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TV News Story ‑ Orca patrol impacted by federal budget cuts

Sunday, August 11, 2013

This TV news piece looks at how cuts to federal agencies monitoring the environment – such as the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) – are having an impact on killer whales off the Pacific coast, with the recent loss of funding for a BC orca patrol group. The Wilderness Committee's Policy Director Gwen Barlee was interviewed for this story.

 

 

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