‘A Garage Sale for the Last Old Growth’

The Tyee - As BC’s watchdog slams the province’s own logging agency for wrecking ecosystems, advocates demand action.
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Systemic errors in managing Nahmint’s old growth, says B.C. watchdog

Ha-Shilth-Sa - B.C.’s forestry watchdog has released a report critical of logging practices in the Nahmint valley, pointing to inconsistencies in protecting the area’s old growth forest.
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B.C. forestry watchdog finds lack of compliance in Nahmint logging

Alberni Valley News - A British Columbia forestry watchdog has found that old growth and biodiversity near Port Alberni are at risk.
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B.C. timber agency didn’t adequately protect old forest on Vancouver Island: watchdog

CTV News Vancouver Island - An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial agency responsible for auctioning timber sale licenses did not adequately protect old forest in an area of Vancouver Island.
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B.C. ‘shouldn’t have approved’ plan that failed to protect Nahmint old-growth forests: watchdog

The Narwhal - A three-year review by the forest practices board found the provincial government did not meet its legal objective to protect ecosystems and ancient forests in a treasured Vancouver Island watershed.
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Forestry Watchdog finds BC Timber Sales failing to protect old-growth, biodiversity in Nahmint Valley

An investigation by the Forest Practices Board - sparked by a complaint lodged by the AFA - has found that BC Timber Sales’s logging plans for the Nahmint Valley have consistently failed to comply with legally-binding land-use objectives for biodiversity protection.
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Conservationists decry absence of funding for old-growth, forestry paradigm shift in BC Budget

The Ancient Forest Alliance is disappointed the NDP government’s provincial budget, released yesterday, fails to allocate funding to protect endangered old-growth forests or enact the necessary paradigm shift in BC’s forest sector.
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No New Money for Old Growth Protection in BC’s Budget

The Tyee - Spending plan ‘absolutely shatters’ hopes that province is taking changes to forest industry seriously, says advocate.
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Falling fast

Here's a great article in McLean's magazine that traces the decades-long line of the War in the Woods from the 80s & 90s to today's blockades to protect the last remnant patches of BC's ancient forests and the failure of the BC government to act on the Old Growth Panel recommendations.
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‘War in the woods’: activists blockade Vancouver Island in bid to save ancient trees

Things are heating up in BC's forests and the world is taking notice. Check out this recent article in The Guardian.
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