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iLCP is going back into the field!
July 16- July 29th to document the FLATHEAD in Canada. We
will be working closely with conservations organizations on the ground
and will also be joined by world class filmmakers, journalists and
scientist.
Stay tuned for more information and be sure to follow our photographers on the ground on the iLCP FLATHEAD blog.
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WHY FLATHEAD?
This pristine wilderness is threatened by mountain top removal coal
mining, strip mining,
clear cut logging and coalbed methane drilling.
There is a solution!
1. designate a National Park Reserve Wilderness area in the
southeastern one-third of the British Columbia's Flathead Valley
(this will fill in the missing piece of Waterton- Glacier International Peace Park)
2. Create a Southern Rockies Wildlife Management Area connecting
habitat through the Flathead,Wigwam,Elk and Bull River valleys.
3. Permanently stop drilling and mining in the Flathead River Valley.
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![flathead[2].jpg](http://www.ilcp.com/loadpict/flathead[2].jpg "flathead[2].jpg")
Map courtesy of Canadian Geographic
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FLATHEAD FACTS:
Water: So Clean scientists use it as a benchmark for purity around the world.
Grizzly bears: Bear population density is the highest in inland North America
Fish: 4 native fish species; bull trout, westslope cutthroat trout, mountain whitefish and sculpin.
Hoofed Species: Mountain goat, bighorn sheep, elk, moose, mule deer, and white -tailed deer.
Carnivores: The greatest range of carnivores in North America. Grizzly bear, black bear, cougar, lynx, bobcat, wolf, wolverine, badger, red fox, coyote, river otter, marten, fisher, mink and weasel.
Ancient Mountains: The oldest sedimentary formations in the Rocky Mountains, containing fossils of the oldest life forms on earth, create some of canada's most colorful peaks.
* Information courtesy of FLATHEAD WILD
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