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4 arrested, cougar sculpture dismantled as RCMP move in on forestry protest camp on Vancouver Island | CBC News
Four people were arrested Tuesday as RCMP moved to enforce an injunction allowing logging to move forward in the Walbran Valley.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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🌱 @yccbc.bsky.social is building climate skills in the #Comox Valley. Local youth restored habitat, supported food security & monitored streams this summer, all while earning a living wage.
Read their story in our latest Watershed Sentinel.
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#Climate #Youth #Jobs #FoodSecurity
Youth Climate Corps | Watershed Sentinel
Youth Climate Corps BC empowers Comox Valley youth with paid climate-action work in food security, restoration, and watershed monitoring.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran #blockade. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!

Updates on Instagram: Fairy Creek Blockade
@sierraclubbc.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #OldGrowth
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran blockade.
Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you!

Updates on FB and Instagram: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek #Blockade
Directions: (48.7003963, -124.5409737)

#OldGrowth #BCpoli #Clearcuts #logging
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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#Enforcement has started at Cougar Camp. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. Our last chance to save the #forest. #oldgrowth #FairyCreek #Walbran #CougarCamp #BCpoli www.facebook.com/FairyCreekBl...
Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade
Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade. 38,630 likes · 8,362 talking about this · 1,417 were here. "Fairy Creek is the epicenter of world change" Elder Bill Jones Pacheedaht First Nations
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November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Protect BC’s watersheds. Industries pay $2.25 for 1 million litres of #water, (half an Olympic pool). #Mines and #gas projects put our freshwater at risk.

Ask your MLA to raise industrial water rates and reinvest in watershed restoration www.codebluebc.ca/letterwriter

#BCpoli #ProtectWater
CodeBlue BC
Our waters need your voice. Tell Your MLA, the Premier and BC’s Water Minister that you want industrial water rates increased to support our watersheds.
www.codebluebc.ca
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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🌲 Curious how clearcuts affects watersheds?
Forestry + Film Night - Sat Nov 29, 3–5 PM @ The Hub (Cowichan Station). 25-min doc Trouble in the Headwaters + speakers Dr. Younes Alila, Daniel Pierce & Heather Pritchard. Free/by donation ▶️ shawniganbasinsociety.org/events.html

#TroubleintheHeadwaters
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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New issue of The Watershed Sentinel is out!
Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism.

#oldgrowth #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Three Countries, Three Birds: How Migration Taught Me to See
->10,000 Birds | #bird | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Three Countries, Three Birds: How Migration Taught Me to See
Cesar Medina Davila is a conservation biologist and the founder of Wildlife Nomads, a hub for researchers, students, and wildlife enthusiasts. The first time I heard a kookaburra, I thought someone was playing a recording of monkeys. It was my...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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#Canada wins Fossil of the Day at #COP30, its first time since 2014! 🎉 PM #Carney and crew were recognized for doing nothing while the world tries to save itself.
✅ Backsliding on climate policies?
✅ Ignoring Indigenous rights?
✅ Staying silent while everyone else builds a Just Transition?
Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025: Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour. Foss...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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🌊 Your Input Wanted! 🌊
Know a local group doing great work for watersheds or the environment? Or a topic you want in the next Watershed Sentinel? Drop your ideas in the comments or send us a message, let’s celebrate local action!

#WatershedSentinel #LocalAction #CommunityVoices
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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About 80 of us rallied in Courtenay on Tuesday - moving speeches, hard facts, and truth-telling songs. We demand protection for at-risk old growth and accountability from BC Timber Sales and the provincial government. Call Premier David Eby: 250-387-1715. #ProtectOldGrowth #ComoxValley #oldgrowth
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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🍄 Some fungi can break down certain plastics (polyurethane). Not a cure but a promising tool. The real job remains: slash plastic production, ditch disposables, and redesign materials that don’t poison Earth.

#magicfungi #mushrooms #plastic #wastemanagement
Mushroom Magic: Fantastic Fungi Fight Plastic Waste - Earth Day
Some mighty mushrooms have shown great potential in taking a bite out of plastic pollution and waste.
www.earthday.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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B.C.’s old-growth forests are collapsing. A report by @sierraclubbc.bsky.social finds “protected” areas were 4× more likely to be logged than outside zones. Experts warn the promised “paradigm shift” hasn’t happened, planted forests can’t replace these ancient trees.

#oldgrowth #bcpoli #forest
How logging has sent B.C. forests into freefall | The Narwhal
A Sierra Club BC report reveals a gap between B.C.’s forestry promises, including old-growth deferrals, and reality
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November 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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📅 November 18 - ALL OUT to protect old growth and HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest

#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Canada’s new Climate Competitiveness Strategy ties climate action to growth. But can the systems that caused the crisis really fix it, or do we need degrowth and local resilience for a truly sustainable future? 💬 Your thoughts?

#Competitiveness #Climate #Canada #Economics #Degrowth
Canada’s new Climate Competitiveness Strategy - Canada.ca
Climate action is not only a moral responsibility—it’s an economic necessity.
www.canada.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Tsitika Mountain’s ancient forest faces auction by BC Timber Sales. #Clearcut already scars the #ecological reserve where live 300+ marbled #murrelets, a #threatened species.

📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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B.C Assessment plans to cut the taxable value of pipelines by hundreds of millions, developed with industry, not communities. Local governments warn this could shift taxes onto residents or mean service cuts. Once again: corporate tax breaks, public burden. 💸

#BCPoli #ClimateJustice
'Disgusting': Plan to slash B.C. pipelines' taxable value could hit local revenues - Journal Of Commerce
VICTORIA — British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said she would look into a plan by BC Assessment that would cut the taxable value of pipelines and other projects in a move that has angered ...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Nature Trust seeks public support to protect unique karst landscape in Cape Breton
The Nova Scotia Nature Trust is looking to raise $400,000 by the end of the month to protect on of the province's most unique landscapes.
halifax.citynews.ca
November 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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🌲 Stand with Elder Bill Jones.
At 85, he’s being sued for protecting the last ancient forests on his own land. Support his legal defense, protect what remains.

#StandWithElderBill #OldGrowth #IndigenousRights #LandRights #Walbran #BC
Defend Elder Bill Jones & Protect the Upper Walbran
Elder Bill Jones of the Pacheedaht Nation is 85 years old. For decades, he has welcomed people into the forests to stand with him in defense of the last old-growth trees on his territory. At Fairy Cre...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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TAKE ACTION NOW.
DEMAND A HALT TO THE AUCTION OF TA1375 to @rparmarbc.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social

Contact Ravi Parmar: 250 387-624, [email protected] & David Eby [email protected]

#Tsitika #oldgrowth #bcpoli @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #clearcut #logging
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October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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BC's wildlife needs action, not just promises. The gov't committed to protect 30% of land & water by 2030. Hold them to it. The future of our ecosystems depends on urgent action now. 👉 cpawsbc.org/takeaction/t...

@cpawsbc.bsky.social #ProtectBC #BCPoli #ProtectWildlife
Tell the Government: Protect the Homes of Wildlife | CPAWS-BC
Check out this video to learn why we need you to tell the BC government you support bold action to protect wildlife and their homes. Personalize your letter for 5x the impact. Share what wildlife or p...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Ontario's loss of protections following the passing of Bill 5 will touch all at-risk species, great and small. Habitat loss is a huge priority for biodiversity and the climate, but the way Ontario has re-defined habitat is so narrow that it puts most species at greater risk.
#Ontario #Biodiversity
Ontario polar bears could be ‘extinct in 45 years’ as Ford’s Bill 5 strips remaining protections
Ontario polar bears could be ‘extinct in 45 years’ as Ford’s Bill 5 strips remaining protections
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October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today, families in #Jamaica are paying the price for ongoing criminal conduct by oil & gas billionaires. How do you feel about @mark-carney.bsky.social & @davidebybc.bsky.social subsidizing these same criminals to extract more #fossilfuels? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #cdnpoli #bcpoli
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM