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Peat Mine Would Devastate Boreal Bog, Says Biologist
Conservation biologist Heather Hinam took CBC News deep into a Manitoba boreal bog on Tuesday to explain why this...
Proposed Peat Mine Draws Opposition
Manitoba Conservation has expressed concern that a proposed peat mine at Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park could pose a...
Supertankers' Alberta oil shipments spur fears
Bigger oil tankers, and more of them, may be headed to B.C.'s coast as companies plan to greatly expand shipments in...
TV News Story - Spotted Owl habitat logging in Chilliwack Valley.
A conservation group says loggers are cutting down trees in an area of B.C.'s Fraser Valley that's inhabited by the...
Oil spill clean-up mock ‘job fair’ greets Kinder Morgan president
What: Mock ‘Job Fair’ for oil spill clean-up When: 10:30am, Friday, February 24, 2012 Where: In front of the Vancouver...
Keep the Kokish wild and the steelhead running
The Kokish River, at the north end of Vancouver Island, is home to a rare population of summer run wild steelhead and...
Logging begins in Chilliwack River Valley near where endangered owl was spotted
Photo: Recently felled timber in area set aside for the protection of spotted owl habitat in the Chilliwack Valley...
Help stop logging in spotted owl habitat
This morning trees started coming down in a protected spotted owl Wildlife Habitat Area (WHA) near Chilliwack Lake...
UPDATE: Logging starts in spotted owl habitat
Logging has started in spotted owl habitat located near Chilliwack, sparking a "protest vigil" by angry residents....
Logging under way in spotted owl habitat
Local residents hold protest vigil CHILLIWACK – This morning, trees started falling in a protected spotted owl...
Environmentalists protest logging of spotted owl habitat in BC's Fraser Valley
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A conservation group says loggers are cutting down trees in an area of B.C.'s Fraser Valley that's...
24 hours for boreal caribou
Last week we encouraged you to write letters about the federal government’s path for caribou. We have only 24 hours...
BC budget alarmingly short-sighted in the age of climate change
“This budget is alarmingly short-sighted and irresponsible,” said Ben West, Healthy Communities Campaigner for the...
Logging Imminent in Spotted Owl Habitat
Photo: Tree marked for future logging road location in Chilliwack Valley spotted owl wildlife habitat area BC...
TV News Story - Logging Spotted Owl Habitat
A TV news story about the Wilderness Committee's efforts to save important spotted owl habitat near Chilliwack Lake...
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