News Archive
Interior Watershed Task Force Presentation
We will be doing a public presentation for the Interior Watershed Task Force on Saturday, April 13th called Primary Forests Today for Wildlife and Water Tomorrow.
Pellet Logging Loopholes
The EU Environment Committee is recommending curtailing burning forest biomass for renewable energy, but appears to be making an exemption for forests affected by fire, insects and disease.
Interior Rainforest Logging is Exacerbating Global Climate Change
An international team of scientists have published a new peer-reviewed study on the importance of protecting primary forests in BC’s Interior Wetbelt (IWB) bioregion for the climate.
Pellet Company’s Anti-Competitive Practices in BC
We write today to formally request that the Competition Bureau of Canada investigate the Drax Group’s dominant position in the wood pellet industry in British Columbia, Alberta and Canada more generally.
Why is BC allowing the logging of primary forest for pellets?
A northern conservation group has confirmed that BC is currently allowing the logging of primary forest for pellets.
Backgrounder on spatial deferrals in the PGTSA
FLNRORD will defer logging in some high risk old growth in the Prince George Timber Supply Area according to a recent letter to the Forest Practices Board. Here is some background on how this came to be.
Temporary Old Growth Protection for the Rainforest
Conservation North acknowledges news that the BC government will...
Deny license transfer A17007
Proposed transfer of Replaceable Forest License A17007 in the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area from Canadian Forest Products Ltd. (Canfor) to Peak Fort Nelson Properties Ltd.
We’re Seeing Red
A forest-focused conservation group in northern BC has released both the first province-wide cumulative impacts map and the first visual account of our last remaining old growth forests.
Moratorium on primary forest logging in the PG TSA now
A northern conservation group is calling for a moratorium on primary forest logging in the Prince George Timber Supply Area following the release of an investigative report by the Forest Practices Board
BCTS Suspends Logging Plans
Following massive public backlash, BC Timber Sales (BCTS) has suspended plans to log endangered caribou habitat in an area of rainforest north of Revelstoke
Logging Rainforest for Pellets
A northern forest advocacy group recently encountered pink flagging indicating a planned cutblock in the globally-rare inland rainforest just 45 minutes east of Prince George.