Jumbo Wild Rally in Nelson, BC
Video of the Keep Jumbo Wild Rally in Nelson, BC on Saturday, February 5th 2011. For information about Jumbo Wild go to www.ecosociety.ca and www.keepitwild.ca The business website for the proposed Jumbo Glacier Resort is www.jumboglacierresort.com Let the BC Government know your opinion on Jumbo as they will soon be making a decision on whether to let development proceed. Contact your local elected representative or email steve.thomson.mla@leg.bc.ca. Minister of Natural Resource Operations. Transcript of Video – Twenty years of protest against the development of Jumbo Glacier has not diminished the enthusiasm nor the number of protesters as a rally held in Nelson on the weekend showed. (Marilyn James – Sinixt spokesperson) “Keep Jumbo Wild” The rally was hosted by local MLA Michelle Mungall who warned that the government would be making a decision about Jumbo in the next few months. (Michelle Mungall – MLA Nelson-Creston) “We need to make sure that Steve Thomson Minister of Natural Resource Operations hears us loud and clear. We want to make sure that they know that there is no confusion in the Kootenays when it comes to Jumbo Glacier. We want it wild and we are going to make sure it stays wild.” The issues on the table include the negative impact development will have on wild animal populations as well as the assumed burden it will place on BC tax payers. (Bob Campsall – Councilor for District of Invermere)”…if this resort is built in the Jumbo Valley it is the …
@jumbowildseries relax guy the place is open to everyone right now. You can go hike there for FREE tommorow. But once this resort is built it will cost 90 dollars to go ski my same line I can go do now for FREE> This glacier is a HUGE water shed for millions of people in the US and Canada. It is the start of one of the largest watersheds in BC. Besides that it is the PRIME breeding area for Grizzlies in all of BC due to its ISOLATION. Grizzlies migrate out to the US and alberta
wheres the weed at??
You people are so GREEN! Too bad it is only GREEN with envy! You seem to be waaay too fixated on the fact that you wrongly think this will be a “playground for the rich!” It is going to be a playground for absolutely everyone in the world… there will always be some people have worked harder than you and will reap the benefits of that hard work. Why do you have to hate them? AND some folks will earn a decent living when JGR is approved! PLEASE; try to get over it!
You folks need to get your facts straight? None of what was said in this video was accurate, especially Bob Campsals rant, whom by the way has been corrected on tax spending involvement on many, many occasions and continues to lie! Hey, but the raging grannies sure convinced me!
You should post Marilyn James’ speach at this rally! Her words were very important considering she wasn’t even supposed to be there and the Sinixt have been standing to “Keep Jumbo Wild” for decades. I am displeased with the NDP for latching onto this amazing grassroots campaign to further their political agenda. Michelle Mungall stated that she did not want to get involved with First Nations Issues surrounding the area known as Jumbo.
Yeah!! The Jumbo area is also really important for grizzly bears that could potentially share trasnboundary North Cascades habitat, so we are speaking out against it here in the USA. Let’s get it gone!