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Sacred Headwaters
The Sacred Headwaters is a subalpine basin in northern British Columbia, Canada, that is the source of three wild salmon rivers: the Skeena River, Nass River and Stikine River. It is also referred to as the Klappan Valley, although the Klappan—a tributary of the Stikine River—is only one of the area's watersheds. Local Tahltan people call the area , which is loosely translated as "headwaters."
The area has a significant population of grizzly bears, stone sheep, caribou, wolves, and goats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fort St. James Land and Resource Management Plan )〕 Salmon swim over 400 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in the upper reaches of the river.
==Industrial development==
The Sacred Headwaters is rich in mineral and energy resources, particularly coal and coalbed methane. Several industrial development projects are planned for the area, including Fortune Minerals' open-pit Klappan Coal Mine and Royal Dutch Shell's Klappan Coalbed Methane Project. Shell Canada's website reports to be conducting several environmental baseline studies being carried out within the Klappan tenure area. The British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources estimates the Klappan coal deposit could contain as much as of coalbed methane gas.〔(A Summary of Coalbed Methane Potential in British Columbia ), Barry Ryan, BC Ministry of Energy and Mines, British Columbia (no date).〕
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