Upcoming Webinars
Stay tuned and explore our recorded webinars below!
Previous Webinars
Congressional Briefing: INSURING the Health of Wild Salmon Habitat
April 2021
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Cohosted by the Congressional Wild Salmon Caucus & Salmon Beyond Borders, this 60 minute April 2021 briefing featured bipartisan lawmakers, commercial fishermen, and technical experts and focused on the need for a rigorous financial assurances regime in British Columbia, where the mining industry is operating at the headwaters of transboundary salmon rivers flowing into Alaska, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
To watch the briefing and learn more, click here. |
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Beyond the Skagit: WA-BC Transboundary Rivers Webinar
Wednesday, September 30 5:00-6:50 PM AKST / 6:00-7:00 PM PST
Photo: Skagit Donut Hole, Joe Foey, Wilderness Committee
There’s a long history of concern over downstream pollution from British Columbia mining activity to U.S. watersheds. From the proposed Imperial Metals mine in the Skagit River watershed and the Teck Resources smelter in the Columbia River watershed of Washington to the Tulsequah Chief mine in the Taku River watershed of Alaska, Canada’s lax mining regulations pose a real threat to downstream rivers, salmon, and communities.
In recent years, calls from U.S. tribes, Canadian First Nations, and local, state, provincial and federal leaders, non-governmental stakeholders, and concerned citizens on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border have called for both countries to work together to prevent mine pollution of transboundary waters, and for Canada to update antiquated mining laws and regulations.
Watch the recording and learn more here.
In recent years, calls from U.S. tribes, Canadian First Nations, and local, state, provincial and federal leaders, non-governmental stakeholders, and concerned citizens on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border have called for both countries to work together to prevent mine pollution of transboundary waters, and for Canada to update antiquated mining laws and regulations.
Watch the recording and learn more here.
Webinar on Mine Waste Safety - No More Mount Polley Disasters!
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Whether for gold, copper, lithium, or other mining, is it possible to safely manage mine waste and prevent catastrophic spills? What is the aftermath of these mine waste disasters for the affected communities? How do the regulations of one of Canada’s main mining jurisdictions, British Colombia, compare with best standards, including the new Safety First: Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management (a.k.a. People’s Tailings Standard)?
Watch the recording and learn more here |
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Photo credits Adriano Machado, Chris Blake,
SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, and Aitik Gällivare
SkeenaWild Conservation Trust, and Aitik Gällivare
Western Transboundary Watersheds and the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909
Despite years of concern from Tribes and First Nations, scientists, businesses, residents and stakeholders across international lines, and unanimous calls upon the federal governments to enforce the Boundary Waters Treaty due to ongoing and threatened pollution from B.C. mines, the U.S. Department of State and Global Affairs Canada have yet to honor their mutual obligations to protect our shared transboundary watersheds and establish a binational process that involves Tribes and First Nations.
Watch the recording of an unprecedented dialogue between members of the U.S.-Canada International Joint Commission, Indigenous Leadership, and key stakeholders on U.S./B.C. transboundary watersheds and the threats they face from large-scale B.C. mines - click here.
Watch the recording of an unprecedented dialogue between members of the U.S.-Canada International Joint Commission, Indigenous Leadership, and key stakeholders on U.S./B.C. transboundary watersheds and the threats they face from large-scale B.C. mines - click here.
