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BC defers logging of southern Vancouver Island old growth after months of protests and blockades.

Posted: May 30, 2021 1:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 30 Falling boundary tape in one of seven BC Timber Sales old-growth cutblocks near the Juan de Fuca Provincial Park on Vancouver Island in 2019.(TJ Watt/Ancient Forest Alliance) Old growth trees — one of British Columbias most iconic natural symbols — are once again grabbing international attention as hundreds of protesters are willing to be arrested rather than see the trees cut down for their economic value. These massive�...

NDP grapples with political fallout as more protesters mobilize to protect old-growth trees in the sequel to the war in the woods

Posted: May 6, 2021 Wildsight calls for immediate protection of old growth One year has passed since the release of A New Future for Old Forests, a thorough provincial old growth report, yet little has been done to stop old growth logging. Premier John Horgan and the BC NDP promised to fully implement the report’s recommendations. But instead of an immediate deferral of critically threatened old growth, our globally unique ancient forests continue to be loaded onto logging trucks, stated Wil...

Old-growth logging approvals nearly doubled over the past year, report suggests Old-growth cut-block approvals have gone up over the past year despite the B.C. government promising to protect old-growth forests, according to new research from the Wilderness Committee. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 03, 2021 6:57 PM PT | Last Updated: May 4 Environmentalists worry old-growth logging approvals are increasing, which could be harmful for B.C.s biodiversity.(The Wilderness Committee)

Greens and environmental groups criticize lack of progress, but others defend efforts to make big changes. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyees Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at . SHARES Logged old-growth red cedar in Kwagu’ł First Nation territory in northern Vancouver Island. Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance. Six months after releasing a major report on m...

Posted: February 14, 2021 “Perceptions,” by Gerry Warner Time is running out. Running out on what, you say? Something you’ve probably never thought about or only thought about very fleetingly when you were camping in the backcountry, hiking up Lakit Lookout or maybe even climbing Mt. Fisher. Or you could just be strolling up to Windy Bluff in the Community Forest or the Eager Hills in spring when the Balsam Root Sunflowers spread out around you like an endless yellow tapestry. You take i...

Professional registered forester Judy Thomas said 70 per cent of harvested spruce beetle stands she analyzed had only 10 per cent beetle infestation. "There was no need to salvage it, " said Thomas, who lodged a complaint with BCs Forest Practices Board. Thomas is pictured here in a Northern B.C. spruce-dominant forest. Rob Norwell Investigation findings by B.C.’s forestry watchdog avoided criticizing government or industry for beetle salvage logging practices, and missed the ‘smoke and mi...

Posted: Jan 02, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 3 As British Columbias stock of old growth trees dwindle, tensions have been rising between conservationists and loggers. All sides say changes need to be made for endangered ecosystems and the forestry industry to survive.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC) As the hereditary chief of the Kwakiutl First Nation, the forests and ocean waters off the north east coast of Vancouver Island are David Mungo Knoxs sacred responsibility. Hes lived his life gathe...

Posted: Jan 02, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 3 As British Columbias stock of old growth trees dwindle, tensions have been rising between conservationists and loggers. All sides say changes need to be made for endangered ecosystems and the forestry industry to survive.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC) As the hereditary chief of the Kwakiutl First Nation, the forests and ocean waters off the north east coast of Vancouver Island are David Mungo Knoxs sacred responsibility. Hes lived his life gathe...