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DL33: A forest runs through it
Alberni-Pacific Rim MLA, Scott Fraser snaps a picture as Western Canada Wilderness Committee head Annette Tanner...
Hitting the Road for Public Power
I want to tell you about a road trip I recently went on with Gwen Barlee and Sven Biggs from the Wilderness Committee...
Nanoose band will log Crown land
The Snaw-naw-as First Nation plans to use the money it expects to receive from logging a nearby lot of Crown land to...
Local and Provincial Government Elected Representatives invited to Friday Nanoose Forest
The Wilderness Committee Mid Island chapter has invited Ministers Barry Penner, Pat Bell, George Abbott, several local...
A Prairie Still Standing Tall, Barely
Once covering 6,000 square kilometres in Manitoba’s Red River valley, the tallgrass prairie has all but vanished from...
They roam on the range
Interlake bison thriving in the wild CHITEK LAKE — Oh, give me a home... In 1991, the Manitoba government did just...
Turning Waste Wood into Gas‑Fueled Energy
Nexterra claims its UBC and Victoria projects mark the cutting edge against climate change. Not everyone measures the...
TV News Story ‑ Grizzly Mother with cub charges photographer
See this June 2010 TV news story about a Grizzly Bear mother and cub's close encounter with a wildlife photographer...
BC Activist Travels to Detroit to Help Fight World’s Largest Waste Incinerator
Metro Vancouver's trash incineration plans mocked in environmental group's video
Wilderness Committee: "Speak now or forever hold your breath" VANCOUVER - An environmental group is warning the public...
B.C. First Nations claim right to hunt bald eagles
First Nations leaders in B.C. said Thursday that they have the Charter right to hunt bald eagles for ceremonial...
Coal corporation's AGM sparks protest in Vancouver
Environmentalists fear a proposed coal mine in the Comox Valley could be the first of more to come on Vancouver Island...
TV News Story ‑ Wilderness Committee calling for Eagle protection
In this June 2010 TV news story Wilderness Committee staff scientist Andy Miller calls for protection of Bald Eagles...
Raven Coal Protest
On Wednesday, June 23, 2010 activists from the Wilderness Committee and other concerned citizens gathered in front of...
Wilderness Committee goes on attack against incinerators
The Wilderness Committee hopes a light-hearted approach will get people thinking about the very serious issue of...
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