Wilderness Stories: Defending Native Land from Exploitation
This podcast features conservationist and educator Germaine White, who graciously sat down with Wild Montana’s Shining Mountains Chapter to share a story from western Montana’s Camas Prairie. She spoke about defending tribal land against serious spills from a Yellowstone Pipe Line Company petroleum pipeline that crossed the Flathead Indian Reservation. Notably, a 10,000-gallon petroleum leak at Camas Creek in 1993 contaminated traditional crops and led the tribe to question whether they should renew YPL’s permit to transport gasoline through tribal land (the latest of several major spills since the pipeline started moving fuel in 1954).
White’s story highlights how dedicated communities can protect their natural resources and cultural values against exploitation.
This podcast is posted with permission from Wild Montana. Original publication here.
