B.C. is flunking on old-growth forests, environmental report card says
Premier John Horgan is getting failing grades when it comes to protecting B.C.’s old-growth forests, according to a report card issued by a coalition of environmental groups on Thursday. The report card evaluates the province’s progress at the six-month mark after its promise to act on 14 recommendations outlined in a report that followed a strategic review of B.C.’s old-growth forestry practices. Most urgently, the province grades poorly around the call to take immediate action to protect at-risk old-growth and stem the loss of rare ecosystems, said Andrea Inness, a campaigner with the...