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Campaign Recent Developments: Stop Old Growth Logging

Growing Island Parks - Wild Times
2 weeks 2 days ago

May 6th, 2012 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he travels Vancouver Island meeting the people who grow parks.

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Babies, Tigers and Owls - Wild Times
10 weeks 2 days ago

March 9th, 2012 - Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he compares the People's Trails in Vietnam and British Columbia.

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Help stop logging in spotted owl habitat
12 weeks 6 days ago

This morning trees started coming down in a protected spotted owl Wildlife Habitat Area (WHA) near Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park.

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Keep the Chainsaws out of Clayoquot Sound's Old-Growth Forests
14 weeks 5 days ago

Flores Island, the largest island in the heart of Clayoquot Sound, is the home to some of the world’s last remaining spectacular old-growth temperate rainforests and it is at risk from logging.

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Protect Cortes Island's Old Growth
15 weeks 6 days ago

A David versus Goliath battle of epic proportions is shaping up on BC’s Cortes Island. At stake are some of the last remnants of old-growth Douglas Fir forests left anywhere in the world.

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Tria Donaldson: Preservation of irreplaceable Nanoose Bay Forest worth fighting for
26 weeks 17 hours ago

November 22nd, 2011 

Georgia Straight

The Nanoose Bay Forest, also known as DL33, is a 64-hectare forest on Vancouver Island that has been at the heart of a two-year campaign to save some of the last old-growth coastal Douglas-fir (CDF) trees found anywhere in the world. And the fight to save this parcel of land is now heating up, as loggers and environmentalists face off over the future of the forest.

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Stop the cut in our Coastal Douglas-Fir Forests
26 weeks 5 days ago

For a handful of Wilderness Committee staff and volunteers, 8:00am on a holiday morning is not too early to stand up for Vancouver Island’s old growth forests.

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There is only one Nanoose Bay Forest
27 weeks 1 day ago

I was worried that 8am might be too early to meet.  I figured that I would get to the coffee shop and no one else would show up – luckily I was wrong.  Five other people showed up with boots, rain jackets and a quiet energy.

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Urgent Action: Stop Logging in Nanoose Bay Forest
27 weeks 5 days ago

Logging has begun in the publicly owned Nanoose Bay Forest, also known as DL33. See this TV news story, and this TV news story. The rare Coastal Douglas-fir (CDR) forest has been recognized for its endangered forest and wetland ecosystems.

For almost two years the Wilderness Committee has been fighting logging in this threatened ecosystem. And yet, yesterday, the chainsaws started cutting, starting with some of the biggest trees. See this report from the field by Tria Donaldson, Wilderness Committee campaigner.

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China Beach Clear Cut
29 weeks 9 hours ago

I’ve stayed at the China Beach campground several times before, but for the first time last Saturday I walked across the street. I was invited to join by the Forest Action Network and a local resident as they went through a clear cut. We were touring Tree Forest Licence #61, owned by Pacheedaht Andersen Timber Holdings Limited Partnership, (PATH) with daily operations managed by Queesto Community Forest Ltd.

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