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Press release: BC extends KSM mine Environmental Assessment Certificate
A request by Seabridge Gold to have its proposed KSM mine Environmental Assessment Certificate extended by two years due to pandemic...
Will Patric
Nov 24, 20211 min read


Read RWB’s KSM White Paper
The proposed Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell or KSM mine targeting the Unuk and Nass watersheds would be a gigantic development posing a huge...
Will Patric
Nov 4, 20211 min read


Podcast Episode: For The Wild
We're excited to share this passionate, illuminating, and inspiring conversation between Rivers Without Borders' Alaska Campaign...
Rivers Without Borders
Oct 27, 20211 min read


Formal complaint submitted against Constantine Metal Resources
Three Alaska conservation organizations, including Rivers Without Borders, filed a complaint this week with Canadian securities...
Chris Zimmer
Sep 1, 20211 min read


Continued pressure to see the Tulsequah Chief cleaned up and closed down
Environmental groups, including Rivers Without Borders, and the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission continue to pressure...
Rivers Without Borders
Jul 7, 20211 min read


Tulsequah Chief mine remediation progress and press release
We are pleased to report more progress toward finally getting the long polluting Tulsequah Chief mine in the Taku watershed closed and...
Will Patric
Jun 15, 20211 min read


Tides Center highlights the past, present, and future work of Rivers Without Borders
Massive mining proposals are targeting headwaters in the northwest British Columbia and southeast Alaska regions. Rivers Without Borders...
Rivers Without Borders
Jun 3, 20211 min read


Save What You Love Podcast: A deep dive into the Tulsequah Chief mine
In Episode #13 of the Save What You Love podcast, our Alaska Campaign Director Chris Zimmer joins filmmaker Mark Titus to discuss the...
Rivers Without Borders
Jun 3, 20211 min read


A welcome turning of the page
While we mostly try to keep Rivers Without Borders apolitical, the recent transition of national leadership in the U.S. seems worthy of...
Will Patric
Feb 10, 20211 min read


Year end reflections from Rivers Without Borders
As 2020 winds down, and we look to the end of this challenging year, we can at least say it has been a good one for the Taku (first photo...
Will Patric
Dec 23, 20202 min read


The receivership status of Chieftain Metals has been terminated!
This happened on October 8, in Ontario, where Chieftain Metals was incorporated. The decision is important because as long as Chieftain...
Will Patric
Nov 1, 20201 min read


British Columbia cleaning up Tulsequah Chief
Rivers Without Borders Alaska Campaign Director Chris Zimmer's recent letter to the Ketchikan Daily News provides a good summary of...
Rivers Without Borders
Oct 23, 20201 min read


Mark Angelo: This Rivers Day, let us renew our commitment to cleaning up B.C.'s waterways
Since its beginnings in 1980, B.C. Rivers Day has become Canada's largest river-appreciation event. In 2005, using the B.C. celebration...
Rivers Without Borders
Sep 28, 20201 min read


Big step forward for the Taku-Tulsequah Chief issue
Two important things recently happened in our long campaign to end the Tulsequah Chief mine's pollution of the Taku and to safeguard the...
Will Patric
Aug 13, 20205 min read


A Hard Look At Proposed Chilkat Headwaters Mining
Rivers Without Borders contracted mining expert Jim Kuipers of Kuipers and Associates to analyze technical and economic aspects of the...
Chris Zimmer
May 31, 20201 min read


Earth Day
The 50th anniversary of Earth Day marks a good time to reflect on the work of Rivers Without Borders and conservation in general,...
Will Patric
Apr 24, 20202 min read


Patricia Thomson: B.C. needs to follow through on its commitment to cleaning up the Tulsequah Chief
For the past year, the province of British Columbia has been working on a plan to clean up the infamous, dormant Tulsequah Chief mine and...
Rivers Without Borders
Feb 24, 20201 min read


2019 Reflections and Asking for Your Support
Rivers Without Borders blogs generally focus on issues, as opposed to requests for support. But this time around, along with gratitude...
Will Patric
Dec 27, 20192 min read


Opinion: We need to make sure mine cleanup plan happens
Respected Douglas Indian Association elder and tribal leader John Morris' November 20 Juneau Empire op-ed states his deep and profound...
Rivers Without Borders
Nov 26, 20194 min read


RWBC Saddened by Passing of Wayne Merry
Rivers Without Borders Canada was saddened to hear about the passing of Wayne Merry this week. Wayne was a tireless advocate for the...
Rivers Without Borders
Nov 1, 20192 min read
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