by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
More than ever, Canadians are torn between real hopes and false choices for the environment and the economy. Some argue Canada would be none the worse off by letting go of resource exports, particularly petroleum and coal. A few leading backers of this view want to...
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
The forest industry upheld its end of the bargain in Vancouver Island’s Walbran forest – and now must be wondering if the environmental movement can do the same There is a fascinating irony to British Columbia’s often polarized discussions in the so-called...
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
Plans to harvest timber in the Walbran Valley are part of an intensive, collaborative process. The Commission of Resources and Environment Vancouver Island land-use planning process that took place in the early 1990s was a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder process. It...
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
A big, hairy mystery is unfolding in a remote community off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. Alert Bay residents have been reporting strange screams and howls coming from a forest that surrounds the town – and some think they could be coming from a sasquatch....
by Working Forest | Sep 24, 2015 | Archives
It’s not your typical preschool. Desks are replaced by grass and trees take the place of iPads at the Field and Forest Nature School. There is no list of rules posted anywhere, no set schedule and no limitations to what the four-year-olds can imagine on their natural...
