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Site C: Both sides give media tour
FORT ST. JOHN – When BC Hydro opened its doors to the media last week to view the work taking place on the...
Groups urge Prime Minister to not support Site C as climate change solution
November 17, 2015 The Wilderness Committee, along with our allies, sent the Prime Minister a letter urging him not to...
Wild Times ‑ No Trespassing
November/December 2015 Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel, as he calls for new laws to prevent...
Time is over for compromising on habitat versus logging issue
Plans to save the endangered northern goshawk in British Columbia have been shaped to reflect the interests of the...
100 groups call on Prime Minister to stop pipeline reviews
November 12, 2015 The Wilderness Committee is among the 100 groups that signed an open letter on November 12th, 2015...
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...
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