Species at Risk Task Force Report

Conservation groups are campaigning to get the BC government to introduce a law to protect 1,900 at-risk species. BC and Alberta are the only provinces in Canada with no endangered species legislation. Ecojustice, Sierra Club BC and the Wilderness Committee recently stated  that the BC government’s Species at Risk...

Saving BC’s Wetlands

At the heart of British Columbia’s Okanagan valley, Kelowna is a growing city in a pastoral landscape. The region is home to many beaches, wineries, fa...

BC’s Green Energy Industry

A report on BC’s Cleantech (clean energy technology) industry has just been published by KPMG LLP. The numbers are impressive. 202 cleantech organizations were identified as being involved solely in the research, development or deplo...

Endangered Species Law for BC

New Democrat MLA Rob Fleming recently wrote and introduced a new private member’s bill to the BC legislature which was widely praised by environmental gr...

Site C Dam Campaign

More than their policy of self sufficiency, the BC government wants to be an energy exporter. “To export energy reliably, they need to have it backed up...

HCTF Conservation Funding

The Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation (HCTF), a non profit charitable organization, recently announced that they are investing over $6 million dollars in conservation projects for fish and wildlife throughout British Columbia, Canada.  The details ...

BC Endangered Species

The Wilderness Committee is working with other leading environmental groups to establish some endangered species legislation in BC. Currently, BC and Alberta are the only two Canadian Provinces that lack such legislation. As the Wilderness Committee suggests ...

BC’s Endangered Species

British Columbia is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, with two dozen unique mammal species in an array of habitats, according to the Sierra Club.  While this is worthy of celebration, the fact that the province has hundreds of species...