A leaked provincial cabinet document indicates that the provincial government is contemplating "suspending" the powers of one of its most powerful public servants in order to expedite a controversial logging program that has raised alarm bells in the professional forestry community.
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.
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.
The B.C. government is holding talks with the forest industry over ways to supply more timber to beetle-hit Interior sawmills, including the option of opening forest reserves that have until now been out of bounds to loggers.
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.
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.
SeaFlora, Wild Organic Seaweed Skincare, enters their 10th season of Wild Seaweed Tours starting this Sunday April 22nd from 9am to 11am at the Whiffin Spit Parking Lot with all proceeds donated to support the Ancient Forest Alliance.
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.
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
Now until Easter, enter to win a gift basket containing a giant dark chocolate Easter egg, and loaded with gift certificates courtesy of local restaurants and cafes. The estimated value of this gift basket is over $220!
Come on down to the Italian Bakery at 3197 Quadra st. in Victoria!
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