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Bute Inlet Update - Good News!!!
The last time we e-mailed our members and supporters about the fight to save the wild rivers of Bute Inlet, we had one...
News
New push on to protect Linley Valley
Nanaimo residents are being asked to speak out in support of protecting a parkland gem. The province is taking...
Columns
Its Time for a Cosmetic Pesticide Ban in BC
Almost 50 years ago Rachel Carson wrote her seminal work Silent Spring which opened our eyes as a society to the...
Media Releases
Unprecedented Coalition of 18 Health and Environment Groups Band Together to Support BC Ban on Lawn and Garden Chemicals
Coalition calls on province to “go for gold” with proposed cosmetic pesticide ban An unprecedented coalition of 18...
News
MLA calls for preservation of Linley Valley
Parkland in the heart of Nanaimo isn't threatened now but could be in the future, says Leonard Krog Leonard Krog wants...
Media Releases
Woodworking unions and environmentalists propose bold new plan to protect forests and jobs while fighting climate change
Forest industry unions and leading environmental groups have united behind a plan that calls on the BC government to...
Videos
Gwen Barlee on Private Power

This is a short video of the Wilderness Committee's Policy Director, Gwen Barlee as she speaks at the Green Energy...

Columns
BC Government Proposes Protections for Endangered Douglas Fir forests on Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast
The Wilderness Committee is calling on its supporters to speak up for the protection of key endangered coastal Douglas...
Columns
Rolling with Mother Nature - Wild Times

January 1st, 2010 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he tries to look forward into the...

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Change to closed fish farms, ‘snakes’ tell feds
After spouting venom for two days, the “pit of snakes” gave federal fisheries officials one final option – make B.C.’s...
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B.C. parks littered with garbage, human feces: experts
VICTORIA — Cuts in provincial funding have resulted in closed trails, widespread garbage and piles of human waste at...
Media Releases
Vancouver Island Rainforest Species at High Risk of Extinction
New Sierra Club Report Maps Loss of Critical Species Habitat and Carbon Storage VICTORIA, BC – Decades of old growth...
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B.C.'s old-growth forests being systematically cut down: Sierra Club
VICTORIA -- The old-growth forests of Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast are Canada's most valuable...
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Scientists urge quick action on Fraser sockeye collapse
Urgency too great to wait for results from federal commission of inquiry VANCOUVER — An increasingly hostile marine...
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Independent power costs raise questions about B.C. policy
Depending on whom you choose to believe, a wholesale expansion of British Columbia's electricity supply is either...

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