Building a a massive, new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound is in the plan of Mainstream Canada. The tenure rights they are applying for is a whoping 56 hectares in the heart of Clayoquot, off the coast of the beautiful Meares Island. We have been sending out action alerts to our membership and creating a buzz using [...] Read more »
LOGGING AND MINING DEVASTATES MOOSE POPULATIONS
Hunting ban a stop-gap measure; roadways for industrial activity are causing moose population to plummet Winnipeg- The Wilderness Committee is again calling the government to account on plummeting moose populations, and encouraging them to fix the problem by addressing the root cause of the decline: industrial activity in our wild lands. The government is silent [...] Read more »
WILD SALMON
Wild Pacific salmon – Sockeye, Coho, Chinook, Chum and Pink – are the lifeblood of the West Coast, supporting Orcas, Grizzlies, other wildlife, forests, First Nations, coastal communities and tourism. Wild salmon are in trouble. Effects from over-fishing, salmon farming, climate change, habitat alteration by logging, mining, agriculture and dams have extinguished over 100 stocks [...] Read more »
FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES LEGISLATION
Canada is envied around the world for its natural beauty and people look to our country for environmental leadership and vision. Yet, our federal government does so little to protect it. If we want Canada’s future to include wilderness and wildlife, we must plan for that vision, wisely and carefully. In 1992, amid international accolades [...] Read more »
BC ENDANGERED SPECIES LEGISLATION
Did you know BC has no endangered species legislation? Most people are unaware that although BC has the greatest biodiversity in the country, we are one of only two provinces in Canada – the other being Alberta – that has no stand-alone law to protect endangered wildlife. Today, more than 1,600 species and subspecies are [...] Read more »
BC’S KILLER WHALES
BC is renowned for its tremendous ecological wealth and variety of wildlife. From Vancouver Island marmots, spotted owls, western bluebirds and grizzly bears we have the greatest biodiversity in all of Canada. Among the most iconic species in BC are the southern resident Orcas or killer whales. Found in the international waters between British Columbia [...] Read more »
SPOTTED OWL
In Canada, the endangered northern spotted owl is found only in the southwestern corner of British Columbia. This handsome medium sized owl, with its unusual dark-brown eyes, relies on old-growth forests to roost, nest and forage. Due to ongoing logging of in the ancient forests of southwestern British Columbia scientists estimate that just 8 pairs [...] Read more »
WOODLAND CARIBOU
The north is often symbolized by caribou. School children even know of the massive herds made up of thousands of barren ground caribou migrating across the open tundra. The caribou is one of those iconic species, featured prominently on Canada’s 25-cent coin. Boreal woodland caribou are a variety of caribou, related to the caribou living [...] Read more »
GRIZZLY BEARS
Grizzly bears hold a special place in our hearts and conjure up images of rugged and unspoiled wilderness. But conflict with humans and habitat encroachment has left many populations of this iconic giant on the brink of extinction. The grizzly bear is now virtually non-existent in Canada’s southern provinces outside of British Columbia and Alberta [...] Read more »
STOP THE WOLF KILL IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Early in 2003 the British Columbia government announced a proposed wolf kill in the 6.3 million hectare Muskwa-Kechika special management area in northern BC. Considered an unparalleled wilderness area with significant wildlife populations even the BC government acknowledges that Muskwa-Kechika (pronounced musk-quah ke-chee-kah) is “one of North America’s last true wilderness areas south of the [...] Read more »
