CKTZ 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 MarketCKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
An industry response to curtailing old growth logging appeared in the Spring 2021 edition of the Truck Loggers Association magazine.
Continue reading An industry response to curtailing Old Growth LoggingNational 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 saysNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Environmentalists struggling to save diminishing ancient forests on Canada’s West Coast are hopeful after B.C. announced a new old-growth advisory panel staffed by respected foresters and scientists.
Continue reading BC’s new old-growth advisory panel
