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Here are four simple ways you can help us in the fight to protect endangered wildlife and wild spaces:

Help protect the Wood River:

The Wood River is a remarkable remote wilderness ecosystem now under threat of a run-of-river hydroelctric power project, as are hundreds of other rivers across BC. You can take a video tour and learn about the Wood River on Wildsight's Rivers at Risk campaign page.

We encourage you to help raise public awareness with neighbors and friends about the Wood River and about all IPP's.Write a letter-to-the-editor to your local newspaper and also send to the Vancouver Sun for provincial coverage.Send letters to the Premier, your local MLA and email BC Hydro to ask for:

• A province-wide environmental assessment concerning the cumulative effects of run-of-river hydroelectric projects in BC.
• A moratorium on all private run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects pending the results of the above assessment.
• A mandatory environmental assessment for every run-of-the-river hydroelectric project within BC.
• Reversal of Bill 30 rulings pertaining to new energy projects and reinstatement of local governments' right to accept or refuse run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects.
• Further efforts towards energy conservation instead of impacting remote wilderness areas in never-ending bid to increase capacity.

Hand-written letters tend to be more effective than emails.

The Honourable Gordon Campbell
Premier of British Columbia
Box 9041 Station PROV GOVT
Victoria BC
email: premier@gov.bc.ca
phone: 1-250-387-1715

Norm Macdonald MLA
Columbia River- Revelstoke
Box 2052
Golden BC V0A 1H0
email: norm.macdonald.mla@leg.bc.ca
phone: 1-866 870 4188

Bill Bennett, MLA
East Kootenay
100C Cranbrook Street N.
Cranbrook BC V1C 3P9
Phone: 250-417-6022
Toll Free: 1-866-417-6022
Fax: 250-417-6026
Email: Bill.Bennett.MLA@leg.bc.ca

Support the final Columbia River boating regulations:

The Columbia River and Wetlands need your support so the last of three boating regulations can see the light of day. This last regulation would restrict motorized boating activity in the Columbia River between Fairmont Hot Springs and Donald Station (except on Lake Windermere) to motors of 20 hp or less.

Help make this final regulation a reality. First, read this article to learn more about the issue.

Then, send an email to Tim McCann at Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety, Jim Abbott, MP for Kootenay East, and John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Let them know that you support this regulation. You can write your own comments, or use the sample letter we provide here.

Protect BC's Mountain Caribou:

Email the BC government and urge them to protect the caribou's habitat from invasive logging.

Keep the Flathead Wild:

Phone Premier Gordon Campbell and urge him to say Yes to a special plan for the Flathead.

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	Speak out Here are four simple ways you can help us in the fight to protect endangered wildlife and wild spaces: Help protect the Wood River: The Wood River is a remarkable remote wilderness ecosystem now under threat of a run-of-river hydroelctric power project, as are hundreds of other rivers across BC. You can take a video tour and learn about the Wood River on Wildsight's Rivers at Risk campaign page. We encourage you to help raise public awareness with neighbors and friends about the Wood River and about all IPP's.Write a letter-to-the-editor to your local newspaper and also send to the Vancouver Sun for provincial coverage.Send letters to the Premier, your local MLA and email BC Hydro to ask for: • A province-wide environmental assessment concerning the cumulative effects of run-of-river hydroelectric projects in BC. • A moratorium on all private run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects pending the results of the above assessment. • A mandatory environmental assessment for every run-of-the-river hydroelectric project within BC. • Reversal of Bill 30 rulings pertaining to new energy projects and reinstatement of local governments' right to accept or refuse run-of-the-river hydroelectric projects. • Further efforts towards energy conservation instead of impacting remote wilderness areas in never-ending bid to increase capacity. Hand-written letters tend to be more effective than emails. The Honourable Gordon Campbell Premier of British Columbia Box 9041 Station PROV GOVT Victoria BC email: premier@gov.bc.ca phone: 1-250-387-1715 Norm Macdonald MLA Columbia River- Revelstoke Box 2052 Golden BC V0A 1H0 email: norm.macdonald.mla@leg.bc.ca phone: 1-866 870 4188 Bill Bennett, MLA East Kootenay 100C Cranbrook Street N. Cranbrook BC V1C 3P9 Phone: 250-417-6022 Toll Free: 1-866-417-6022 Fax: 250-417-6026 Email: Bill.Bennett.MLA@leg.bc.ca Support the final Columbia River boating regulations: The Columbia River and Wetlands need your support so the last of three boating regulations can see the light of day. This last regulation would restrict motorized boating activity in the Columbia River between Fairmont Hot Springs and Donald Station (except on Lake Windermere) to motors of 20 hp or less. Help make this final regulation a reality. First, read this article to learn more about the issue. Then, send an email to Tim McCann at Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety, Jim Abbott, MP for Kootenay East, and John Baird, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Let them know that you support this regulation. You can write your own comments, or use the sample letter we provide here. Protect BC's Mountain Caribou: Email the BC government and urge them to protect the caribou's habitat from invasive logging. Keep the Flathead Wild: Phone Premier Gordon Campbell and urge him to say Yes to a special plan for the Flathead.