Author: Wildsight

Action alert: Stop private clearcuts in BC

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Private landowners can liquidate forests with little concern for wildlife, water, and local communities. Landowners are not even required to consult with affected residents. Minimal regulations means there’s no requirement to consider long-term sustainability.

Action alert: Stop private clearcuts in the East Kootenay

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Along the meandering upper St Mary’s River, huge old growth cedar stumps tell the story of what was here before the clearcuts. From avalanche path to the valley bottom, the entire landscape has been logged. Why did the Province allow this kind of logging in such important fish and wildlife habitat?

Action alert: Stop private clearcuts in the Columbia Valley

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Columbia Lake residents are in an uproar at a proposed logging operation on private land that threatened their drinking water source. Because of very weak private land logging regulations, there is little local government can do to protect this water source from logging.

Swallows study stems from sobering statistics

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Bank swallows have faced a devastating 98% population loss over a 40-year period recently. Barn swallows aren’t faring much better, with a 76% loss over the same period. Swallow populations are facing multiple threats including reduced food sources…

Coalition calls on BC to invest in wildlife stewardship

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A new province-wide coalition is calling on the government to re-establish the province as a world leader in fish, wildlife, and habitat management. The Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat Coalition represents a diverse array of interests that all share…