B.C.’s forest policy needs a reset. The New Forest Act, a citizen-drafted by the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society to shift Crown forest management from central control to community-led stewardship. Share and Learn more: boundaryforest.org 🌲

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OPINION: Biodiversity creates stability in our forests

BY JAMES STEIDLE Special to the News One definition of insanity I heard is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.    And yet that’s exactly what the Ministry of Forests is doing up …

Prince George Daily News

Watching Percy Jackson and all I can see are the clearcuts on the hills outside the kids seaside "camp"... embarrassing.

#SuperNaturalForestPolicy #BCPoli #BCForests #EndClearCuts #SustainableForestry #PercyJackson #HollywoodNorth

‘Urgent crossroads’: 3-year anniversary of B.C. old-growth commitments, groups calling out province

According to a number of organizations, none of the 14 recommendations have been fulfilled, while old-growth trees continue to be logged.

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Clear-cut logging caused 84% flood size increase in B.C. creek: UBC

The Joe Ross Creek watershed is about 100 square kilometres, embedded in the Deadman River watershed, and has undergone increasing clear-cut logging over the years.

Global News
Ottawa, B.C. launch plan to plant more than 37 million trees across province

Once grown, the trees are expected to remove more than 2.1 million tonnes of climate-polluting carbon dioxide from the air, according to the B.C. and federal governments.

Global News

The #BCgovernment has been roundly applauded for removing a key word from the #provincial #regulations governing #forest planning.

For two decades the word “#unduly ” has #limited the #protection of so-called “#NonTimber ” values in #BCForests . #Wildlife #habitat , #soil , #biodiversity & even drinking #water could only be protected if it did not “unduly reduce the supply of timber from #BritishColumbia .”

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/16/Private-Forest-Land/

#StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #deforestation #NewDeathParty #PNW

We Need to Talk about Private Forest Lands | The Tyee

A gap in government protection is undermining Indigenous rights and environmental protection.

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