B.C. group fights for Peace, lower Fraser and Elk Rivers

Fishing guides on the Elk River near Fernie. Photograph by: GLENN BAGLO, PNG

B.C. group fights for Peace, lower Fraser and Elk Rivers

By Mark Hume, VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail, Monday, Apr. 08 2013

When the Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia first came out with a list of the province’s most endangered rivers, the idea was to spark government action to save threatened watersheds.

Publication of the most recent list, to be released Monday, makes it clear that 21 years later, B.C. still has a lot to learn about managing its watersheds. Some of the most beautiful and environmentally productive rivers on the planet are being terribly abused, or threatened.

This year, instead of naming the top 10 endangered rivers, as it usually does, ORC has tightened the focus to just three: the Peace, lower Fraser and Elk.

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