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Ms. Que BanhThe <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CowichanRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CowichanRiver</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/estuary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#estuary</a> is one of the largest & most important in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishColumbia</a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/watershed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watershed</a> drains 90,000 hectares & provides <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CriticalHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalHabitat</a> to dozens of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fish</a> species, including <a href="https://beige.party/tags/steelhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#steelhead</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Chinook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinook</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/chum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chum</a>, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/coho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coho</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PinkSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PinkSalmon</a>, as well as brown, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/cutthroat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cutthroat</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/RainbowTrout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RainbowTrout</a>. But the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cowichan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cowichan</a>’s troubles are by no means unique; they are a <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CaseStudy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CaseStudy</a> for a much larger problem.<a href="https://beige.party/tags/TimberCompanies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimberCompanies</a> store <a href="https://beige.party/tags/LogBooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LogBooms</a> all along the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCcoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BCcoast</a>, says Jamieson Atkinson, a fish <a href="https://beige.party/tags/biologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biologist</a> & program manager for the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Aquatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aquatic</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Restoration</a> Centre at <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishColumbiaConservationFoundation</a>. “It’s shocking.” While <a href="https://beige.party/tags/estuaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#estuaries</a> make up less than 3% of British Columbia’s coast, they provide rich <a href="https://beige.party/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#habitat</a> for 80% of the province’s coastal <a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/FraserRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FraserRiver</a> estuary, near <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vancouver</a> on the mainland, supports more than 300 species of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birds</a> & 80 species of fish & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/shellfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shellfish</a> for at least part of their life cycles.<a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/05/Estuary-Marine-Life-Smothered-Timber-Industrial-Log-Booms</a><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thetyee</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BCpoli</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environmental</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildFirst</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectNature</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectWildlife</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ecological</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservation</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VancouverIsland</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildSalmonAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildSalmonAlliance</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectWatersheds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectWatersheds</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/StopEcocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopEcocide</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NatureFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureFirst</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VanIsle</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nature</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BCNDP</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCNewDeathParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BCNewDeathParty</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateGreed</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/GreedKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreedKills</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PacificNorthwest</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WildlifeConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildlifeConservation</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HabitatRestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HabitatRestoration</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ProtectNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectNature</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/DefendNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendNature</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/IndustrialPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndustrialPollution</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BanCorporateLobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BanCorporateLobbyists</a>

anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖SAVING SAWFISH & SPEARTOOTH SHARKS 🦈 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NorthernTerritory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthernTerritory</a> (NT) waters make up the last global stronghold for endangered <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sawfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sawfish</a> and one of the world's rarest shark species, the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RiverShark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RiverShark</a>. Four of the world's five sawfish species and two of the world's five river shark species call NT waters home.Right now, sawfish and river sharks are not protected from commercial <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gillnets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gillnets</a> in their <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CriticalHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalHabitat</a> along the coastlines of major river systems in the NT.<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb6026" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abb6026</a>1/8

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineTribes</a> and Leading <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environmental</a> Organizations Join Forces To Oppose Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mine</a> in Shadow of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Katahdin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Katahdin</a>Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ZincMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZincMine</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PickettMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PickettMountain</a> being pursued by virtually unknown Canadian companyJune 28, 2023"Two Tribes in Maine today joined forces with leading environmental groups and a national public interest environmental law organization to oppose a proposed mine that would be located in the shadow of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BaxterStatePark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BaxterStatePark</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KatahdinWoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KatahdinWoods</a> & Waters National Monument."The proposed zinc mine at Pickett Mountain is being pursued by a virtually unknown Canadian company, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WolfdenResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WolfdenResources</a>, that has never operated a mine before. A previous version of Wolfden’s request was widely opposed because the region holds enormous cultural and natural significance to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> Tribes, outdoor recreation businesses, and Maine people."The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBandOfMaliseets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoultonBandOfMaliseets</a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PenobscotNation</a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturalResourcesCouncilOfMaine</a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NRCM</a>], represented by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earthjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earthjustice</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brann" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Brann</a>&Isaacson, joined the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ConservationLawFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservationLawFoundation</a> in petitioning to intervene in the review of Wolfden’s permit application to the Land Use Planning Commission (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LUPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LUPC</a>) to rezone the area for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#industrial</a> uses."'The Penobscot Nation strongly opposes the rezoning of this <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecologically</a> important area. We share significant concerns over impacts to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> quality and f#isheries of the area, which our members rely upon,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChiefKirkFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChiefKirkFrancis</a> of the Penobscot Nation. 'The West Branch of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MattawamkeagRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MattawamkeagRiver</a> contains abundant, high-quality, cold-water fish habitat and Designated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalHabitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalHabitat</a> for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/endangered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#endangered</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlanticSalmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtlanticSalmon</a>, identified as necessary for the recovery of Atlantic salmon in the Penobscot River. This mine would impact our traditional territories and forever alter our ability to maintain our relationship to this place.'"The area Wolfden wants to mine is next to three State Heritage Fish Waters and is a centerpiece of the region’s growing outdoor economy. It contains the headwaters of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River, which is sacred to the Penobscot Nation and provides key, federally designated critical habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon."'The Katahdin region’s wild beauty and clean water are extraordinary. One look at this landscape demonstrates that this is no place to put a mine,' said Nick Bennett, staff scientist at the Natural Resources Council of Maine. 'Wolfden’s claims that it will treat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wastewater</a> more effectively than any mining company on earth are not credible. This is too big a risk for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a>.'"'The legacy of metallic mineral <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> in Maine is one of empty promises of economic development, acid mine drainage <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluting</a> waters and killing fish, and multi-million dollar c#leanups funded by taxpayers and not the fly-by-night mining companies like Wolfden,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeanMahoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeanMahoney</a>, vice-president and senior counsel at the Conservation Law Foundation. 'Rezoning this area to allow mining would fail to recognize the cultural and spiritual importance of the land to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiTribes</a> and threaten the natural resources and experiences valued by generations of Maine citizens.'"After withdrawing its initial request because it was riddled with errors, Wolfden submitted a second rezoning petition in January that sparked another review by the LUPC. Comments by Wolfden’s CEO disrespecting Maine tribes and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MininLlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MininLlaws</a> have prompted outrage from the Penobscot Nation, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservationists</a>. The company has lost tens of millions of dollars over the past decade."'This is one of the absolute worst areas to rezone for a mine,' said Aaron Bloom, a senior attorney with Earthjustice. 'The region is known for its vast contiguous forest, pristine streams, high-quality lakes, and aquatic species like wild brook trout and landlocked salmon. Why would we risk that, along with the outdoor economy that depends on it, on a half-baked proposal from an unproven mining company? The Commission must put Maine’s unique natural resources, and the well-being of the people of Maine and Maine’s Wabanaki Tribes, before short-term industry profits.'"More than 700 hundred Mainers and local businesses, including Bradford Camps, Chandler Lakes Camps and Lodge, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineWildernessGuidesOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineWildernessGuidesOrganization</a>, have spoken out against Wolfden’s plans. In May 2022, residents of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pembroke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pembroke</a> voted overwhelmingly to ban industrial-scale metallic mineral mining in their town in response to Wolfden’s plans to develop a mine there."Source: <a href="https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/maine-tribes-and-leading-environmental-organizations-join-forces-to-oppose-proposed-mine-in-shadow-of-katahdin" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://earthjustice.org/press/2023/maine-tribes-and-leading-environmental-organizations-join-forces-to-oppose-proposed-mine-in-shadow-of-katahdin</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiNations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMining</a>

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