Thursday, March 05, 2015
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WATERSHED HERO AWARDS
Crystal and Janet Spicer were honoured Friday with Watershed Hero Awards by the Sierra Club and the Center for Environmental Protection in Spokane, WA.
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Two local sisters honoured for contribution to environment At an event held in Spokane, WA on Friday February 27, Virgil Seymour of the Sinixt Nation presented Crystal Spicer and Janet Spicer with the Sierra Club’s Watershed Hero Award in recognition of their work to restore the upper Columbia River and its associated ecosystem. The recognition is a result of their efforts to rally politicians and experts about the cause and the dedication to oversee the formation of the Columbia Basin Revitalization Coalition.
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This is an organization whose website states that its mandate is a “Call for an improved dam management plan that will allow restoration and revitalization within the Columbia River Basin.” The women were honored jointly by the American organizations, the Sierra Club and the Centre for Environmental Law and Policy (CELP.) Sisters Crystal and Janet Spicer were motivated by the de-
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sire to seek changes in the Columbia River Treaty in order to protect and restore the Upper Columbia River, where they grew up. After an idyllic childhood on a prosperous farm in the Nakusp area, they then watched thousands of people forced from their homes and the devastating impact on the ecosystem and its wildlife.
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