Twelve herds of mountain caribou remain (shown on the map in pink). They live in the Inland Temperate Rainforest, unique in all the world.
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Section 80 Application under the Species at Risk Act
Please find enclosed a s.80 Request under the Species at Risk Act (SARA) for an emergency order…
Wildlife lose out in BC legislation
Current legislation in British Columbia does not prioritize species at risk such as caribou, nor protect biodiversity and functional ecosystems. Land use continues to be driven by outdated legislation designed to get logs to sawmills, and coal and minerals to market.
Argonaut old growth is still on the chopping block
Government planned to log untouched old growth in Argonaut Creek, deep in the Inland Temperate Rainforest north of Revelstoke. But more than a thousand people spoke up and they cancelled most — but not all — of their logging plans.
A win for caribou, but more to do
Public pressure pushed BC to defer the sale of most of the logging blocks in Argonaut Creek, 100 kilometres northeast of Revelstoke in the Northern Selkirk mountains. But we're not done yet. There’s still logging planned for three remaining cutblocks, or about 63 hectares of old growth forest.
Public pressure pushes government to halt caribou habitat logging
After significant public pressure, the B.C. government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales (BCTS) have committed…
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