Wilderness Committee
@wildernews.bsky.social
🌲 Est. 1980
🐟 Protect nature + defend wildlife + fight climate change
📍 Canada - British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario
🔗 wildernesscommittee.org
🐟 Protect nature + defend wildlife + fight climate change
📍 Canada - British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario
🔗 wildernesscommittee.org
Thousands of southern mountain caribou once roamed the temperate rainforests in B.C. 🫎
Today, multiple herds have already disappeared, and many more are quickly reaching that same fate. Despite being a species at risk, the B.C. gov continues to clear swaths of #caribou habitat. #oldgrowth
Today, multiple herds have already disappeared, and many more are quickly reaching that same fate. Despite being a species at risk, the B.C. gov continues to clear swaths of #caribou habitat. #oldgrowth
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thousands of southern mountain caribou once roamed the temperate rainforests in B.C. 🫎
Today, multiple herds have already disappeared, and many more are quickly reaching that same fate. Despite being a species at risk, the B.C. gov continues to clear swaths of #caribou habitat. #oldgrowth
Today, multiple herds have already disappeared, and many more are quickly reaching that same fate. Despite being a species at risk, the B.C. gov continues to clear swaths of #caribou habitat. #oldgrowth
Old-growth forests are more than just trees; they are entire ecosystems. Plants, animals, fungi and other living things all rely on these ancient giants to live.
When #oldgrowth trees are logged, it's more than just a tree that's lost; it's an entire #ecosystem.
📸 Fire Lake by Agathe Bernard
When #oldgrowth trees are logged, it's more than just a tree that's lost; it's an entire #ecosystem.
📸 Fire Lake by Agathe Bernard
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Old-growth forests are more than just trees; they are entire ecosystems. Plants, animals, fungi and other living things all rely on these ancient giants to live.
When #oldgrowth trees are logged, it's more than just a tree that's lost; it's an entire #ecosystem.
📸 Fire Lake by Agathe Bernard
When #oldgrowth trees are logged, it's more than just a tree that's lost; it's an entire #ecosystem.
📸 Fire Lake by Agathe Bernard
The scale of the fires is only expected to get worse. According to an analysis from researchers at the Canadian Forest Service, the number of big fires in Canada have doubled between 1959 and 2015. #oldgrowth #bcpoli
B.C. must spend more to prevent rising wildfire costs, watershed damage, find reports
One new report suggests large-scale prescribed burning could protect B.C.'s freshwater and salmon populations
www.biv.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The scale of the fires is only expected to get worse. According to an analysis from researchers at the Canadian Forest Service, the number of big fires in Canada have doubled between 1959 and 2015. #oldgrowth #bcpoli
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There's no nation building on a dead planet. Budget 2025 stinks like sour gas.
My talented colleagues put this analysis together. @wildernews.bsky.social
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/budget-...
My talented colleagues put this analysis together. @wildernews.bsky.social
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/budget-...
Budget 2025 entrenches Carney government’s backsliding on climate and environmental protection
Focus on mega-projects and deep cuts to civil service ignores environmental realities and invests in classic, unsustainable resource extraction modelVANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵ wx̱wú7mesh AND...
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There's no nation building on a dead planet. Budget 2025 stinks like sour gas.
My talented colleagues put this analysis together. @wildernews.bsky.social
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/budget-...
My talented colleagues put this analysis together. @wildernews.bsky.social
www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/budget-...
NEWS RELEASE: “Prime Minister Carney’s first budget reads like a war plan against people and the planet."
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Budget 2025 entrenches Carney government’s backsliding on climate and environmental protection
Focus on mega-projects and deep cuts to civil service ignores environmental realities and invests in classic, unsustainable resource extraction modelVANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵ wx̱wú7mesh AND...
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NEWS RELEASE: “Prime Minister Carney’s first budget reads like a war plan against people and the planet."
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Budget 2025 underscores the federal government's continued trajectory of focusing on industrial development at the expense of people, public services and the environment.
#CDNpoli #Budget2025
Did you know there are 25,000+ fracking wells in B.C.? Most are in the northeast — bringing pollution, poisoned wate and unbearable noise to nearby communities.
📸 Fracking site, Northeastern B.C. (2022)
#Fracking #ClimateAction #BCpoli
📸 Fracking site, Northeastern B.C. (2022)
#Fracking #ClimateAction #BCpoli
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Did you know there are 25,000+ fracking wells in B.C.? Most are in the northeast — bringing pollution, poisoned wate and unbearable noise to nearby communities.
📸 Fracking site, Northeastern B.C. (2022)
#Fracking #ClimateAction #BCpoli
📸 Fracking site, Northeastern B.C. (2022)
#Fracking #ClimateAction #BCpoli
The #lng plant outside Kitimat became operational in 2025. Ever since, locals say that noise from flaring is more intrusive than what they were told to expect.
“It sounds like there’s an airplane going overhead,” said Frankie Maddison, a local.
#bcpoli
“It sounds like there’s an airplane going overhead,” said Frankie Maddison, a local.
#bcpoli
When the Sound starts to rumble
For residents in Squamish, the experience of Kitimat locals following the opening of the LNG liquefaction plant there has become a cautionary tale. With construction of the Woodfibre LNG project now…
www.nationalobserver.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Did you miss the big rally to protect Goldstream River?
Don't worry -- you can keep showing your support for Goldstream and Elder Carl Olsen by joining the weekly protest!
Join us tomorrow to keep the momentum for #Goldstream going 👇
#bcpoli
Don't worry -- you can keep showing your support for Goldstream and Elder Carl Olsen by joining the weekly protest!
Join us tomorrow to keep the momentum for #Goldstream going 👇
#bcpoli
Protest to Protect Goldstream
Join the movement to protect Goldstream from the Malahat highway expansion 🐟 🌲RALLY INFO:⏰ Tuesday at 10 a.m.📍 Goldstream Park day-use area, on so-called Vancouver Island☀️ Rain or shineMORE ABOUT…
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Did you miss the big rally to protect Goldstream River?
Don't worry -- you can keep showing your support for Goldstream and Elder Carl Olsen by joining the weekly protest!
Join us tomorrow to keep the momentum for #Goldstream going 👇
#bcpoli
Don't worry -- you can keep showing your support for Goldstream and Elder Carl Olsen by joining the weekly protest!
Join us tomorrow to keep the momentum for #Goldstream going 👇
#bcpoli
“What is the long term economic case for these projects?” asked Kathryn Harrison, a professor of political science at UBC. “Why are these projects seen as the best bet for British Columbia’s economic future?”
#bcpoli #climate #lng
#bcpoli #climate #lng
Bill 31: B.C. wants to power megaprojects. Experts have questions | The Narwhal
The B.C. government wants to make it cheaper and easier to connect resource industries to the BC Hydro grid. Critics say it may not deliver on promised benefits
thenarwhal.ca
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In early 2025, we joined the fight to save the Lemay Forest in Winnipeg. The fight was about Indigenous rights, reconciliation, and the importance of protecting nature in— and for— communities. This is the story of that fight, as told through the short videos we made during the campaign. #MBpoli
Compilation: The fight to save a sacred forest in Winnipeg, MB
YouTube video by Wilderness Committee
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November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
In early 2025, we joined the fight to save the Lemay Forest in Winnipeg. The fight was about Indigenous rights, reconciliation, and the importance of protecting nature in— and for— communities. This is the story of that fight, as told through the short videos we made during the campaign. #MBpoli
Southern Mountain #Caribou are at-risk of extinction, with several herds now extripated (locally extinct).
To top it off, our recent research found that thousands of hectares of old-growth forests are either approved or pending approval for logging across the range of endangered herds. #bcpoli
To top it off, our recent research found that thousands of hectares of old-growth forests are either approved or pending approval for logging across the range of endangered herds. #bcpoli
October 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🎃 Looking for last minute costume ideas? We think Doug Ford’s recent axe cuts to protections for species at risk are downright terrifying. 😱
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
🎃 Looking for last minute costume ideas? We think Doug Ford’s recent axe cuts to protections for species at risk are downright terrifying. 😱
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
Did you know? Most fracking in B.C. happens in the Northeast, with horrific health and safety risks for communities nearby. #bcpoli
There is no justification for expanding fossil fuel in a #ClimateEmergency. Take action to end fracking today 👇
There is no justification for expanding fossil fuel in a #ClimateEmergency. Take action to end fracking today 👇
Add your voice to end fracking in B.C.
Sign our petition and call on B.C. to protect communities from climate disasters by ending fracking in the province!
www.wildernesscommittee.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Did you know? Most fracking in B.C. happens in the Northeast, with horrific health and safety risks for communities nearby. #bcpoli
There is no justification for expanding fossil fuel in a #ClimateEmergency. Take action to end fracking today 👇
There is no justification for expanding fossil fuel in a #ClimateEmergency. Take action to end fracking today 👇
The report, the most comprehensive to date, says the damage to health will get worse with leaders such as Donald Trump ripping up climate policies and oil companies continuing to exploit new reserves.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The report, the most comprehensive to date, says the damage to health will get worse with leaders such as Donald Trump ripping up climate policies and oil companies continuing to exploit new reserves.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"British Columbians face a trifecta of liability. They own the fossil carbon beneath their province. They license the extraction of it. And they also provide subsidies," Barry Saxifrage writes.
#bcpoli #climate
#bcpoli #climate
The CO2 extractors: British Columbians are among world's most aggressive
They rocketed past the Americans decades ago. Now they are set to blow past even the Saudis with a massive new LNG industry – in charts.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The Ford government has been picking away at Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, which enshrines the public’s power to know and influence decisions that affect the environment. Here’s what’s left of it: thenarwhal.ca/environmenta...
Does Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights have teeth? | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government has picked away at the law that enshrines the public’s power in decision-making that affects Ontario’s environment. Here’s what’s left
thenarwhal.ca
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Ford government has been picking away at Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights, which enshrines the public’s power to know and influence decisions that affect the environment. Here’s what’s left of it: thenarwhal.ca/environmenta...
🎃 Looking for last minute costume ideas? We think Doug Ford’s recent axe cuts to protections for species at risk are downright terrifying. 😱
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎃 Looking for last minute costume ideas? We think Doug Ford’s recent axe cuts to protections for species at risk are downright terrifying. 😱
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
Why not dress as 1 of the 106 vulnerable species that had their protections slashed?
#Ontario #Biodiversity
WildernessCommittee.org/KeepONProtecting
The rally is done, but the fight for Goldstream River is on-going!
Use this action tool to ensure your representatives know the Malahat highway expansion is taking the low road for Indigenous Rights and the environment. ⬇️
#goldstream #bcpoli
Use this action tool to ensure your representatives know the Malahat highway expansion is taking the low road for Indigenous Rights and the environment. ⬇️
#goldstream #bcpoli
Save Goldstream River
W̱SÁNEĆ Elder Carl Olsen has been fighting the destructive highway expansion for two years! Join him.
www.wildernesscommittee.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The rally is done, but the fight for Goldstream River is on-going!
Use this action tool to ensure your representatives know the Malahat highway expansion is taking the low road for Indigenous Rights and the environment. ⬇️
#goldstream #bcpoli
Use this action tool to ensure your representatives know the Malahat highway expansion is taking the low road for Indigenous Rights and the environment. ⬇️
#goldstream #bcpoli
The Carney government’s first five “nation-building” projects under review by its Major Projects Office included the doubling of production of a liquified natural gas facility in Kitimat, B.C.
#cdnpoli #climate
#cdnpoli #climate
Mark Carney’s climate inaction is at odds with his awareness of climate change’s existential threat
Climate action no longer seems to be a priority for Prime Minister Mark Carney, despite his previous activism. This is bad news for Canadians and the climate.
theconversation.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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 #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
thepointer.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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 #Biodiversity
The Lax Kw’alaams Band & the Metlakatla First Nation filed separate judicial review applications in Federal Court earlier this month, alleging the Minister of Environment and #Climate Change ignored their concerns about the impacts of the massive #LNG project.
2 First Nations take Ottawa to court over Ksi Lisims LNG project
The Lax Kw'alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation filed judicial review applications over the approval of the Ksi Lisims LNG project.
www.aptnnews.ca
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“It's a loss for everybody," Elder Carl Olsen said about the future of Goldstream River.
#goldstream #bcpoli
#goldstream #bcpoli
Hundreds join protest to protect Goldstream from highway expansion
The demonstration was led by WSÁNEĆ leaders and environmental organizations who say the project will do more harm than good.
www.capitaldaily.ca
October 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“It's a loss for everybody," Elder Carl Olsen said about the future of Goldstream River.
#goldstream #bcpoli
#goldstream #bcpoli
Hundreds gathered at the B.C. Legislature to stand with W̱SÁNEĆ Elder Carl Olsen and protect SELE₭TEȽ (#Goldstream River) 💚
It was more than a protest — it was a celebration of salmon, rights, and resilience.
Keep the momentum going ▶️ wildernesscommittee.org/savegoldstream #bcpoli
It was more than a protest — it was a celebration of salmon, rights, and resilience.
Keep the momentum going ▶️ wildernesscommittee.org/savegoldstream #bcpoli
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hundreds gathered at the B.C. Legislature to stand with W̱SÁNEĆ Elder Carl Olsen and protect SELE₭TEȽ (#Goldstream River) 💚
It was more than a protest — it was a celebration of salmon, rights, and resilience.
Keep the momentum going ▶️ wildernesscommittee.org/savegoldstream #bcpoli
It was more than a protest — it was a celebration of salmon, rights, and resilience.
Keep the momentum going ▶️ wildernesscommittee.org/savegoldstream #bcpoli
🚨 Southern Mountain Caribou are on the brink
Logging is destroying their critical habitat. Act now to stop the destruction and give these endangered herds a chance to recover.
#endangered #oldgrowth #caribou
Logging is destroying their critical habitat. Act now to stop the destruction and give these endangered herds a chance to recover.
#endangered #oldgrowth #caribou
Stop the chainsaws in southern mountain caribou habitat!
Territorial Recognition
www.wildernesscommittee.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🚨 Southern Mountain Caribou are on the brink
Logging is destroying their critical habitat. Act now to stop the destruction and give these endangered herds a chance to recover.
#endangered #oldgrowth #caribou
Logging is destroying their critical habitat. Act now to stop the destruction and give these endangered herds a chance to recover.
#endangered #oldgrowth #caribou