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Ktunaxa Nation heading to Supreme Court of Canada

Townsman  - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a legal challenge from the Ktunaxa Nation in a dispute over land in spiritually sensitive land in Qat'muk which developers are trying to construct a Jumbo Glacier ski resort.

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A citizen science initiative in BC works to reduce roadkill

Sierra Club  - Y2Y and other groups have joined forces to create Road Watch BC, a citizen science project whose goal is to pinpoint locations where wildlife crossings are most common and implement highway mitigation to avoid collisions.
 

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Critics speak out against approval of Trans Mountain pipeline

First Nations chiefs say Site C highway will desecrate graves 

Alberta continues controversial wolf cull as part of caribou recovery
Calgary Herald  - Despite ongoing criticism, the Alberta government will continue its wolf cull for another three years in an ongoing effort to save endangered caribou.

 

Grizzly lesson plan runs into resistance

Jackson Hole News and Guide - When grizzly bears are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, creating a neutral lesson plan about managing the species' population isn't as simple as it sounds.

Fall rain, green eats keep elk up higher

Jackson Hole News and Guide  -  For the second year in a row the thousands of elk that filter onto the National Elk Refuge delayed their winter migration because of quality forage on transitional ranges.

Idaho Mountain Express  -   Following creation of wilderness areas in the White Cloud and Boulder mountains in August 2015, the public now has the chance to provide input on how those areas should be managed.

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