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The Wild Cascades THE WILD CASCADES June - July 1971 2 THE WILD CASCADES SEATTLE CITY LIGHT STRAINS U. S. - CANADIAN RELATIONSHIPS During two and a half days of public hear­ Mr. Kingstone replied by stating. "The ings the International Joint Commission - Commission is requested to investigate the United States and Canada listened to citizens environmental and ecological consequences in and organizations of both nations argue over Canada of the raising of Ross Dam and it also Seattle City Light's plans to raise ROSS DAM takes into account these words: ". taking into and flood parts of each country. A 3 to 1 account relevant information about environ­ opposition to the project was emphatically mental and ecological consequences elsewhere expressed before the Commission June 3, 4 on the Skagit River and measures being taken and 5 in the 11 statements given in Bellingham- or planned to protect or enhance the environ­ U.S. and the 35 briefs presented in Vancouver- ment in these areas. ". This, Mr. Chairman, Canada. suggests that in evaluating the situation in Canada it is perfectly proper for the Commis­ An air of tension dominated the end of the sion to take into account the relevant informa- first day's hearing. The strained relations tion about the environmental and ecological between the two nations erupted as Douglas F. consequences on the Skagit River in the United Burns, counsel for the United States govern­ States. ". ment, from the State Department, arrogantly stated the limiting conditions for the I. J. C. Mr. Burns appeared to be giving Seattle investigation and Courteney Kingstone, counsel City Light's pitch for them as he concluded on for the Canadian government in Ottawa, firmly two days by saying. "Our society, both Amer­ stated his disagreementwith Mr. Burns' inter­ ican and Canadian, runs on electricity. The pretation of the "terms of reference. " sources of electric power are growing far less rapidly than the demand for electric power. Mr. Burns stated:. .. "Now, the question The project must be considered in the light of of whether or not the dam itself is to be raised the environmental consequences of possible is not before the I. J. C. in this proceeding. alternatives to the project. Serious environ­ The question which is before the Commission mental problems can result from construction . .is limited to environmental consequences in of fossil fuel generating plants; the gas gener­ Canada. We have not asked the Commission ating plant as an example, or a nuclear plant to make a recommendation as to whether the or other potential sources. In the view of the dam should be built or not. Whether the United States government, however, with res­ amount of compensation which Seattle has pect to the Skagit project, it must be borne in agreed to pay British Columbia is sufficient mind that the flooding to the elevation of 1725 or not.. Also, we have requested that the feet has long been planned, and the recreational recommendations of the Commission be not resources of the valley have been designed in inconsistent with the purposes for which the anticipation of flooding of that height (alter­ Order of Approval was granted. Those native designs for non-flooding also exist, ed.). purposes were, of course, to permit the gen­ If by additional protective action the environ­ eration of electric power by and for the City of ment of the Skagit Valley in Canada can be Seattle. The project would be useless and the enhanced, the United States government will Order of Approval be empty if restrictions give earnest consideration to such actions. were imposed on the project that would make If a few thousand persons enjoy fly-fishing and the generation of electric power impossible camping by running water and a few more thou­ or economically infeasible. " sand persons enjoy lake recreation, every COVER: Co-chairmen of I. J. C. , Christian Herter Jr. of U. S. (left) and Louis Robichaud of Canada listen to briefs. The Vancouver Province, June 4, 1971 (Dave Paterson Photo). JUNE - JULY 1971 3 person in the United States and Canada depends In Vancouver R. O. S. S. presented a panel upon electricity. If the result of the denial of of experts and supporters who clearly described the application of the City of Seattle to raise the the damaging recreational and environmental High Ross Dam is to require the City of Seattle effects in the Canadian Skagit Valley and ex­ to construct a fossil fuel plant in Seattle, we pressed a great tide of Canadian opposition to simply have to weigh whether the increase in the "arrogant American project". air pollution in that area outweighs the environ­ There were 15 organizations opposing: mental loss which might result in the flooding North Cascades Conservation Council on of the Skagit Valley. One thing that is fairly behalf of Wilderness Soc. , National Audubon safe to say is that in addition to air pollution Soc. , Friends of the Earth, National Parks and in Seattle it's going to have an effect across Conservation Assn. , Sierra Club - National, the border and here in Vancouver" (120 miles F. W. O. C. - federation of 45 organizations, northwest of Seattle, ed.). Cascadians, The Mountaineers, North Cas­ cades Audubon Soc. , Olympic Park Associates, In Bellingham the North Cascades Conser­ Seattle Audubon Soc. , Skagit Alpine Club, vation Council presented a panel of experts who Skagit Environmental Council, and Wash. opposed HIGH ROSS DAM and detailed the Kyack Club), Sierra Club-local, Alpine Club" unacceptable environmental damages that would of Canada, B.C. Wildlife Fed. , Dogwood Canoe occur in Big Beaver Valley if the project Club, Environmental Systems Community proceeded. The Council found "it completely Assn., Fed. B.C. Naturalists, Hope Citizens, illogical and unobjective that the I. J. C. has Lower Mainland Wildlife Assn. , Run Out Skagit been requested by the Governments of the Spoilers (R. O. S. S.), Richmond and A. N. A. F. United States and Canada to investigate the Rod & Gun Clubs, Shuswap Rural Rate Payers environmental and ecological consequences in Assn. , Society for Pollution and Environmental Canada only of raising Ross Lake from 1602. 5 Control (S. P. E. C), Sierra Club of B. C. and to 1725 feet elevation. After all you constitute 4 favoring the raising of ROSS DAM: Seattle an international commission and you should be City Light, Ross Lake Resort, Skagit Soil and allowed to study more than only 1/2 of the Water Conservation District, and Hope District international Skagit watershed. We trust you Board of Trade. will seek to overcome this apparently politically biased restriction and get at all the facts. " INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION UNITED STATES CANADA Christian A. Herter, J. -Chair. (Wash. D. C.) Louis Robichaud - Chair.(New Brunswick) Eugene W. Weber (Wash. D. C.) A. D. Scott (British Columbia) Charles R. Ross (Vermont) Bernard Beaupre (Quebec) William A. Bullard - Staff, sec. D. G. Chance - Staff, sec. Room 203, 1717 H Street, N.W. Room 850, 151 Slater Street Washington, D. C. 20440 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP 5H2 4 THE WILD CASCADES Bombshell at Bellinglmm hearing IJC powerless to prevent Skagit flooding, says U.S. thy, a biochemistry professor that the IJC can stop the pro­ at the University of Washing­ ject Herter said: City session today ton, blasted the U.S. and Ca­ "There is really no hope of nadian governments for hav­ the commission doing this. ing limited study to the ecolo­ No, it can't itself. That should gical effects on the B.C. sec­ be made very clear, but the tion of the Skagit. commission can say a great academic exercise? "We find it completely illog­ deal." ical and unobjective. After all, He said the IJC can make By ALEX YOUNG you constitute an international recommendations to lessen commission and you should be Province Staff Reporter ecological damage,, "but that allowed to study more than is about all we can do." only one-half of the interna­ "But I think useful recom­ BELLINGHAM — The U.S. government declared tional Skagit watershed. on Thursday that the International Joint Commission mendations will be made as to has no power to halt or impair the proposed Skagit "Speaking as a scientist, I what can be done to save as Valley flooding project. trust you will seek to over­ much as possible of the The statement, coming toward the end of a day­ come this apparently poli­ ecology." long public hearing by the commission, appeared to tically biased restriction and What about making such get at all the facts." recommendations uneconomic turn into an academic exercise today's hearing in to the project, as a way of Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Playhouse. The U.S. chairman of the stopping it? commission, Christian Herter, However, David Brousson, North Vancouver- "Then it is over to Seattle Capilano Liberal ,MLA who was here on Thursday, Jr., in commenting on the City Light at that point," said said Canadians still must show at the Vancouver ses­ U.S. government's statement: Herter. "Obviously we are not sion that they are concerned and thus give the Cana­ "We have known all along going to recommend that, to dian government "ammunition" for negotiations with that we have been operating avoid ecological consequenc­ the U.S. in a very narrow field. We es, they build the dam at the 5,400 acres into B.C., which The U.S. government's posi­ can say what we think the border or something. That is tion was outlined in a state­ the provincial government silly. ment by its counsel Douglas agreed to in 1967. ecological consequences will What about the two govern­ Burns. He said the commis­ H .C.
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