Re: Fernie Alpine Resort’s Enviromental Status?

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FernieLocal101 wrote :
> Yup, those wild sight guys are out to lunch on a lot of stuff…. I tried to
> give the GPS co-ordinates of an old abandoned well site that is leaking
> production water up the valley… as well as maybe provide a few pictures I
> have collected over the years of horrible things that happen when
> drilling…. But that wildsight guy gave me the cold shoulder, came across
> like an ignorant prick and showed no interest in what I had to say…. maybe
> if I had a twenty dollar donation to help pay for a helicopter ride for him
> he might have listened more….
>
> He lost my support….
>
> I’m an outdoor enthusiast… and I’m glad the flathead will stay the way it
> is… I catch huge bull trout and shoot monster bucks back there….As far as
> CNRL goes…. Good on the guy for doing so well with business…
>
> Maybe if wildsight asks CNRL really nice they will get special lift passes
> for the ski hill, or have a day just for them, they can call it hippie’s
> ski free day, and they all get to walk up and down the mountain to save
> energy…. For FREE!!!

Hi FernieLocal101, I do not believe that I have heard from you before. I would be very interested to hear about your experience with abandoned well sites leaking production water up the valley and any photos that you may have. If it is the stormcat operations north of Fording that you are talking about. We are very aware of this situation. Stormcat has been discharging toxic water from their exploration wells for many years now. We have raised this concern with the Provincial government and the Ministry of Fisheries and Oceans and it is being investigated. Recently the Provincial government changed the laws to disallow this kind of activity. However the Stormcat operations were grandfathered (existing wells and wells they had permits for) We continued to pressure them to try to shut down this loophole, but were only able to tighten up the grandfathering so that it only applied to active wells and not to wells they had permits but have not yet started. I hope that one day we can cease the discharge of this toxic water all together.

I hope that we can regain your support.

Ryland Nelson
Southern Rockies Program Coordinator
Wildsight
250.531.0445