
By Todd Tanner The North Fork of the Flathead River originates in this remote wilderness valley in southern British Columbia. It's an absolutely stunning place, with abundant elk, mule deer, black bear, moose, white-tailed deer, and grizzly bears. There are bighorn sheep and mountain goats on the peaks, eagles ride the air currents, and westslope cutthroat and bull trout swim in the river. Despite these riches, the government of British Columbia is intent on reducing the ridge in this picture to a vast open-pit mine, with coal trucks rumbling through the valley 24 hours a day. Erin Sexton

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