The Committee's successes...so far!
The following areas, all which have been featured in WCWC publications and campaigns, have been protected:
- Valhalla Provincial Park - 1983
- South Moresby National Park Reserve - 1987
- Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park (lower valley) - 1990
- Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Provincial Park - 1992
- Maplewood Mud Flats Conservation Area - 1992
- Megin River Watershed - 1993
- Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park - 1994
- Chilko Lake (Ts'yt-os Park) - 1994
- Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park (upper valley) - 1994
- Nasparti Valley - 1994
- Lower Tsitika Valley - 1994
- Lower Walbran Valley - 1994
- Tashish-Kwois Watershed - 1994
- Kitlope Valley Protected Area - 1994
- Niagara Valley (part of Cariboo Mountains Wilderness) - 1994
- Power River Valley - 1995
- Lasca Creek; Akamina-Kishinena Provincial Park - 1995
- Eagle Mountain/Indian Arm Provincial Park - 1995
- Pincone/Boise/Burke Provincial Park - 1995
- Surrey Bend Regional Park - 1995
- Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park - 1995
- Tetrahedron Plateau Provincial Park - 1995
- Jebediah Island Provincial Park - 1995
- Boundary Bay Provincial Park - 1995
- Clendenning Valley - 1996
- Upper Lillooet Valley - 1996
- Spipiyus (Caren Range) Provincial Park - 1996
- Chilliwack Provincial Park - 1997 (expanded)
- Skagit Valley Provincial Park - 1997
- Cummins River Valley Park - 1997
- Sooke Hills Wilderness Park - 1997
- Muskwa-Kechika Northern Rocky Mts. Parks - 1997
- Sea-to-Sea Green-Blue Belt acquisition levy passed - 2000
- U.N. declares Clayquot Sound Biosphere Reserve - 2000
A decade of membership growth!
1999 was another good year for membership growth at the Wilderness Committee with a peak of 26,405 members. As public opinion polls revealed Canadians' increasing concern for the environment, the Wilderness Committee worked hard to provide avenues that give a voice to the growing tide of environmental awareness and concern about our threatened wilderness areas.
WCWC's membership over the decade
WCWC's 1999/2000 Board of Directors
- Kevin Bell* - Naturalist
- Robert Broughton - Systems Analyst/Membership Secretary
- Alice Eaton - Social Worker — retired/Secretary - Treasurer
- Tony Eberts* - Journalist - retired
- Joe Foy - Activist
- Paul George - Biologist, Researcher
- Mike Gildersleeve - Social Worker Chair
- Susan Jones* - Educator
- Ian Mackenzie - Photographer, Author
- Annette Tanner* - Artist, Teacher
The number of Board members is currently fixed at ten. Two of these positions are appointed from the Executive Team (E-Team) of the Wilderness Committee by consensus of the E-Team. These appointed positions are currently held by Joe Foy and Paul George. The eight other Board positions are filled by elections at WCWC's AGMs — four every AGM for overlapping two-year terms. Directors denoted by a * above were elected to two year terms at WCWC's 1999 AGM.
