One of BC's most beloved parks, MacMillan Park, which is part of Cathedral Grove, is threatened from overuse, logging at its boundaries, blow-down of its towering ancient Douglas firs and a five-acre parking lot proposed to be built in critical elk winter feeding range. Located alongside Highway 4, the only highway leading to Port Alberni and Clayoquot Sound, MacMillan Park's main problem is that it is too small. This paper lays out WCWC's 2004 campaign to protect and expand this most famous of BC's provincial parks.

Cathedral Grove: Last Remnant of BC's Vanishing Douglas Fir Forest

Wilderness Committee Educational Report Vol.23-No.06 - Summer 2004

Write On

WCWC Mid Island Chapter needs your help to save Cathedral Grove

1. Help gather signatures on petitions and distribute this information paper to visitors in Cathedral Frove andthroughout your neighborhood.
2. Volunteer to join a phone tree, informing local people about meetings and situations as they develop.
3. Write information letters with questions to the politicians listed below and copy these letters to your local newspapers, local MLA , municipal government, Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Association. We suggest that you articulate the points from our "July meeting" with the Minister (directly above) to the politicians and media.

The Hon. Premier Gordon Campbell
premier@gov.bc.ca
Room 156, Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, BC, V8V 1X4
Phone: 250-387-1715 Fax: 250-387-0087

Please CC To:
Hon. Bill Barisoff, Minister of WLAP,
Bill.Barisoff@gems6.gov.bc.ca
Room 112, Parliament Buildings,
Victoria, BC, V8V 1X4
Phone: 250-387-1187 Fax: 250-387-1356