Dear fellow cavers,
Some information and a selection of photos related to the "Crisis of SPAET Cave" near Victoria, British Columbia (Canada) are posted at the following web address:
http://members.crcable.net/pumpkinpatch/
Paul Griffiths
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SPAET Cave (pronounced spa-eth, which means "bear") is in conflict with the $5-billion Bear Mountain Resort project. The project is described as the largest development of its kind in BC with two hotels, two Nicklaus-designed golf courses and plans for 5,500 homes.
In May 2006 the local press reported the developer's supposed point of view as follows:
"You know, if we want to blow up a cave and put up a hotel we will."
http://members.crcable.net/pumpkinpatch/p3.html
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