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Logging activity escalates in the Central Walbran Valley
News Release Teal Jones crews moving towards rare intact old-growth forest VICTORIA – A long-simmering dispute over...
Jens Wieting: Why Vancouver Island's Walbran Valley rainforest matters
A new Sierra Club map of B.C.’s southern coastal rainforest shows why the Walbran rainforest on Vancouver Island...
True Climate Leadership Means Stepping Away From LNG
By Eoin Madden Huffington Post November, 11 2015 I remember standing beside a festering pool of "processed" water from...
Logging Opponents Block Road Work in 'Threatened' Walbran Valley
Three individuals temporarily blocked logging company Teal Jones Group's road building work in the Walbran Valley on...
80 voices strong: No LNG on Lelu Island, BC
November 9, 2015 Today the Wilderness Committee and nearly 80 other groups and activists backed an open letter...
TV News Story - Walbran Valley logging plans
In this television clip, Wilderness Committee campaigner Torrance Coste questions BC's Minister of Forests, Lands and...
Woodland caribou: The saga continues
In the fall of 2010, we held a news conference to raise awareness about devastated woodland caribou habitat in...
Province accused of working with forest industry on mountain caribou recovery plan
As the province’s wolf cull gets set to enter its second season, environmentalists are accusing the provincial...
Another dam on the Peace River? Plans in motion for site near Dunvegan
It’s not called “Site D,” but an Alberta business partnership wants to build a fourth dam on the Peace River. Two...
TV News Story - Winnipeg Rally to Protect Nopiming Park
This TV news story features Wilderness Committee Manitoba Campaign Director Eric Reder, as he joins concerned citizens...
Ahousaht Chiefs announce a moratorium on industrial logging in Clayoquot Sound
October 28, 2015 Excellent news for Clayoquot Sound's ancient rainforest! The Ahousaht First Nations Chiefs have...
Gwen Barlee on Bee-Killing Pesticides
In this radio interview, WC Policy Director Gwen Barlee discusses the recent news that an Ontario law to limit the use...
UBCM convention supportive of Site C opponents
Site C dam opponents, who have been on the losing side of four recent federal and B.C. Supreme Court decisions...
Gwen Barlee on BC Caribou Management Plan
WC Policy Director Gwen Barlee is featured in this news clip about the BC government's controversial plan to protect...
BC government’s approval of Woodfibre LNG fails to address major environmental impacts
News Release LNG facility could have serious impacts on Howe Sound fisheries and the global climate VANCOUVER – The...
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