(April 5, 2001) Geologist Charles Wright’s work suggests that if the mostly granite area of mountain country is undermined by limestone, it would be sheer folly to proceed with a large dam at Chalillo.

The late Charles Wright, who chose to live in Punta Gorda for much of his life, was a world renowned geologist and consultant. He was the principal architect of the book Land Use Survey in Belize, a valuable resource book now out of print.

There’s no disguising the fact the Chalillo dam "is a rotten deal" for Belize, says Probe International’s Grainne Ryder.

(March 20, 2001) A local river challenge race provides education about the risks posed to the valuable and fragile part of Belize’s heritage by building the Chalillo dam.
 

(March 11, 2001) Newfoundland citizen writes letter to St. John’s Evening Telegram editor expressing concern over Fortis’ proposed Chalillo dam in Belize.

(March 2, 2001) When a Canadian power company proposed a dam along a branch of the nearby Macal River, officials here welcomed the investment. But the plan has unleashed a barrage of criticism from environmentalists, who are looking beyond Belize’s borders for support.

(February 9, 2001) The firing of a San Ignacio school teacher is an example of the government’s furious and senseless lashing out at well versed and articulate environment critics whom the government cannot answer with either logic or good sense.

(February 1, 2001) Belizean citizens group places ad in the Belize Reporter.

Environmental groups urge Fortis Inc. President H. Stanley Marshall to withdraw from the proposed Chalillo hydro-electric dam project in Belize.

Signed and distributed by Probe International January 25, 2001 DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE * ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND * FALLS BROOK CENTRE*HUMBER ENVIRONMENT ACTION GROUP * HUMBER NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY * […]

"(December 3, 2000) Probe responds to Norris Hall on Chalillo". Article features a letter by Grainne Ryder.