Chad Hughes is the new executive director for the Elk River Alliance, and is keen to apply his diverse background as an ecologist and mining consultant to working collaboratively across sectors in the Elk Valley to preserve the watershed.

While Montana is pushing ahead to adopt the selenium limit by the end of the year, it’s unclear when, if ever, the Province will adopt the shared limit.

Just last week, scientists announced that the amount of selenium pollution in Lake Koocanusa should be kept to less than half of what Teck is already sending downstream

Last year the BC government announced the single largest provincial ground search and rescue investment in B.C.’s history, along with […]

Environment Canada has issued a heat warning as temperatures soar across the Kootenays, and are expected to peak in the mid to high 30s C and continue throughout the weekend.

While many sports are taking a hiatus over the summer or making a limited restart, the sport of fishing in […]

A wet July in British Columbia is good for fire season and the weather forecast is predicting it’s going to be wet.

The heavy rainfall in the Elk Valley has has increased the risk of localized flooding. The City of Fernie has […]

WildSafeBC Elk Valley reminds all residents and visitors that bears are very active this spring in our community.

Work has started this week and will take about one month to complete. About 16 kilometers of trail will be upgraded or newly established and signed.

The B.C. government has closed all parks and is restricting camping and motorized recreation throughout the entire Koocanusa Recreation Strategy area this spring and summer.

Everything has a breaking point. The trout population of the upper Fording River, who have long suffered toxic water pollution […]