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Overfishing was partly to blame for the loss of salmon, Proctor said. So was predation by seals, sea lions and dolphins. But particularly galling was the free for-all in the forest industry: bridges and culverts disrupting streams, mudslides silting up the spawning gravel, the shock of blasting for road building killing roe.
When: Saturday, March 24th
Time: 7 pm
Where: Felicita's Pub at UVic
Come get your groove on, bring your friends, and join us for a night of SUB-atomic glitch hop, dubstep, and other bass heavy sounds with some of Vancouver and Victoria's hottest DJs!
A campaign to protect Stillwater Bluffs south of Powell River received high-profile help from a provincial organization recently.
Jason Addy, of the Friends of Stillwater Bluffs, joined Ken Wu, co-founder of the Ancient Forest Alliance, at a press conference at the Sooke Potholes. The groups were calling on the BC government to form a land acquisition fund dedicated to protecting parkland.
B.C. Forests Minister Steve Thomson has overruled recommendations from his own advisory board on log exports dozens of times in the past three months, electing to send millions of dollars worth of raw logs to Asia rather than local mills.
The B.C. Liberal government has, since December, been exporting raw logs that its own advisory committee has been saying should be going to producers in B.C.
The UBC Ancient Forest Committee (AFC) is hosting an afternoon slideshow event in conjunction with Student Environment Centre's Responsible Consumption Week.
When: Thursday March 15th
Where: SUB Room 207/209
Time: 2:30 to 5 pm
This is going to be another huge night of live music, DJ's, dance-offs, limbo contests, prizes and as always, a great crew of folks! Come dressed in any forest themed attire you desire!
DATE: Saturday, March. 10th
TIME: 8pm – 1am
LOCATION: Felicita's Pub @ UVic
TICKETS: $10 @ at the door!
MUSIC FROM: The Stowaways! Compassion Gorilla! Benny The Jett! 5AM!
Different conservationist groups, at the Sooke Potholes on March 1, called on the B.C. government to form a land acquisition fund that would be dedicated to protecting park land.
The movement will take the shape of a new festival, appropriately held April 20 to 22 during Earth Week. Creatively United for the Planet, a three-day, all-ages event, will mix entertainment with opportunities to support green charities, including Ancient Forest Alliance.
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