No quick decision on Grassy Mountain mine assessment; OWC
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Yes
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - for the Lethbridge Herald
dshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com on May 8, 2021.
The Oldman River watershed has been at the centre of the debate regarding coal mining in the Rockies. There are two coal mines that are being proposed which are undergoing review. The area covered by the Oldman watershed expands from High River to the St. Mary River system in Glacier National Park, and part of the watershed is in the Blackfeet Nation in Montana and across from Taber to the British Columbia border. The Oldman watershed has 11 councils across Alberta. They are non-profit and a registered charity, with one of them based in Lethbridge. They are a collaborative forum for solving environmental challenges.
No quick decision on Grassy Mountain mine assessment; OWC
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Yes
There are two coal mines that are being proposed which are undergoing review.
The area covered by the Oldman watershed expands from High River to the St. Mary River system in Glacier National Park, and part of the watershed is in the Blackfeet Nation in Montana and across from Taber to the British Columbia border.
The Oldman watershed has 11 councils across Alberta. They are non-profit and a registered charity, with one of them based in Lethbridge. They are a collaborative forum for solving environmental challenges.
They are a forum for all voices, they provide scientific information and stakeholder views and make recommendations to address concerns of local communities.
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Watershed coal mining focus of SACPA talk
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Yes
Dale Woodard Lethbridge Herald
The long-term impacts on coal mining in the Oldman River Watershed was the topic as the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs met Thursday morning.
Onhand as this week’s guest speaker was Shannon Frank, executive director of the Oldman Watershed Council, who delved into what’s is currently happening in the Oldman Watershed with regards to coal mines and what the long-term impacts of coal mining are likely to be.
There has been significant interest in establishing metallurgical coal mining operations throughout the eastern slopes of Alberta and the areas residing within the Oldman Watershed are no exception. Currently, there are four companies exploring potential mining operations in the region. All the currently proposed coal mines are open-pit “mountain top removal” mines and are located in the Crowsnest Pass area. Coal mining exploration is also happening along the Livingstone R
Frank said in the Oldman Watershed, there are “basically” two coal mines that have submitted applications to regulators to mine in the area: The Grassy Mountain and Tent Mountain mines.
“Then there are two other companies that are still in the exploration phase. They haven’t submitted any of their applications yet that would allow them to actually mine, and those are the Atrum and Caven Ridge companies,” she said.
“They’re probably at least two, maybe three years away from applying, so they’re going to be exploring for the next couple of years and they do have approval for that.”