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Ontario
Connecting people with places: 2024 Wilderness Committee field trip season
Every year, the Wilderness Committee gets out on the land with as many volunteers as we can to connect people with...
Columns
Notes From B.C.’s ‘Sacrifice Zone’
My name is Jason Hjalmarson and for the last two years I’ve worked as an outreach organizer for the Wilderness...
Columns
On September 30, join us in recognizing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Monday, September 30, marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day honours the victims and survivors...
Videos
Environmentalists, First Nation aim to stop BC ski resort in owl habitat
The Cheam First Nation and the Wilderness Committee are calling on the province to enforce protections for an...
Media Releases
Proposed Bridal Veil Mountain Ski Resort threatens endangered spotted owl
Massive resort crosses protected Wildlife Habitat Area needed for species recovery VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm...
Videos
Chehalis Valley Spotted Owl Habitat Search
There's a desperate race in the forests of southwest BC to locate the last spotted owl forests. Logging companies want...
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British Columbia
Environment and climate are at stake in the 2024 B.C. election
Many of the solutions to the problems we work on at the Wilderness Committee require changes in legislation and the...
Media Releases
Manitoba
National Campaigns
Wilderness Committee to speak to the World Wilderness Congress today
Wilderness and Water Campaigner Eric Reder to highlight the need to support First Nations during conservation efforts...
Columns
Ontario
This Month in ‘Meh’: Ontario’s proposal for expanding protected areas lacks ambition
On July 19, 2024, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) posted a $10 million proposal to...
Videos
Saving Teapot Valley Homeward Bound a Wild Backpack Bushwhack Adventure
Teapot Creek is a tributary of the Nahatlatch River and is within Nlaka'pamux territory. Come along as Wilderness...
Videos
Saving Teapot Valley Mighty Big Trees a Wild Backpack Bushwhack Adventure
Teapot Creek is a tributary of the Nahatlatch River and is within Nlaka'pamux territory. Come along with Wilderness...
Videos
Saving Teapot Valley Spotted Owl Habitat a Wild Backpack Bushwhack Adventure
Teapot Creek is a tributary of the Nahatlatch River and is within Nlaka'pamux territory. Come along as Wilderness...
Columns
Manitoba
Ontario
Boreal caribou update: Ghosting a national icon
Caribou are one of the grand animals everyone is familiar with. They thunder across the tundra in the north, look out...
Videos
Hopes rise for endangered BC spotted owl
Environmentalists are celebrating a major step forward in B.C. for an endangered species. The federal government has...
Media Releases
Hope springs in old-growth forests with new federal Spotted Owl recovery strategy
This game-changer for conservation efforts was made possible by 20 long years of First Nation leadership and...
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