The British Columbia government announced on December 18, 2013 that Shell Oil will withdraw its plans to develop coalbed methane in the Sacred Headwaters in northwest BC. The government also announced that it will not issue oil and gas leases in the area in the future. This decision protects one million acres of wild lands that are the source of the Skeena, Nass, and Stikine Rivers, three of BC’s most productive salmon streams.
Success Story 2013
Sacred Headwaters
- PROJECT NAME:
- Sacred Headwaters
- GRANTEE:
- Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
- RESULT:
- 1,000,000 acres protected
