Write Wild - Fish Lake

You may remember that back in November 2010 the federal government environmental assessment panel said "No" to a plan to mining proposal that would have destroyed Fish Lake, located approximately 125 km southwest of Williams Lake, and the 85,000 rainbow trout that call it home.

The Prosperity Mine proposal was turned down because of its massive environmental impacts and the fact that it was strongly opposed by the Tsilhqot'in Nation communities that are located near the proposed mine site. The damage to the lake and surrounding lands, forests and waters was just too devastating to allow the mine to go ahead.

Now the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has been asked by the mining corporation Taseko Mines Ltd to investigate a new mining proposal called the "New Prosperity Mine". In fact this new proposal actually has higher environmental impacts than the one that was already rejected. That is why the Tsilhqot'in Nation stongly opposes this new proposal, and so do 11 environmental groups including the Wilderness Committee.

Please take a moment to stand up for Fish Lake. You can submit your comment to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency process right here. We will also copy the Prime Minister, and the Ministers of the Environment, Fisheries and Oceans and Natural Resources.