First Nations series: Natives seen as better protectors of the land despite occasional clashes – Vancouver Sun
While their record’s not perfect, they have a vested interest in preserving environment
June 4, 2015
This is part 6 of a six-part series
Gravel is fish habitat. It also makes for valuable construction aggregate.
When supporters for each camp waged war on the lower Fraser River earlier this year, it proved to be an uneven fight.
The Seabird Island band, in partnership with Jake’s Construction, received senior governments’ permission to extract about 100,000 cubic metres of gravel from a stretch of river that environmentalists and fish experts warned would destroy known spawning habitat of endangered white sturgeon.
