Flathead builds buzz at CCHS
By Hamish MacLean
The Canmore Leader
January 26, 2011
The conservation movement that aims to have a corner of southeastern British Columbia named Canada's next national park, came to the Bow Valley Thursday.
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Great Divide Mountain Bike Route Embraces British Columbia's Flathead Valley
World's longest off-pavement route now winds through one of Canada's most wild river valleys
Missoula, Montana — Adventure Cycling's Great Divide Canada section of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) — the longest off-pavement route in the world — now officially includes 114 miles of virgin riding through British Columbia's Flathead and Wigwam River valleys.
ConocoPhillips will retire oil and gas leases in US Flathead
More than 100 oil and gas leases – covering nearly 170,000 acres on Glacier National Park’s western border – will be retired voluntarily by energy giant ConocoPhillips, as part of a plan to protect outdoor recreation in the region.
“This is a very big deal,” said Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. “I have worked toward this for 35 years, and now we are closer than ever to protecting the Flathead once and for all.”
Could Flathead Valley be Canada's next national park?
Ralph Gravelle's pickup grinds to a halt on the Phillips Creek logging road. We have travelled only a few kilometres, but already deep snow and ice make it impossible to continue.
The Ktunaxa (pronounced “k-too-nah-ha”) elder from Tobacco Plains stands silently at the roadside as we haul heavy backpacks from his truck and adjust our headlamps. Heavy white flakes pour down from the dark night sky.
