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- Title
"THIS WASTEFUL USE OF A RIVER": Log Driving, Conservation, and British Columbia's Stellako River Controversy, 1965-72.
- Authors
RAJALA, RICHARD A.
- Abstract
The article discusses an environmental controversy in northern British Columbia in the 1960s over log driving on the Stellako River. The conflict is seen on one level as a dispute between the federal government of Canada, which wanted to protect salmon spawning grounds, and the provincial government of British Columbia, which defended the interests of the forestry, logging, and pulp and paper industries. Also opposing the log drives were sportsmen, conservationists, and tourism interests. Debates over appropriate use of the river are seen as symbolic of changes in British Columbian society in the postwar era.
- Subjects
BRITISH Columbia; CANADA; LOG driving; RIVERS; FORESTS &; forestry; CONSERVATION of natural resources -- Government policy; CANADIAN federal government; HISTORY of British Columbia
- Publication
BC Studies, 2010, Issue 165, p31
- ISSN
0005-2949
- Publication type
Article