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Take Action NOW to finally preserve the woodland caribou's home
Red Deer Wildlife Management Area can be the first woodland caribou habitat to be protected since caribou was listed...
DFO seeks to undo important precedent for at-risk species
Environmental groups headed back to court to uphold killer whale victory VANCOUVER — Environmental groups vowed today...
The Heart of Clayoquot Sound's old-growth forest is at risk from logging!
Shortly before the holidays we wrote you to let you know about plans that threaten the old-growth forests of Flores...
Government Investigation: Logging of Nanoose Bay Forest Puts Endangered Ecosystem at Higher Risk
Nanoose Bay – The Government’s Forest Practice Board (FPB), an independent watchdog for forest and range practices...
New Environment Minister's Tar Sands Comment "Unethical and Hypocritical"
Back in 1984, TV journalist and broadcaster Peter Kent hosted an award-winning feature documentary on the dangers of...
Only four days left to save Keyhole Falls
Just north of Pemberton there is a natural wonder under threat from a private power project. By taking action today...
Act Now to Save the Juan de Fuca Trail
My name is Cam Gray, and I am very excited to join the Wilderness Committee’s Victoria Office as the new Vancouver...
Spin Trumps Action in Choice of Peter Kent as Environment Minister
Peter Kent, a former broadcaster and current MP for Thornhill, Ontario, was appointed to the position of Canada’s...
Seeking Answers in Sherridon: My Second Visit
As soon as the float plane took off, carrying away the government officials and project leaders, I knew the long trip...
Sherridon or Mars? My First Visit
Sherridon? Where is Sherridon? I poured over maps struggling to find this unknown northern locale. I finally located...
BiPole III, Manitoba’s next Transmission Corridor
Manitoba’s next hydro transmission corridor is still lingering in public discussions, far more so now than when the...
Great protected areas news…maybe?
There seems to be some great news on protected areas in Manitoba, progress we’ve been waiting more than a decade to...
Where does your news come from?
As it happens for many people, the holidays have caught me unprepared. Wilderness Committee cards aren’t sent, I’ve...
Wilderness Committee fears Keyhole Falls will dry up
At least one environmental group is expressing concern over the Upper Lillooet Hydro Project, fearing that the planned...
Community Forests: Rhetoric and Reality
I was recently alerted to a disaster in the making regarding logging rare low elevation rainforest in the magnificent...
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