Join the Wilderness Committee and hear from First Nations' elders and environmental experts on the importance of old-growth in the Walbran Valley and beyond, and learn how you can help save these incredible ecosystems.

When:
March 21st, 2016
7 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.)

Where:
The HiVE
128 W Hastings
Room #210
(view map)

Admission is free to this public town hall meeting, and light refreshments will be served.

Featuring Guest Speakers:

• Chief Bill Williams, Hereditary Chief and former Councillor, Squamish Nation
• Bill Jones, Elder, Pacheedaht Nation
• Gwen Barlee, Policy Director, Wilderness Committee
• Charly Caproff, Karst Researcher, SFU
• Torrance Coste, Vancouver Island Campaigner, Wilderness Committee

This event is being held on unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations.

In BC, we need a new vision for forest management that prioritizes the conservation of ALL remaining old-growth forests. We must start by ending logging in iconic ancient forests like the Walbran Valley.

Old-growth forests are important resources for Indigenous people, they provide critical habitat for numerous endangered species, they help support sustainable sectors like tourism and serve as stores for record amounts of climate-changing carbon.

At next week’s event, an expert panel will give you the latest on what’s happening in the Walbran, provide perspective on why protecting old-growth rainforests is so important and explain how you can join this growing movement.

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For more information contact: chloe@wildernesscommittee.org