Teck Announces $2.5 million for Wildlife Overpass to Keep Bighorn Sheep Safe
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) today announced a $2.5 million contribution to help build a new wildlife overpass in the East Kootenay.
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- VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) (“Teck”) today announced a $2.5 million contribution to help build a new wildlife overpass in the East Kootenay.
- “This project is critical to maintaining wildlife habitat connectivity, while protecting people and bighorn sheep in the East Kootenay,” said Jonathan Price, CEO, Teck.
- "With the help of our partners like Teck, this overpass will support safe passage for the bighorn sheep, protecting the herd that is so important to the environment and First Nations and the people of the East Kootenay."
- Conservation groups say that the Radium herd is one of the last viable herds of bighorn sheep in the area.