National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The fact clear-cutting at-risk ancient forests continues apace in British Columbia indicates Canadian forestry certification standards assuring consumers lumber products are sustainable are a mockery and need to be investigated, says a coalition of environmentalists.
Continue reading Green coalition challenges Canadian forestry certification as ‘sustainable’CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter – Using interviews, video footage and written accounts, CKTZ News has drawn up a Fairy Creek chronology.
“Vancouver was once covered in trees that had the girth of a good third of my house. Those forests are gone,” Rainforest Flying Squad spokesperson Carol Tootill told CKTZ News.
Continue reading From the mouths of the defenders: A Fairy Creek chronologyCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Marine tourism operator Mike Moore is one of the most recent of what appears to be a steady stream of Cortes Island residents visiting Fairy Creek and the logging blockades.
Continue reading Visiting Fairy Creek: a Cortes resident’s impression of the blockadeCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Quadra Island Farmers Market reopened on July 3rd, after an 18 month closure due to COVID, and the busiest table appears to have been writing letters to Premier Horgan in defence of old growth forests.
Continue reading Writing letters to Premier Horgan – at the Quadra Island Farmers MarketNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new economic study shows ancient trees in the contentious Fairy Creek region on southern Vancouver Island are worth considerably more standing to nearby communities than if they were cut down.
And it confirms investments and efforts by the former forestry hub of Port Renfrew to rebrand itself as an ecotourism hot spot are right on track, business leaders say.
Continue reading Fairy Creek Old Growth worth more standing than logged, study says
