A United Nations report has recommended a moratorium on mining in the Flathead River Valley, which adjoins Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park! The report also recommends development of a comprehensive transboundary conservation and wildlife management plan for the area. Sierra Club BC and 10 other U.S. and Canadian groups petitioned the UN's World Heritage Committee last year, asking that Waterton-Glacier be declared a World Heritage Site in Danger due to energy and mining threats in the Flathead River Valley.  Sierra Club BC--along with our partner organization Wildsight--presented to a World Heritage Committee mission in September. We told the mission that the southeastern one-third of the Flathead must be protected as a National Park in order to preserve the ecological integrity of Waterton-Glacier, and that a Wildlife Management Area must be established in the rest of the valley and adjoining habitat.  See the Calgary Herald story. The story has also been covered... Read More