Since the early 1980s the Wilderness Committee has been working with like-minded environmental groups to protect the intact ancient forested valleys of Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island. (see map)
We are seeking protection for 68,000 hectares of ancient forests.
We are part of the Clayoquot Sound Conservation Alliance, which is made up of Forest Ethics, Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and the Wilderness Committee.
In April 2011 the principal logging company in Clayoquot Sound, Iisaak Forest Resources, received a logging road building permit from the BC government to access an intact ancient forested valley on Flores Island in the heart of Clayoquot Sound. This pushed the Wilderness Committee even harder to work to see the BC government grant permenant protection for the area in law.
The ancient forests and waters of Clayoquot Sound have long been recognized as an exciting opportunity to protect fully functioning, intact coastal rainforest ecosystems on BC's south pacific coast. In 1993, citizens concern over logging in Clayoquot Sound boiled over into some of the largest environmental protests ever seen in Canada.
The designation of Clayoquot Sound as an UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 2000, while a huge step forward, does not provide legislated protection ...learn more
Google Map of Proposed Logging on Flores Island
Light green shaded area is unprotected intact watersheds on Flores Island that are proposed for protection, the red shaded areas are proposed logging cutblocks and the orange lines are approved logging roads on Flores Island. If you click on these features, id numbers and names will pop up.
View Flores Island proposed logging in a larger map
