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Various links to articles, reports, websites of interest:


  • ATCO Wood Products: www.atcowoodproducts.com/
  • Auditor General: 'Access to Clean Drinking Water' study (unfortunately not slated until 2016-2018). http://www.bcauditor.com/pubs/2015/performance-audit-coverage-plan-201516-201718
  • BC Tap Water Alliance: The Unofficial, Interim Custodian, Advocate and Defender of British Columbia's Drinking Watershed Reserves and those Community Watersheds not, or not yet so, Reserved  BC Tap Water Alliance:  http://www.bctwa.org/
  • Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society: http://cpawsbc.org/about
  • Celgar Pulp Mill: http://www.celgar.com/
  • Council of Canadians: http://canadians.org/water
  • Drinking Water Protection Act Regulation: http://www.bclaws.ca/civix/document/id/loo72/loo72/200_2003
  • Freedom of Information 'Open Information' page: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/about-the-bc-government/open-government/open-information
  • Fresh Water Alliance: http://www.freshwateralliance.ca/who_is_the_freshwater_community_in_bc_anyway
  • Forestry Reports: https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/bc_government_forestry_reports 
  • Glade Creek Watershed Reserve, A Preliminary Report: http://www.bctwa.org/GladeReserve-Aug30-2016.pdf
  • Glade Irrigation District:  http://gladewater.weebly.com
  • Greenpeace: http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/home/
  • Hot and Bothered in the Koots: Website on Climate Change forum: http://www.hotandbotheredinthekoots.org/
  • Interior Health Authority: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/Pages/default.aspx
  • Kalesnikoff Lumber Company: http://www.kalesnikoff.com/
  • Resilience & Climate Change, Southeastern BC:  http://www.westkootenayresilience.org/index.html
  • Sierra Legal Defence Fund: http://www.ecojustice.ca/
  • Trans Canada Trail: http://tctrail.ca/
  • Watershed Sentinel is Western Canada’s award-winning environmental news magazine, independently publishing environmental journalism since 1990. http://watershedsentinel.ca/
  • West Coast Environmental Law: wcel.org
  • Wilderness Committee: www.wildernesscommittee.org

These are just a small sampling of the articles out here, there are MANY others.

INTACT FOREST INFORMATION, FORESTRY POLICY, LOGGING:
  • BC Auditor General Report 2012: Timber: http://www.bcauditor.com/pubs/2012/report11/timber-management
  • Beetle kill trees does not increase wildfire severity: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pine-beetle-infestations-reduce-wildfire-severity-study-1.3561655
  • Canfor wood waste into crude oil: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canfor-prince-george-biofuel-1.3660328
  • Clearcut Logging Diminishes...: http://www.watershedsentinel.ca/content/clearcut-logging-deminishes-shawnigan-lake-watershed
  • Cutting down old growth: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-fight-to-save-echo-lakes-old-trees-and-wildlife-has-begun/article30847824/
  • BC Auditor General Report, Failing to Protect Forests: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-auditor-general-faults-government-for-failing-to-protect-forests/article533648/
  • Damage: Almost 40% of fires are human caused: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/wildfire-statistics/wildfire-averages
  • Failing to Protect Forests: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-auditor-general-faults-government-for-failing-to-protect-forests/article533648/
  • Fight to save Powell River's urban forest:Residents considering taking legal action to stop logging in their 'Stanley Park' CBC News
  • Forest Stewardship Plan: FAILING  https://www.bcfpb.ca/news-resources/news-releases/forest-stewardship-plans-need-improvement/  
  • Forestry Industry: 2013 Interior Lumber Manufacturer's Association: presentation: http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/293700671.html   http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/216380421.html?mobile=true   http://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/222234711.html
  • Forestry jobs: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-forestry-jobs-1.3661764
  • Government endorses cutting old growth: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/the-fight-to-save-echo-lakes-old-trees-and-wildlife-has-begun/article30847824/
  • Greenpeace: Intact Forests: http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/campaigns/forests/boreal/Resources/Fact-sheets/intact-forest-area1/
  • Industry Update: 2015: Over view of BC Forest Industry: https://www.bccpa.ca/CpaBc/media/CPABC/News_Events_Publications/Publications/Industry_Update/industry_update_fall_2015.pdf
  • Logging BC Old Growth Accelerates Climate Change: The Province, Sierra Club Report  
  • More human activity = more danger of wildfire: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-campfires-fines-1.3703578
  • Old growth forests more valuable standing: STUDY and HERE
  • Raw log exports: http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/02/04/BC-Raw-Log-Exports/  http://northerninsights.blogspot.ca/2014/04/short-term-gain-for-long-term-pain.html
  • Striking a Balance, Report BC Ombudsperson https://bcombudsperson.ca/documents/striking-balance-challenges-using-professional-reliance-model-environmental-protection
  • Wilderness Committee: Forestry in BC: https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/what_we_do/bc_forestry
  • Trying to save forest for the trees: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/logging-lantzville-small-town-fights-to-save-local-forest-1.4061650
  • Forest Policy Losing Jobs: https://thetyee.ca/News/2016/11/21/BC-Forest-Policy-Killing-Jobs/
  • Forest Plan does not go far enough: https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/03/28/NDP-Forest-Plan-Not-Far-Enough/
  • Professional Reliance Model in Forestry: Quit it! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/is-it-time-to-stop-relying-on-professional-reliance-1.4008416
  • Raw Log Exports Killing Jobs:   http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/raw-log-exports-killing-bc-jobs-1.4000765
  • BC Forestry investing in the US: http://www.nelsonstar.com/business/411106975.html
  • Logging Devastation: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-first-nation-awarded-13-9m-in-logging-dispute-1.3896963  and  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/haida-gwaii-logging-fines-1.3928578
  • No Penalties for Logging Companies: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reports-find-b-c-government-failing-to-clamp-down-on-suspect-logging-practices-1.3788314 
  • Old Growth in the Kootenays: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/logging-looms-over-the-kootenays-old-growth-forests-says-filmmaker-1.3859579
  • BC Forest Stewardship Plans Failing: http://www.nelsonstar.com/business/322335721.html 



WATERSHEDS, WATER:
  • Drinking water wins in Jefferd Creek logging battle: West Coast Environmental Law
  • Duhamel non violence training: http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/223527251.html 
    http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/222596151.html
  • Duhamel watershed/logging: http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/218008311.html
  • Glade Centennial: http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/125595893.html
  • Glade Creek watershed: Opinion http://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/367591451.html
  • Glade residents outraged: http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/370017371.html
  • Glade waterfall: http://blog.hellobc.com/five-easy-west-kootenay-waterfall-experiences/
  • Laird Creek landslides: http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/188947921.html
    http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/198855751.html   http://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/letters/206504641.html
  • Logging protesters win temporary victory on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast: CBC News
  • Nadleh Whut'en and Stellat'en hereditary leaders proclaim B.C.'s first aboriginal water laws: Vancouver Sun
  • Options for Watersheds: The Cumberland Forest: http://www.cumberlandforest.com/
  • Protected Watersheds: http://www.bctwa.org/AboutGreaterVanWatersheds.pdf
  • Port Alberni Watershed Story: http://sierraclub.bc.ca/deception-denial-determination-the-alberni-valley-watershed-story/
  • Running Pure: The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water, 2003: 114 pg report by the World bank and the World Wildlife Fund: http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?8443/Running-Pure-The-importance-of-forest-protected-areas-to-drinking-water
  • Safe Drinking Water: Ombudsperson Report https://bcombudsperson.ca/documents/fit-drink-challenges-providing-safe-drinking-water-british-columbia
  • Vulnerability of water in BC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/northern-health-issues-boil-water-order-for-north-peace-1.3695198  
  • World Wildlife Fund report on Watershed Threats: http://watershedreports.wwf.ca/#canada/by/threat-overall/threat
  • Lack of Water Protection: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mount-polley-mine-waste-water-quesnel-lake-1.4074233
  • Expensive Water Treatment, Kelowna: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/water-treatment-kelowna-1.4010536  and     http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelowna-water-plan-1.4003864
  • Boil Water Advisory: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/boil-water-advisory-comox-valley-1.3990208
  • Arsenic in Drinking Water: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/white-rock-puts-13m-toward-treating-arsenic-in-drinking-water-1.3451833
  • Health Authority Can't Help: http:infotel.ca/newsitem/health-authority-may-have-little-to-offer-north-okanagan-residents-fighting-for-clean-drinking-water/it27435
  • Fires & Water Quality: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/alberta/wildfires-have-major-impact-on-waterquality/article30512613/



WILDLIFE & LOGGING:
  • Habitat loss: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bcs-wildlife-policy-skirts-issue-of-habitat-loss-due-to-logging/article27435434/
  • Wolf cull linked to logging: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/documents-indicate-bc-wolf-cull-linked-to-forest-industry-concerns/article26968437/
  • Grizzly population: http://theprovince.com/opinion/op-ed/david-suzuki-and-faisal-moola-the-grisly-truth-about-b-c-s-grizzly-trophy-hunt
  • Caribou Habitat Endangered: https://www.desmog.ca/2017/04/03/b-c-liberals-grant-major-political-donor-permission-log-endangered-caribou-habitat
  • Grizzly Trophy Hunting: https://www.desmog.ca/2017/04/03/b-c-liberals-grant-major-political-donor-permission-log-endangered-caribou-habitat
  • Recommendations from Grizzly Bear Foundation: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/grizzly-bear-foundation-makes-19-recommendations-1.4014364
  • Mountain Caribou 'Recovery': http://www.nelsonstar.com/news/411354215.html
  • Moose in Central Interior Declining: https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/01/10/Killers-of-BC-Moose/?utm_source=daily
  • Woodland Caribou, Extinction: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-woodland-caribou-face-extinction-despite-government-protection-study-1.3072963



Effects of Climate Change in BC:
  • Adaptation to climate change: Change (ACT) Summary Report Simon Fraser University: excellent summary!  https://74942435-540402431432511977.preview.editmysite.com/uploads/7/4/9/4/74942435/act_sfuniversity_-biodiversitysession_summaryreport.pdf
  • Articles, papers on Climate Change: http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/natural-resources-climate-change/natural-resources-climate-change-applied-science
  • Brush fires due to drought: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/brush-fire-yellow-point-ladysmith-1.3659033 
  • Carbon and biomass burning: http://www.npr.org/2016/07/12/482937940/is-burning-trees-still-green-some-experts-now-question-biomass
  • Change of dates for major events: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/pne-date-change-1.3576482
  • Drought: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-has-seen-worse-droughts-than-previously-thought-tree-rings-reveal-1.3566856
  • Earlier fruit season: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/stawberries-in-bc-ripe-fruit-in-may-the-new-normal-1.3581803
  • Early dry heat: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/april-in-vancouver-hottest-on-record-1.3564831
  • Early start to wildfire season: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/2016-wildfire-start-early-1.3543139
  • Kokanee spawning early: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/okanagan-kokanee-salmon-1.3705182
  • Snow pack melting earlier:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-snowpack-may-1.3578112
  • State of the climate, 2015: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/state-of-the-climate-2015-1.3704267
  • Water shortages in this area: http://www.nelsonstar.com/community/374833081.html
  • River 'Piracy': Global warming causes Canadian glacier to reroute its meltwater to a new river in just 24 hours   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4418834/Canada-glacier-melt-rerouted-rare-case-river-piracy.html#ixzz4fgwj74WJ
    • http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canada-glacier-melt-rerouted-in-rare-case-of-river-piracy-1.3371647
    • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/17/receding-glacier-causes-immense-canadian-river-to-vanish-in-four-days-climate-change
  • Spring Landslide: Kamloops: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kamloops-evacuation-1.4089593
    • Landslides: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rain-increases-spring-landslide-risk-in-b-c-expert-says-1.4078146
    • Kaslo: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kalso-mudslide-residents-out-1.4080075
    • Salmon Arm: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-arm-evacuation-order-ground-instability-1.4081801
  • Planting Trees that should have been planted: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-forests-150-million-1.3988809
  • Red Cedar affected by Climate Change: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/western-red-cedar-climate-change-1.4062499
  • Yellow Cedar affected by Climate Change: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/climate-change-trees-yellow-cedar-alaska-1.3924658
  • Flight Turbulence:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-more-turbulence-1.4064783
  • Climate Change 20 years ago in BC: We told you so! http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/20-years-ago-b-c-scientists-warned-of-provincial-impact-of-climate-change-1.4006040
  • Snowfall: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/climate-change-snowfall-1.3974782
  • Climate Change: Lennox Is.: http://www.cbc.ca/news/multimedia/it-s-a-little-scary-on-lennox-island-no-one-debates-whether-climate-change-is-real-1.3888946


Other:
  • "Green" wooden skyscraper: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-wood-highrises-1.3469605
  • Environmental Bill of Rights: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shelburne-dump-environmental-bill-of-rights-legislature-law-1.4079860
  • BC Auditor General Report on Mining (another one is supposed to be coming out on the lumber industry.):  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mining-risk-auditor-general-carol-bellringer-1.3565257
  • BC Real Estate was self regulated, just like the Forestry: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nothing-was-being-done-to-stop-unscrupulous-real-estate-practices-b-c-finance-minister-says-1.3653470
  • Fort McMurray Wildfire, Climate change: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/alberta-wildfire-science-background-1.3565932
  • If one resource runs out, pillage another: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fraser-river-as-water-source-for-metro-vancouver-1.3583733
  •  Northern spotted owl outnumbers BC park rangers: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-parks-rangers-1.3661583    
  • Self-Regulation in the Resources sector: Recipe for Disaster: http://www.bcgeu.ca/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/Provincial-Dec-2014-Self-Regulation.pdf
  • When environmental laws are too strict, pick another country: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/transcanada-russ-girling-mexico-agm-1.3580904 
  • Employment: http://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/01/25/u-s-solar-energy-employs-more-people-than-oil-coal-and-gas-combined-infographic/#310f88e07d27


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    • Exporting Logs & Labour
  • Local Timber Industry
    • Interior Lumber Manufacturer's Association
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