Tell B.C. to stop logging spotted owl critical habitat now!

After almost two decades' delay, the federal government has finally published the long-awaited Spotted Owl Recovery Strategy. In June, the feds issued detailed maps identifying 4,000 square kilometres of forests in the Lower Mainland of B.C. — critical habitat needed for the spotted owl's recovery — that must be protected.

The problem is B.C. continues to allow logging within the federally-mapped critical habitat! Some of these forests, like the big old trees we recently visited at Fire Lake, are some of the most beautiful remaining.

Please write your letter today to convey how strongly you feel about protecting these critical habitat forests for future generations of spotted owls.

Points to consider in your letter:
  • B.C. must take immediate action to halt all logging within the federally-mapped spotted owl critical habitat and to stop issuing new logging permits here.
  • As of May 2025, 2,352 hectares overlapping critical habitat was approved for logging by the B.C. government, another 511 hectares overlapping critical habitat was pending logging approval and a further 674 hectares overlapping critical habitat had been proposed by various logging operations. All logging that overlaps federally-mapped critical habitat must be stopped by the B.C. government without delay.
  • At last count, there was one remaining wild-born spotted left in Canada, in the Fraser Canyon area. There are over 30 spotted owls in a captive rearing facility in the Fraser Valley and several have been released into the forests. The future survival of this species in Canada remains uncertain. All logging of federally-mapped critical habitat must stop now to give the spotted owl population a chance to recover in the wild.
  • In 2023, the then federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, found the spotted owl’s recovery faced imminent threats due to ongoing logging of critical habitat. The situation has only worsened since.  B.C. must stop logging federally-mapped spotted owl critical habitat now.
  • Spotted owl critical habitat, which includes some of the most beautiful and rare old-growth forests, are being targeted by logging companies right now. Teapot Valley, an intact watershed draining into the Nahatlatch River, has been proposed for logging. 
  • Fire Lake, ringed by old-growth forests, is also endangered. It's threatened by BC Timber Sales logging plans that were approved in September 2025. Logging at Fire Lake hasn’t yet started. There isn’t a minute to waste. B.C. Must stop logging federally mapped spotted owl critical habitat now.
Points to consider in your letter:
  • B.C. must take immediate action to halt all logging within the federally-mapped spotted owl critical habitat and to stop issuing new logging permits here.
  • As of May 2025, 2,352 hectares overlapping critical habitat was approved for logging by the B.C. government, another 511 hectares overlapping critical habitat was pending logging approval and a further 674 hectares overlapping critical habitat had been proposed by various logging operations. All logging that overlaps federally-mapped critical habitat must be stopped by the B.C. government without delay.
  • At last count, there was one remaining wild-born spotted left in Canada, in the Fraser Canyon area. There are over 30 spotted owls in a captive rearing facility in the Fraser Valley and several have been released into the forests. The future survival of this species in Canada remains uncertain. All logging of federally-mapped critical habitat must stop now to give the spotted owl population a chance to recover in the wild.
  • In 2023, the then federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, found the spotted owl’s recovery faced imminent threats due to ongoing logging of critical habitat. The situation has only worsened since.  B.C. must stop logging federally-mapped spotted owl critical habitat now.
  • Spotted owl critical habitat, which includes some of the most beautiful and rare old-growth forests, are being targeted by logging companies right now. Teapot Valley, an intact watershed draining into the Nahatlatch River, has been proposed for logging. 
  • Fire Lake, ringed by old-growth forests, is also endangered. It's threatened by BC Timber Sales logging plans that were approved in September 2025. Logging at Fire Lake hasn’t yet started. There isn’t a minute to waste. B.C. Must stop logging federally mapped spotted owl critical habitat now.