BC #EnergyRegulator #BCER is #investigating after #CoastalGasLink #CGL reported 2 spills of #ClayLubricant while it was tunnelling under #MoriceRiver to build a #LNG #pipeline through northern #BritishColumbia. 
The area has been the site of #conflict between #Wetsuweten #HereditaryChiefs & supporters & CGL, its workers & the #RCMP . 

The #SalmonBearing Morice River on Wet'suwet'en #TraditionalTerritory, is 0a #sacred #headwater called the #WedzinKwa

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coastal-gaslink-2-clay-lubricant-spills-tunnelling-morice-river-northern-bc-1.6809328

#Indigenous #BCNDP

#Colorado is counting #beaver

A beaver census is just downstream, to be administered by the White River National Forest this summer through October.

The Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously approved an agreement to allocate $50,000 of the Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund to partially finance a study into beaver activity and habitats Roaring Fork Valley headwaters.

“This agreement is to investigate and implement actions to promote #beaver utilization of our #headwater streams up on #federal land in order to promote #watershed health and occupation by native #aquatic #species,” said Lisa Tasker of the Healthy Rivers and Streams Citizen Advisory Board.

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/u-s-forest-service-to-find-out-just-how-many-beavers-live-in-the-valley/

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