Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he reflects on the past and future of those who work to protect BC's environment at the dawn of a new decade.
Campaign Publications: Stop Old Growth Logging
05/15/2009 (All day)
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times Column in the Watershed Sentinel to see how those who fight to save Canada's spotted owl keep their hopes up against all odds.
11/15/2008 (All day)
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel. Joe reminds us that positive change can happen in the short time it takes to mark your X on a ballot.
03/14/2007 (All day)
Have you been fortunate enough to visit Vancouver Island's famed old-growth forests? If you've experienced even just a few of these special places, then you know that the old-growth forests of Vancouver Island are among the most spectacular landscapes to be found anywhere on Earth. Read this report and get informed how you can help in protecting these wonderful wild lands...Read this educational report
05/31/2005 (All day)
The Wilderness Committee is in this report launching our strategy to see 41% of Vancouver Island set aside as protected areas based on the application of Conservation Areas Design, which builds on the principles of conservation biology. The report also lays out strategies to promote more value-added manufacturing, resulting in an increase of sustainable forestry jobs so we would get much more out of each tree logged...Read this educational report
08/26/2004 - 17:00
One of BC's most beloved parks, MacMillan Park, which is part of Cathedral Grove, is threatened from overuse, logging at its boundaries, blow-down of its towering ancient Douglas firs and a five-acre parking lot proposed to be built in critical elk winter feeding range. Located alongside Highway 4, the only highway leading to Port Alberni and Clayoquot Sound, MacMillan Park's main problem is that it is too small. This paper lays out WCWC's 2004 campaign to protect and expand this most famous of BC's provincial parks...Read this educational report
03/31/2003 (All day)
For over eight centuries the giant fir trees of Elk Creek have been steadily growing taller, nourished by the lush rainforest that surrounds them. For the first seven centuries of their lives the landscape of the lower Fraser Valley changed little, ebbing and flowing with the natural processes of the occasional dry spell, wind storm, river flood or forest fire. Sto:lo Nation people living nearby harvested plants and animals for food, medicine and materials - but respectfully left the ancient rainforest intact. Read about conservationists and First Nations working together in 2003 to protect the Elk Creek rainforest from industrial logging...Read this educational report
09/30/2001 - 17:00
This report, published in fall 2001, advocates the expansion of MacMillan Park, commonly known as Cathedral Grove on Vancouver Island. It sits next to the highway from Qualicum beach to Tofino, and harbours centuries old giant firs, making it into a popular stop for tourists. The report cites overuse, logging activities in adjacent areas and government's plans to build a huge parking lot next to the park, as threats to the park's rare trees...Read this educational report
02/28/1994 - 16:00
In February of 1994, Stephen Owen's Commission on Resources and the Environment (CORE) tabled its Vancouver Island report. The howls of discontent arose from both environmentalists and loggers. Because it pleased no one, is the CORE report then a balanced compromise solution that will work? No!...Read this educational report
10/31/1993 - 16:00
Continuing down Vancouver Island's "status quo development road" will lead us to a place where others regret being. When resources are depleted, wild ecosystems destroyed and soils and waters degraded, a region becomes permanently impoverished. Although we are not the "Brazil of the North", we certainly could become the "Newfoundland of the West!"...Read this educational report
