2000 - Save the Stoltmann Wilderness and its 1000-year-old trees — Vol. 19, No. 03

The proposed 500,000 Stoltmann Wilderness is three and a half hours north of Vancouver. Western Red cedar and Douglas fir have been growing here for over a thousand years, but Interfor (International Forest Products) is committed to removing these ancient trees by any means necessary — including intimidation and violence. Read more to find out about the struggle to preserve this special place.

2000 - Help make Mt. Elphinstone a Provincial Park now! — Vol. 19, No. 02

The “jobs versus environmental protection” debate has been played out on the Sunshine Coast for years. But clear-cutting the forests of Mt. Elphinstone will only create temporary employment for the relatively few. Alternatively, setting aside1500 hectares of Mt. Elphinstone in a provincial park will protect the environment and create sustainable, long-term employment. Find out more about this biologically rich wilderness area.

Wilderness Committee 1999-2000 Members Report — Vol. 19, No. 01

This report covers the Western Canada Wilderness Committee’s on-going wilderness preservation campaigns and public education activities for the year 1999-2000. Indeed, your organization has been very busy. From the fight to preserve wilderness in Western Canada to Tiger habitat protection in India, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee continues in its dedication to protect the world’s last wild places.

1999 - Victoria’s Sea-to-Sea Green Blue Belt — Vol. 18, No. 08

By 2010 400,000 more people are expected to be living in the Capitol Regional District (CRD) of Victoria. Because of this anticipated growth, development pressures will be placed on Victoria’s green space and surrounding recreational areas. If accepted, a proposal to expand the park system within the CRD would help to maintain the vitality and natural beauty of the south Vancouver Island region.

1999 - The Fight to own B.C.’s Forests — Vol. 18, No. 04

The public interest and forest ecosystems will take a back seat to corporate profit if a government plan to “give away our public forest lands” succeeds. The logging companies are the direct beneficiaries of this obvious sell-out of public land. Not only will environmental concerns be trumped, the public will have little, if any, access to potentially 25 million hectares of privatized land.