Yeah, I know everything's starting to run in CO right now & most of you guys have tunnel vision .. but for anyone who has any interest in non-CO issues, this is a huge fukkin deal:
As anticipated, Canada's Bill 30 has been passed into legislation, clearing the way for development & exploitation of some of the highest quality, most beautiful, & most amazing stretches of whitewater on the planet. Ledcor & Kewitt have been anticipating this day for years, so with the coming of spring to coastal BC, we can expect "progress" on the Ashlu & Callaghan to begin this summer. (As a point of reference, take the Animas & combine it with the Poudre in terms of runnable whitewater, throw in gorges like Rockwood but one after another, miles of slimey granite bedrock, and a bunch of waterfalls, throw in play runs & numerous class V runs on the main stem, & then some of the best creeks anywhere, throw in tatlow creek .. now throw in a glacial icecap, some old growth cedar & doug fir & a bunch of grizzly bears & make it easily accessible to a major metropolitan area within a 2-hr drive .. that's the Ashlu.)
Additionally, there are IPP applications on just about every sizeable stream in the province, including Vancouver Island. This is not an exaggeration. The gov't has made it VERY cheap & very lucrative for energy developers to exploit in BC. And now that Bill 30 -- which was written to make it super easy for American multinationals to invest in Canada -- has passed, local govt's, communities, & activists are totally shut out of the policymaking process. Yay Canada.
i'm fukkin sick to my stomach over this .. sorry, back to your regularly scheduled programming ...
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