Great news: Shell has withdrawn from the Sacred Headwaters, and
there's now a permanent ban on gas and oil development in the
region High in the alpine meadows of northwest British Columbia,
lies the Sacred Headwaters, the shared birthplace of three of
North America's greatest wild salmon rivers--the Skeena, Stikine
and Nass. This vast, pristine landscape, territory of the
Tahltan First Nation, is home to rich populations of grizzly
bears, caribou and mountain goats. It is the place where
creation stories originate for First Nations like the Nisga’a,
Gitxsan, Haisla and Haida. It is a paradise that was once in
peril, threatened by Royal Dutch Shell’s quest for profit.
Shell's plan to drill for coalbed methane in the region posed a
direct threat to wild salmon, wildlife and the culture and
livelihoods of First Nations and other downstream communities.
But thanks to the courage of the Tahltan Nation, the communities
downstream from the Sacred Headwaters, and concerned people
worldwide who stood up to Shell and