Caribou | Conservation North https://staging.conservationnorth.org We support and advocate for the protection of wild plants, animals and their habitats in northern BC. Wed, 01 May 2024 21:16:49 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 BCTS Suspends Logging Plans https://staging.conservationnorth.org/bcts-suspends-logging-plans/ Sat, 12 Dec 2020 03:04:59 +0000 https://pgwebdesigns.com/clients/north/?p=37901 Following massive public backlash, BC Timber Sales (BCTS) has suspended plans to log endangered caribou habitat in an area of rainforest north of Revelstoke, BC. BCTS had planned to auction off 11 cutblocks — an area totalling 276 hectares — and build 10 more kilometres of road into deep-snow mountain caribou habitat. As reported in the Narwhal, this is on hold thanks to the work of Wildsight…

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]]> Habitat Protection Now Please https://staging.conservationnorth.org/habitat-protection-now-please/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 17:53:19 +0000 https://pgwebdesigns.com/clients/north/?p=37942 Conservation North sent a letter to Darcy Peel, the Director of the Caribou Recovery program on November 4. Click here for letter #1. Darcy Peel responded on November 12th. His letter is here. We replied to Darcy Peel on December 14th. Letter #2 is here. Valhalla Wilderness Society organized this group letter to the government of BC on caribou in October. Thank you Valhalla. …

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]]> No Habitat Protection for Caribou, Just more Dead Wolves and Cougars https://staging.conservationnorth.org/no-habitat-protection-for-caribou-just-more-dead-wolves-and-cougars/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 19:40:06 +0000 https://pgwebdesigns.com/clients/north/?p=37976 This letter from the BC Government to “targeted stakeholders” was sent to Conservation North by a concerned citizen: predator reduction letter-all-final Some excerpts: “While herd planning is the preferred comprehensive method for engagement on caribou recovery, it is time consuming” “Although landscape scale habitat management is needed to support self-sustaining caribou populations…

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]]> Caribou Myth VS Reality https://staging.conservationnorth.org/caribou-myth-vs-reality/ Sun, 19 May 2019 20:55:49 +0000 https://pgwebdesigns.com/clients/north/?p=37986 On Tuesday, April 9th, Conservation North attended a community meeting in Prince George to discuss the province’s draft recovery plans for Southern Mountain caribou. Several statements were made that were misleading at best, and outright false at worst. We would like to address some of these here: MYTH: There is no data that snowmobiling affects caribou. REALITY: Intensive snowmobiling…

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]]> Submit Your Caribou Feedback Today https://staging.conservationnorth.org/submit-your-caribou-feedback-today/ Wed, 08 May 2019 21:16:33 +0000 https://pgwebdesigns.com/clients/north/?p=37998 Interested in protecting and recovering Caribou? West Coast Environmental Law (WCEL) has provided some excellent guidance for feedback to the Province’s form. See their ideas below, and when you’re ready to submit, click here: https://engage.gov.bc.ca/caribou/section11agreement/ Are there any actions in Annex 2 that you strongly disagree with? Please describe them and explain why you do not…

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