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Representatives from 37 southern interior local governments voted recently to support protections for old-growth ecosystems across the province, including the Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness outside Revelstoke. Meeting in Revelstoke for the Southern Interior Local Government Association (SILGA) convention, delegates passed a resolution calling on the province of British Columbia to work with First Nations and communities to protect endangered old-growth forests and the biodiversity

Most of Vancouver Island has been logged. Now, one of the last ancient forests, in the Tsitika River watershed, is on the chopping block. A new old-growth logging controversy is unfolding in British Columbia, dividing Indigenous leaders and pitting the provincial government against scientists and conservation groups. The Tsitika River watershed, on northeast Vancouver Island, is home to ancient rainforests and an abundance of wildlife, including bird and lichen species at ris

A council created as part of the Greens’ decision to back the NDP says the government can’t ‘keep kicking this can down the road.’

Five years after provincial old growth commitments, advisory panel experts warn about the lack of progress in conservation as old-growth forests are pushed to the brink.

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