In all my years as a campaigner for the protection of B.C.’s biodiversity and old-growth forest ecosystems, starting in 1980 with the Wilderness Committee, I have never seen so much local opposition to logging be disregarded by the provincial government. The provincial NDP must not ignore the call to halt this timber sale by the local SCRD government in January, the petition initiated by Robert Creekers that has gathered over 34,000 signatures, and by Elphinstone Logging Focus (ELF) whose reasoned opposition is based on simply applying BC Forest Service’s own policies, which have been established to save biodiversity and nurture healthy forests in BC forever.
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Exploring an Ancient BC Forest, Before It’s Too Late
Read in The Tyee One day, the only trace of old-growth forests might be virtual replicas. The trees, plants, streams and animals all rendered in pixels and projections, a ghost version of something that was Read more…
