Hereditary chiefs say mineral exploration activities that don’t have their consent must stop Mineral exploration companies with claims and works in traditional Gitanyow territory north of Terrace will be banned from operating there, unless they get...
PUBLIC NOTICE: Attention All Free Miners, Mining Associations, and relevant Provincial, Federal, and Regional Government Representatives: 1. Under Gitanyow Ayookxw (laws), Gitanyow requires an Access Agreement between a mineral exploration proponent and the...
In Alaska and British Columbia, climate change may open new rivers to fish – and to gold mines. As human-caused climate change points a giant hair dryer at Western North America’s glaciers, melting them ever more rapidly, potential Pacific salmon habitat is...
Thousands of salmon on the West Coast of North America are finding their way into new streams left behind as glaciers retreat. But a new study suggests mining companies are too keen on the newly exposed mineral deposits beneath the shrinking glaciers — and few...
The melt creates potential salmon habitat while attracting attention from mining companies. A new paper published in Science says that as glacier ice melts, new land and rivers are being revealed in the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern B.C., Alaska,...
SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses As climate change forces the rapid retreat of glaciers across B.C., scientists say there is one potential silver lining: freshly exposed habitats for salmon. But it...
