by msmk89 | May 22, 2022 | Logging, Pellets
Photo: inland temperate rainforest with a past western hemlock looper (native insect) outbreak in the Goat River area east of Prince George, BC From Justin Castanoso’s latest article in Mongabay: “In a surprising and unprecedented vote this week, the...
by msmk89 | Feb 16, 2022 | Logging, Pellets
Matthew Boswell Commissioner of Competition Competition Bureau of Canada Place du Portage I 50 Victoria Street, Room C-114 Gatineau,QC K1A0C9 Subject: Drax Group’s anti-competitive practices in British Columbia’s and Canada’s wood pellet industry Dear Mr. Boswell, We...
by msmk89 | Jun 22, 2021 | Logging
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. The Biodiversity...
by msmk89 | Feb 20, 2021 | Bad Practices, Logging
Prince George, BC – 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. “They are the first tools of their kind made by the...
by msmk89 | Jan 5, 2021 | Bad Practices, Logging
Prince George, BC – 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 (‘the Board’). The Board concluded that...
by msmk89 | Sep 14, 2020 | Bad Practices, Logging
Prince George, BC – Northern BCers are unimpressed by the government’s announcement on old growth forests last week. The province announced nine general locations where they will temporarily defer logging of old growth. “None of the temporary area deferrals are in our...
by msmk89 | Oct 13, 2019 | Logging
Enough is Enough Conservation North hosted Enough is Enough on Thursday at Trench Brewing. Special thanks to Peter Ewart of Stand Up for the North and James Steidle of Stop the Spray BC. Watch the video below. Our recommendations for Interior Forestry Renewal are...
by msmk89 | Oct 10, 2019 | Logging
The BC government is soliciting feedback on revitalizing the forest industry in the Interior. We believe that the policy changes suggested below can support true community and ecological sustainability. All of our suggestions pertain to northern wetbelt forests, also...
by msmk89 | Sep 5, 2019 | Caribou, Logging
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...
by msmk89 | Aug 11, 2019 | Action, Logging
Letter in the Times Colonist As a conservation group based in Prince George, we are concerned that BC’s “Big Tree Policy” is a cynical calculation to avoid the protection of old growth at a scale that is necessary to avoid ecological collapse....
