Residents in northeastern British Columbia are gearing up for more debates regarding B.C. Hydro’s proposed dam project in the Peace River Valley.
Many people in Fort St. John and in the Peace River Valley are against the mega-dam, which will flood a major portion of the valley, destroying valuable farmland and habitat.
In recent weeks, there have been peaceful demonstrations at the sites of the public meetings, as well as opposition from many in BC’s environmental community.
For information and insight into the current debates, see “Down the River,” a blog written by Dr. Steve Roe of Fort St. John, BC. The blog archives Dr. Roe’s weekly columns from the Northeast News, a weekly newspaper in northeastern British Columbia.
The individual articles focus on environmental, social, and economic aspects of Site C, the potential third dam on the BC portion of the Peace River.
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Protest at or attend the BC Hydro’s site C open house on Nov. 5th, 5-8pm at SFU Harbour Centre. Site C involves flooding the Peace river valley and thus destroying prime agricultural land (the only class 1 soil north of Quesnel) and wildlife habitat (over 200 species at risk). BC Hydro wants you to believe that BC is a power hungry province and that we need site C but their own 2007 annual report does not support this. The majority of the imports are purchased at cheap prices in order to export to the states at peak prices for profit. Don’t let them destroy a river valley to satisfy the energy demands of the states. The domestic demand could be satisfied through conservation and by alternative ‘green’ power sources such as geothermal, wind, solar, and tidal.