After significant public pressure, the B.C. government and its logging agency BC Timber Sales have committed to pause logging and road-building in a remote old growth valley north of Revelstoke
“We are very excited to announce our brand-new store space in downtown Fernie allowing
customers to purchase from local farmers and producers 12 months of the year” exclaimed
Local coordinator Robyn Peel.
Wildsight urges consumers to consider the waste hierarchy – reduce, reuse, recycle. Look for reusable containers, shop at local no-waste stores, buy in bulk whenever possible.
While Montana is pushing ahead to adopt the selenium limit by the end of the year, it’s unclear when, if ever, the Province will adopt the shared limit.
Days after the province announced a new provincial approach to old-growth forests, conservation groups have learned that B.C. plans to log more than three square kilometres of intact rainforest
Wildsight needs your help start Fernie’s 1st local food store to connect local food and local people year-round. Local food doesn’t have to end when summer does.
Just last week, scientists announced that the amount of selenium pollution in Lake Koocanusa should be kept to less than half of what Teck is already sending downstream