Thousands of hectares of old growth, caribou habitat under threat
Wildsight, Stand.earth and Wilderness Committee are calling for urgent action as new research sounds the alarm on imminent danger to southernmost caribou from logging.
Wildsight news : Forests
BC Timber Sales promises to protect caribou habitat in Revelstoke-Shuswap region
In an email to Wildsight, the BC Government's own logging agency has signalled its intention to stop new logging developments in core caribou habitat north of Revelstoke.
More than a trail: The ecological footprint of access
Resource roads offer easy access to B.C.'s backcountry — but at what cost to wildlife? We explore the ecological toll of roads and recreation, and how smarter management could help protect species like grizzlies and elk.
Keeping the Flow: Watershed Sustainability with Jim Smith
Keeping the Flow: Join Us in Shaping the Future of Creston Valley's Water!
Send a letter: Get southern mountain caribou the protection they need
In the last 20 years, over 310,000 hectares of deep-snow caribou habitat have been logged in B.C, destroying many of the old and mature forests that are essential to the survival of southern mountain caribou herds.
Overcut: The crisis facing B.C.’s forests and the possible futures before us
The question we’re collectively faced with today is: do we allow business-as-usual to continue, or do we demand change? Depending on how we answer that question, we will arrive at one of two possible futures.
Environment Canada put on notice for 10-year delay in caribou protections
Environmental groups, including Wildsight, have sent an open letter to the ECCC today calling on the Ministry to complete critical habitat mapping for caribou that's 10 years overdue.
B.C. logging practices ‘chipping’ away at caribou survival
Wilderness Committee and Wildsight have discovered legislative loopholes that enable extensive logging in critical southern mountain caribou habitat in B.C.
Concern grows over scale of logging in St Marys River Valley
Over a hundred people gathered in Kimberley on Tuesday night to hear about the impact of current and future logging on wildlife and their habitats in the St Marys River Valley.
Speak up against old growth logging
This summer, many residents of Revelstoke witnessed the logging of trees likely more than 400 years old, at Standfast creek in the Akolkolex valley just south of Revelstoke. The trees were logged in an area surrounded by and adjacent to…