pollution from mining in British Columbia.
The 25 state senators and house representatives, led by Senator Jesse Salomon, sent a letter to Horgan last week urging the premier to “undertake needed reforms to improve British Columbia’s financial assurance system,” related to mine reclamation and cleanup.
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“We’re just concerned that there could be a tailings spill,” upstream of his state on critical salmon rivers such as the Skagit, Similkameen and Columbia, said Salomon, who represents Shoreline in suburban Seattle.
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VICTORIA - Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation.
British Columbia s provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
VICTORIA - Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation.
Conservancy protects area sacred to Tahltan Nation in northwestern B.C.
by The Canadian Press
Last Updated Apr 8, 2021 at 11:44 am EDT
VICTORIA Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation.
A statement from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy says the 35-square kilometre conservancy historically known as the Ice Mountain Lands is beside Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which is 500 kilometres north of Terrace.
Creation of the conservancy is the first step in the multi-year Tahltan Stewardship Initiative aimed at building the nation’s self-determination.
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Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation.
A statement from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy says the 35-square kilometre conservancy – historically known as the Ice Mountain Lands – is beside Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which is 500 kilometres north of Terrace.