2008

Elaho Valley saved! With the passage of Bill 38 into law in June of 2008 the BC government protected a ton of wilderness areas. One of them, the 10,000 hectare Upper Elaho Valley located west of Whistler BC had been the scene of an intense logging vs. preservation battle throughout the latter half of the 1990s, and had been previously declared a Wild Spirit Place by the Squamish Nation...learn more

Manitobas provincial parks. In 2008 the government of Manitoba announced that it would end logging throughout their provincial park system. One park, Duck Mountain, remains open to logging but conservationists are hopeful that a future win can be had here too...learn more

BC Carbon Tax. British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to enact a consumer-based carbon tax, an effective tool in the fight to lessen the use of fossil fuels and fight the root cause of climate change.

Upper Pitt River and Pinecone Burke Provincial Park. BCs environment minister announced early this year that he would not allow a power line to be constructed through Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, thereby ending chances of a private company building a series of hydro power plants in the salmon-rich Pitt River system just north of Maple Ridge, BC...learn more

Salmon Farm moratorium. A moratorium on salmon farming along BCs North Coast was put in place because of concerns over impacts on wild salmon stocks. New farms are banned north of the coastal village of Klemtu...learn more

Dodds-Roundhill Coal Mine and Gasification Plant put on hold. Sherritt International put on hold this year its plan to build a $3.3 billion coal gasification project near Edmonton, Alberta. The plant would have been Canadas first coal gasification plant and a major greenhouse gas emitter.

Cathedral Grove. Faced by increasing public protests, the logging company Island Timberlands shelved plans to log in world famous Cathedral Grove next to the boundary of Vancouver Islands MacMillan Provincial Park.

Hesquiat Point Creek Valley. Mamook/Coulson logging company backed away from plans to log in Hesquiat Point Creek Valley, an intact area of ancient rainforest within Clayoquot Sound.