Just as news of money for more staff to fight coal plants in IA is
exciting, another win in Canada where I just returned from 6 weeks
exploring the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness, parts of the Stikine River
Provincial Park.  (got stopped dead from exploring Mt Edziza Park because
of high rivers and flooding).  Sierra Club helped stop two very large
dams in the Grand Canyon of the Stikine  so I got to experience the
mighty Stikine still wild and free as John Muir saw it years ago.  What a
positive experience to work through Sierra Club with others to protect
what we value.  Sometimes we win!  Below is an excerpt how these damns
were stopped.  Phyllis

The Stewart-Cassiar Highway brought the first of two bridges over the
river in the early 1970s. The second dame with an untracked rail grade
connecting Dease Lake with Prince George. By 1980, BC Hydro was actively
engaged in groundwork for two very large dams in the Grand Canyon of the
Stikine. These were part of a mega-project that included three more dams
for the Stikine's major tributary - the Iskut River. Local concern, with
help from the Sierra Club of Western Canada, was taken to Vancouver,
where, in 1981, Friends of the Stikine came into being -- dedicated to
"preservation of the Stikine River in its natural state."

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