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Tatshenshini
As the World Conservation Union (IUCN) has stated: "The Tatshenshini-Alsek river system in the St. Elias Mountains of Canada and Alaska is one of the world's most beautiful and magnificent." The Tatshenshini Alsek Wilderness Park established in 1993, was designated a World Heritage Site in 1994. For background on this continental campaign, see Tatshenshini Wild, Windy Craggy Retrospective, and Our Parks are Too Precious to Mine. Other Great Spaces we have worked on include The Chilcotin and The Stikine Watershed. about
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The Tatshenshini, North America's Wildest River, carves a low elevation
corridor of life amidst the ice fields and peaks of the St. Elias Range, and
consequently features extraordinary biodiversity, with ecosystems ranging
from sea-level to over 15,000 feet, and from coastal to sub-tundra. The Tatshenshini
is home to unparalleled wildlife populations, and is one of the last strongholds
of a thriving grizzly population in North America. As well, it is the only
place where the rare silver-blue Glacier Bear exists in Canada. The region
supports the only year round populations of Dall's sheep in British Columbia,
and exceptional numbers of mountain goats, moose, wolves, eagles, falcons
and trumpeter swans.
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