Pollution from British Columbia coal mining threatens fish habitat in Canada, Montana

Teck’s Greenhills mine with Fording River in background © Garth Lenz – iLCP

Pollution from British Columbia coal mining threatens fish habitat in Canada, Montana

By The Associated Press/Tristan Scott, The Missoulian, March 25, 2013

WHITEFISH, Mont. — A study by University of Montana researchers shows that pollutants leeching into the heavily mined Elk River drainage in southeastern British Columbia have reached alarming levels, particularly as a metal-like element called selenium threatens critical fish habitat in Canada, as well as downstream in Montana.

The Missoulian reports the study was commissioned by Glacier National Park and carried out by Ric Hauer, a professor of limnology, and Erin Sexton, a research scientist, both at the Flathead Lake Biological Station of the University of Montana.

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