Mining & Transboundary Rivers: What do the Skagit, Taku, Stikine, and Elk rivers have in common?

In Alaska by Nick Chambers

  British Columbia is in the midst of a mining boom, with dozens of large-scale mines in various stages of exploration, development, and operation. Lax mining regulations and low standards for financial bonding have encouraged the industry’s expansion in the region, but at what cost? Many of these mine sites sit within watersheds of rivers — like the Skagit River …