Dubious 'honor'

The Canadian Flathead reclaimed the top spot in the Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia's list of the 10 most threatened rivers in the province. The Canadian Flathead was just the second-most threatened river in the Council's 2008 list, after taking the top spot in 2007.

Cline Mining's proposal for a coal mine immediately adjacent to the richest bull trout spawning site in the entire North Fork Flathead River (what we call it south of the border), and BP's on-again, off-again coalbed methane plans in the drainage could destroy what is considered by many to be the wildest river in the lower 48.