Indigenous Foods Go Digital
The Nuu-chah-nulth Traditional Foods Toolkit—a six-booklet collection now available online. Continue reading Indigenous Foods Go Digital
Tag: Vancouver Island
Wetlands get funding infusion from the HCTF
Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) would like to acknowledge the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation’s (HCTF) continuing investment in B.C.’s wildlife habitat, helping to kick start its wetland rebuild program this year. With $250,000 from the HCTF, DUC will restore six B.C. wetlands and complete preliminary work for eight high-priority conservation projects. Continue reading Wetlands get funding infusion from the HCTF
Wilderness Committee Decries Plans to Develop Prosperity Mine
Vancouver – The Wilderness Committee strongly condemned Liberal leadership hopeful Christy Clark’s suggestion, reported in a recent Globe and Mail article, that Ottawa should be pressured to approve the so-called Prosperity Mine, located on the Chilcotin Plateau west of Williams Lake, BC. The proposed Taseko Mines Inc. operation would have turned Fish Lake into a tailings pond for mine waste.
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Save Mary Lake Campaign
Mary Lake sits in the midst of a treasured 107-acre parcel of land near Victoria, BC, that’s now under threat of development. The property is a critical habitat for numerous indigenous plant and animal species, many listed as endangered or threatened. Continue reading Save Mary Lake Campaign
British Columbians tell Government: Ancient Forests Forever
Victoria – Three Vancouver Island MLA’s submitted over 2500 petitions today calling for the phase out of old-growth logging on … Continue reading British Columbians tell Government: Ancient Forests Forever