Re: Fernie Alpine Resort’s Enviromental Status?

[fernielocal101]

I know about those sumps you’re talking about with the production water in it…. I’d be more worried about the amount of LCM (lost circulation material) that goes into drilling surface and intermediate hole up there…. Not to mention the amount of water that is used when they do lose circulation, often thousands of cubic meters is mixed with chemicals, turned into thick slurries and pumped down in attempt to heal gravel zones or fractured formations…. None of the water is ever seen again… The abandoned site I’m talking about is just that… abandoned… it was drilled decades ago, there is a casing string sticking out of the ground and looks like a poor cement job with communication to surface …. Something that is actually more common then you’d expect. The water coming out is obviously salty and high in minerals.

I’ve heard stories from the guys who drilled those Stormcat wells; I worked with them in Northern Alberta… as soon as I told them where I was born and raised they began telling all kinds of stories about the holes they drilled in Fernie…. Not to mention the girls they wooed, the drugs they did and fights they lost… goofs!!!

I’ve made the decision to keep my photos and locations to myself for the time being.
Wildsight does not reflect the type of person I am…. I do support them in many ways and I appreciate the work they do… I’m just too redneck for them….

I think they need to incorporate more science into their work… they need to speak to the community if they want our support… and not the lulu lemon wearing hypocrite artistic vegetarian who reads half books once a week and bounces from town to town preaching hearsay crap they don’t fully understand… I’m talking about the guys who were born and raised, moved for the mine and mills that spend their 4 days off in the mountains with their kids on their sleds and quads, hunting and fishing and drinking cold beer and cheap whisky while cooking last year’s elk on the campfire…. Those are the guys who ACTUALLY USE, APPRECIATE AND RELY on the environment, not to mention they make a good living, pay too much taxes and spend loads of cash on their outdoor lifestyle…. For the most part the two groups share many concerns; if they were on your side you would have no problems achieving your goals… FYI… those are probably most of the guys driving around with the “say no to flathead park” stickers.

I’ve been to a few meetings and frankly felt a little embarrassed by the time I left… and I have a degree in Environmental Science…

Good on Ya for keeping up the momentum with everything you do…. Someone has to do it.