Ill-advised hot springs swim jeopardizes critically endangered Banff Springs snail population

A visitor’s illegal Sunday afternoon dip in a sulphur hot spring in Banff  potentially devastated the habitat of a highly endangered snail population that is only found on the lower slopes of Sulphur Mountain. Despite the numerous signs posted around the pool in the Cave and Basin National Historic Site, an unknown man entered the water and proceed to swim on March 3, 2019 . His actions disturbed the thin membrane of organic material that forms along the rocks which is invaluable to t