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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