Entries by TJ Watt

A Shocking Glimpse of BC’s New Forest Plan

For more than a quarter century, logging companies at the government's blessing have been on a tear through British Columbia's expansive interior forests.

Well the day of reckoning is now very close at hand and the government's response leaves a heck of a lot to be desired.

 

BC plan would open Interior’s protected woods for logging

Old-growth forests, wildlife corridors and other long-protected timber zones in the British Columbia Interior could be opened up to logging in order to keep mills operating, according to a cabinet document detailing a proposal under consideration by the provincial government.

Hike raises awareness of bluffs

Friends of Stillwater Bluffs hosted a group of 50 people and 10 dogs on a hike around Stillwater Bluffs on Sunday April 15. It was part of an awareness-raising campaign that this area needs to be protected before Island Timberlands follows through on its plans to log it.

Creatively United for the Planet Supports the Ancient Forest Alliance

Happening this weekend to celebrate Earth Week!
When:  April 20-22, 2012
Where: 600 Richmond Ave at Richardson (St Matthias)
 

The festival will raise needed funds for progressive environmental-based charities, including the Ancient Forest Alliance, while heightening awareness and initiating action for positive change in an entertaining and engaging way.

Benefit Concert and Presentation for the Elphinstone Logging Focus

When:  Saturday, April 14
Where:  Roberts Creek Community Hall, Sunshine Coast
Time:  7:30 to 10:00 pm

Come join us for a fun evening of music, vibrant nature images, silent auction, and an opportunity to build community while supporting efforts by Elphinstone Logging Focus to raise awareness and protect local Sunshine Coast at risk forests.

TONIGHT! Natural History Presentation: Ancient Forests of BC – Ecology and Politics

The Victoria Natural History Society invites you to join the Ancient Forest Alliance¹s Ken Wu and TJ Watt tonight for a spectacular slideshow and talk on the ecology, wildlife, and politics of old-growth forests including Avatar Grove, Walbran Valley, Clayoquot Sound, McLaughlin Ridge, and the newly found Mossy Maple Rainforest (aka "Fangorn Forest").

Tonight, Tues. April 10th at 7:30 p.m. Room 159 of the Fraser building, UVIC

Harper changes the rules for the environment

Overfishing was partly to blame for the loss of salmon, Proctor said. So was predation by seals, sea lions and dolphins. But particularly galling was the free for-all in the forest industry: bridges and culverts disrupting streams, mudslides silting up the spawning gravel, the shock of blasting for road building killing roe.