When John Stockner talks about water, people listen.

Dr. Stockner, now retired from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, is one of Canada's most eminent scientists in the field of limnology, the study of lakes and other fresh water.

More than 30 years ago, he did groundbreaking research that allowed DFO to boost sockeye productivity by fertilizing nutrient-starved lakes in British Columbia.

Dr. Stockner was among a small group of scientists who first realized that the harvesting of adult salmon on the West Coast was robbing lakes and rivers of annual injections of marine nutrients.

Instead of decomposing after spawning and thereby releasing phosphorous and other valuable nutrients into the water, the bodies of the salmon were going off to market.

Bill Bennett Speaks about Coalbed Methane. He makes some blatantly untruthful statements about the BP Open House.

If you were at the open house you should write to him and ask him why he chose to lie about what happened at the open house that he didn't attend.

Here is the text of the resolution passed at the City of Fernie's regular
council meeting April 14, 2008.

Whereas: The people of Fernie have expressed their overwhelming
objection to the granting of tenure to BP Canada for the exploration of
Coal Bed Methane in the Crowsnest Coalfield and;

Whereas BP Canada has not demonstrated a willingness to work with the
community in a transparent manner nor fully engage in meaningful
dialogue and has ignored repeated requests from representatives of the
City to engage the community more pro-actively and;

Whereas there are considerable unknowns with respect to the short-term
and long-term impacts on the environment, the economy and the human
community of the Elk Valley and that the Canadian Society for

Wildsight and Flathead Coalition Headed to BP AGM in London

British Petroleum is remaining silent. The residents of Fernie aren’t.

On Saturday, nearly 300 residents of Fernie took to the streets to oppose BP and their proposals to drill for coalbed methane (CBM) in southeastern B.C.’s Flathead and Elk Valley. To no surprise, BP representatives were not present.

“This was a farewell party,” says Wildsight Program Manager Casey Brennan. “There have been many chances for BP to participate in public discussion about the fate of our communities. So far, BP has chosen not to be a part.

“We’ll take that silence as confirmation that they know people don’t want them here,” says Brennan.