The Ghost River Watershed — Loved or Abused?

<p>When you see the mountains, like the Devil&rsquo;s Head, etched into the background of a cobalt-blue sky, it is an engraving so stark, so powerful and yet so subtle that it leaves you breathless. From beneath a high viewpoint on Black Rock Mountain the Ghost River carves its way, meandering through a portion of the Eastern Slopes. The watershed is both remote and accessible, wild and tamed, inviting yet secretive. Sentinel species of the wild still find havens in the watershed, like native cutthroat and bull trout, wolves and grizzlies.</p> <p>Yet, stepping out of the truck, under a pall of road dust, I nearly ducked as the sound of gunfire erupted close by. Later I reflected this was not the most inviting introduction to the Ghost River watershed.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@AlbertaNativeTrout/the-ghost-river-watershed-loved-or-abused-37acc71f3052"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>