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Yellowstone Club, MT, Becomes a Certified Whitebark Pine Friendly Ski Area

The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation, Montana, has certified Yellowstone Club, Montana, as a Whitebark Pine Friendly Ski Area, recognizing its substantial management efforts to protect the threatened tree species. Yellowstone Club is the first ski resort on exclusively private-owned land to earn this certification in the U.S. “The Yellowstone Club consistently has demonstrated its commitment to restoring whitebark pine and […]
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Lake Louise Ski Resort, AB Faces $2.1-Million Fine For Threatening Endangered Trees

The Lake Louise Ski Area, in Alberta, Canada was just fined $2.1 million dollars. In a lawsuit brought on by Parks Canada, the ski resort was found guilty of illegally cutting down 140 trees. Some of which were whitebark pines, an endangered and protected species. Lake Louise resort was charged under the Species at Risk Act and the Canada National Parks Act. The […]
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Lake Louise Ski Area, Canada Facing Millions in Fines After Illegally Cutting Down Endangered Species of Tree

Lake Louise ski resort is currently involved in a sentencing hearing after pleading guilty in December to illegally cutting down about 150 trees in 2013, some of which were the endangered species whitebark pine trees. Lake Louise Ski Area Ltd. pleaded guilty to charges under the Canada National Parks Act and the Species at Risk Act. Under the Species at […]
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