After more than half a year of long-distance communication, the Kaska Dena Nation are pushing for BC to support a massive conservation project.
Known officially as the Kaska Indigenous Protected and Conserved area, the proposal would see 40 thousand square feat of land in northern BC turned in to conservation land.
Plans have been in the works for the project between the Nation and province since the 90s, but they now fear the government’s complacency.
While the federal government has shown support, the Kaska Dena fear the province’s lack of action could cost them a 4 million dollar federal grant.
According to the Nation, the proposed area stretches between the Rockies and Cassiar Mountains, all the way to the Yukon border.
They say the proposed area interferes with no resource projects, and is home to 10 major watersheds and 13 distinct ecosystems.
