{"id":41363,"date":"2021-02-23T21:52:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T02:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=41363"},"modified":"2021-02-25T00:37:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T05:37:13","slug":"kootenay-environmental-group-oppose-zincton-mountain-resort-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/kootenay-environmental-group-oppose-zincton-mountain-resort-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kootenay environmental group oppose Zincton Mountain Resort proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local environmental group is hoping to halt plans to develop an Zincton Mountain Resort between New Denver and Kaslo.<\/p>\n<p>As described by lead investor David Harley, Zincton will be a high elevation, high latitude\u2019 ultra-low-impact resort village combined with an optimal blend of endless backcountry powder lines, lots of lift-serviced runs, ski-in\/ski-out residential opportunities and outstanding owner\/operator amenities. For some skiers, mountain bikers and holiday property investors, the proposed resort sounds pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>But a group called The Wild Connection, representing conservation and environmental interests in the central Selkirk Mountains, has launched a provincial petition aimed at halting Zincton plans for now and maybe for good.<\/p>\n<p>Wild Connection spokespeople Nicky Blackshaw and K.L. Kivi want BC\u2019s provincial government to press pause and plan with the bigger ecological picture in mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local environmental group is hoping to halt plans to develop an Zincton Mountain Resort between New Denver and Kaslo. As described by lead investor David Harley, Zincton will be a high elevation, high latitude\u2019 ultra-low-impact resort village combined with an optimal blend of endless backcountry powder lines, lots of lift-serviced runs, ski-in\/ski-out residential opportunities&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":41367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[222,225],"tags":[4491,6487,6488,6486],"radio":[1420],"origine":[280,2165,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41363"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=41363"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=41363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}