#SaveOurForest- PROTECT THE WALBRAN-CALLING THE WORLD- HELP US!

http://www.tjwatt.com/blog/2015/8/3/exploration-central-walbran-proposed-cutblock-4403

 http://www.tjwatt.com/blog/2015/8/3/exploration-central-walbran-proposed-cutblock-4403

 

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/victoria/what_we_do/walbran_valley

Sadly the government doesn't get it!!
WE MUST SAVE THE WALBRAN!
WE MUST SAVE OUR FOREST!!




News Release

Environmental and public concerns ignored by company and provincial government

VICTORIA – Today the British Columbia government approved a contentious cutblock in the central Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island. The central Walbran is one of Canada’s most important stands of unprotected old-growth rainforest. Logging company Teal Jones received a new permit from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations to cut endangered old-growth trees.
READ MORE HERE AND TAKE ACTION!!
https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/victoria/press_release/bc_government_approves_logging_central_walbran_valley
 





http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/carmanah/
Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park is a luxuriously forested sanctuary that is without a doubt one of the most remarkable wild places on Vancouver Island. The lower Carmanah Valley was declared a provincial park in 1990, and the Walbran and upper Carmanah Valleys were added in 1995. The park offers protection to diverse forest ecosystems, including a large Sitka spruce ecosystem that represents 2% of BC’s remaining old-growth forest. See video top of page 

 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/activists-vow-to-defend-bcs-walbran-valley-from-new-logging-plans/article24838800/

“To say the least, I’m outraged,” said Torrance Coste, a Wilderness Committee campaigner who has been trying to save the area. What upset him was a map the company sent him recently that shows eight planned logging blocks in the old-growth forest on the north side of Walbran Creek.

The cut blocks are in the Central Walbran Ancient Forest, near hiking trails that lead to massive old trees, including one called the Castle Giant.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmanah_Walbran_Provincial_Park

http://sierraclub.bc.ca/what-lies-beneath-the-walbran/
by Charly Caproff

Photo by P. Griffiths

The Walbran Valley is one of the last remaining intact old growth red cedar forests on southern Vancouver Island. This ecologically diverse area contains impressive stands of coniferous trees that are thousands of years old. During the ‘war of the woods’ over a decade ago, the Walbran Valley was the center of heated protests between industry and conservationists. Recently, it was revealed that the logging company Teal-Jones intends to clear-cut sections of this pristine environment, which has ignited organizations, such as the Wilderness Committee, Sierra Club BC, the Ancient Forest Alliance and The Friends of the Carmanah/Walbran to speak out and fight for the protection of this forest ecosystem.

Karst is a landscape that is formed from the underground erosion of soluble rocks like limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. The erosion forms underground openings, caves, and streams that support unique ecosystems. Karst landscape can be easily damaged by activities such as logging and road building.

Exploration: 

Central Walbran - Proposed Cutblock 4403

 http://www.tjwatt.com/blog/2015/8/3/exploration-central-walbran-proposed-cutblock-4403

 http://www.tjwatt.com/blog/2015/8/3/exploration-central-walbran-proposed-cutblock-4403

http://www.tjwatt.com/blog/2015/8/3/exploration-central-walbran-proposed-cutblock-4403

Stop Teal and Jones from destroying our OLD GROWTH FOREST! 

Stop the BC government from destroying our OLD GROWTH FOREST!!!
 
#SaveOurForest- PROTECT THE WALBRAN-CALLING THE WORLD- HELP US!

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