Ep 25 - Cutthroat Trout, Bighorn Sheep, Selenium & Coal
In this episode Mark and Curtis take the opportunity on their 1-year anniversary of podcasting to dive into the super complex and controversial issue of coal mining, cutthroat trout, and bighorn sheep in the Elk Valley of Southeastern British...
The Hunter Conservationist Podcast
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Show Notes
In this episode Mark and Curtis take the opportunity on their 1-year anniversary of podcasting to dive into the super complex and controversial issue of coal mining, cutthroat trout, and bighorn sheep in the Elk Valley of Southeastern British Columbia. The guys describe how coal was formed in the Rocky Mountains and describe the complex industrialized-wilderness blended landscape that defines the Elk Valley. Topics include the history of water quality problems in the Elk River, the Minister’s Order, how water quality guidelines work, where selenium comes from and how it gets into fish, what selenium does and doesn’t do to fish, the myth of shortened gill plates on trout, how a water treatment plant works, what happened to the trout in the upper Fording River, the impact of coal mining on the future of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, the need for protecting sheep winter range, spanking the media and fear mongering as a new form of misplaced conservation.
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