Stop new logging permits in caribou habitat
Ministry of Forests staff make the final call on logging permits in critical southern mountain caribou habitat. By approving logging permits, they are directly pushing closer the species closer to extinction.
What you can do
Contact local Ministry of Forests staff directly and urge them to reject any pending or future logging permits in these ancient, caribou-sustaining ecosystems. Use the points to consider below but please do not leave the box blank.
Why this matters
Thousands of hectares of critical, endangered caribou habitat are still awaiting logging approval from the B.C. government and often, these small offices only hear from logging companies and lobbyists instead of people who care.
Points to consider for your letter:
Feel free to cut and paste the points below in your letter.
Do not leave the box empty or your email will be blank!
- Thousands of hectares of critical southern mountain caribou habitat are still awaiting logging approval, and your office is responsible for assessing many of these permits.
- I urge you to reject all pending and future logging permits in caribou critical habitat immediately.
- Southern mountain caribou are a federally listed endangered species. Their critical habitat should have been off-limits since they were listed over a decade ago.
- Despite their continued decline — and several herds already locally extinct — the government has continued to authorize logging in their habitat. As recently as May 2025, mass logging and road building were documented in areas critical to their survival.
- Three of the southernmost herds with the best chance of recovery — Columbia North, Groundhog and Wells Gray South — are now at serious risk. Shockingly, 58 per cent of their combined critical habitat is at risk of being logged.
- I’m asking you not only to reject these permits, but also to advocate within the Ministry of Forests for a policy shift that finally protects southern mountain caribou habitat from logging. Failing to do so means allowing logging in B.C. to continue driving species and entire ecosystems toward extinction.
Points to consider for your letter:
Feel free to cut and paste the points below in your letter.
Do not leave the box empty or your email will be blank!
- Thousands of hectares of critical southern mountain caribou habitat are still awaiting logging approval, and your office is responsible for assessing many of these permits.
- I urge you to reject all pending and future logging permits in caribou critical habitat immediately.
- Southern mountain caribou are a federally listed endangered species. Their critical habitat should have been off-limits since they were listed over a decade ago.
- Despite their continued decline — and several herds already locally extinct — the government has continued to authorize logging in their habitat. As recently as May 2025, mass logging and road building were documented in areas critical to their survival.
- Three of the southernmost herds with the best chance of recovery — Columbia North, Groundhog and Wells Gray South — are now at serious risk. Shockingly, 58 per cent of their combined critical habitat is at risk of being logged.
- I’m asking you not only to reject these permits, but also to advocate within the Ministry of Forests for a policy shift that finally protects southern mountain caribou habitat from logging. Failing to do so means allowing logging in B.C. to continue driving species and entire ecosystems toward extinction.