Mission

Crowsnest Headwaters unites forward-looking local residents in defending the source waters of the Saskatchewan River System, which nourishes the Canadian Prairies with a resource vital to families, farms, and food processors from the Rocky Mountains to Hudson Bay.

The most serious and immediate threats to the purity of Rocky Mountain waters and winds are the schemes of  aggressive coal promoters to discharge future mine effluent into a critical watershed sustaining Canada’s officially endangered cutthroat trout fishery.

Organization

Our resident founding team joins active and retired business operators, geoscientists, biologists, engineers, information technologists, craftsmen, artists, real estate experts, non-destructive industries and the growing contingent of home workers who chose Crowsnest Pass for its mountainscapes, fresh air and clean waters.

Crowsnest Headwaters operates by consensus, with a flexible organization chart that adapts to changing priorities. Our active members contribute what they do best in a spirit of collegiality and common purpose. Individual responsibilities evolve according to needs and expertise.

Our role is to supplement and support the existing individuals and organizations that are resisting destructive mineral extraction in the Alberta Rockies. Our intent is to sustain and supplement them with local information and intelligence.

Methodology

Crowsnest Headwaters gathers information and undertakes original research which we share freely with colleague campaigns and public media. We respond in good faith to government calls for public participation in permit applications.

We engage directly with citizens through the sharing of geographic information, including original photography, videography and 3D terrain modelling.

We participate in events sponsored by peer groups and encourage official interventions by municipal and First Nations governments. Our activities are strictly legal and non-destructive.

Crowsnest Headwaters honours our coal-mining heritage. We energetically support measures to eliminate waterborne and airborne selenium contamination from the mines on the west side of the Continental Divide so that they can continue operating for years to come.

At the same time, we recognize our own accelerating transition to an economy based on residential growth, home-based work, and outdoor recreation. The essential natural resources for this future-oriented economy are clean air, clean water and attractive landscapes.