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Sierra Club Canada calls for closed zones to foster cod recovery
Fred Winsor says he's happy to see vindication from national science panel calling for sweeping changes to Canada's fisheries managment policies.
Winsor, the conservation chair for Sierra Club, said that he's been saying for a while the federal government's efforts to foster cod stocks just aren't working.
"I've lost track of the number of letters I've written to ministers of fisheries, asking to have various areas closed for marine protected areas and, you know, moving away from single-species management and looking at ecosystems," Winsor said. "It's the Fisheries Department itself; they've been given good information and the research is there, but they refuse to acknowledge it."
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Scientists call for protection of Clayoquot Sound forests
B.C. scientists are among more than 133 experts from across North America joining the call for permanent protection of old-growth rainforests in Clayoquot Sound.
All have signed a declaration supporting the measure, which stands against a recent application to the provincial government by the logging company Iisaak to cut old-growth areas on the sound's Flores Island. The company is a First Nations-led concern that espouses forestry practised in concert with ecological and cultural values.
According to Sierra Club B.C., only 21 of 282 rainforest watersheds on Vancouver Island remain unlogged. Seven of the 21 do not have permanent protection, including five in the Clayoquot area.
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http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Scientists+call+protection+Clayoquot+Sou... Castle Blockade Update ...
Submitted by Bradford Duplisea on Tue, 2012-01-17 11:56
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Court Adjourns Castle logging issue until time in schedule to hear the whole case
Jan. 26th, Media Release
Picket-line counter posts site where locals & outfitter continue to hold back clear-cutting in Castle protected area... Read more »
Logging in Castle Mountain area stokes fear for grizzly bear population
Logging in the Castle Mountain area could mean the end to an already threatened and dwindling grizzly bear population, says the Sierra Club of Canada.
The area west of Pincher Creek between Crowsnest Pass and Waterton Lakes National Park is home to about 51 grizzlies that roam both sides of the border, and in a couple weeks logging trucks moving in will diminish that number, claims Dianne Pachal, Sierra Club of Canada’s Alberta Wild Director.
“The size of Castle is about the size of the average home for a male bear,” she said.
“From a grizzly bear perspective, it’s not that large so logging impacts that whole ecosystem.... Read more »
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http://www.calgarysun.com/2012/01/02/logging-in-castle-mountain-area-stokes-fear... Environmental network forced to close doors afer 34 years
A 34-year-old national environmental network that has served as a link between people and the federal government shut its doors Friday afternoon after Environment Canada cut its funding.
The Canadian Environmental Network was told Thursday that its funding from the federal government won't be renewed.
"It was a real kick in the pants," said Dan Casselman, the group's senior national caucus co-ordinator.
"If they'd given us some warning we might have had time to find money somewhere else."
The network acted as a link between 640 small environmental groups across the country and the federal government. In the past, if Ottawa needed advice on policies or new laws it would ask the network for input. The organization would then help the various smaller groups discuss issues and take part in formal consultations across the country.
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