North Columbia Environmental Society joins Wildsight
By joining Wildsight, Revelstoke will have a bigger voice in speaking up on issues, says NCES president Kent Christensen
By joining Wildsight, Revelstoke will have a bigger voice in speaking up on issues, says NCES president Kent Christensen
Initial $2 million in grants to help implement a caribou habitat restoration program
For those working to help species recover, addressing the primary cause of decline is key.
A new hope for caribou recovery?
A full house for the draft federal/provincial caribou recovery plan. Find a link to the live video here.
Read and listen: North Columbia Environmental Society director Sarah Newton on the Revelstoke environmental organization's 2018 request to the federal environment minister for an emergency stop to logging in old growth in the Revelstoke area in an effort to aid endangered mountain caribou.
Read and listen: Revelstoke-based Downie Timber plant manager Angus Woodman discusses the federal/provincial caribou recovery plan in advance of the April 15, 2019 consultation session in Revelstoke.
Revelstoke mayor Gary Sulz hopes that constructive community comments at the April 15 B.C. government consultation meeting on the draft caribou recovery plan will lead to a seat at the table in future caribou management plans. Read and listen here.
The general manager of the Revelstoke city-owned Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation is concerned about the details, or lack thereof, in the draft federal/provincial caribou recovery plan. He spoke with the Mountaineer ahead of the caribou recovery plan open house on April 15. Read and listen here.
We spoke with Darcy Peel, the Director of the B.C. Caribou Recovery Program for the B.C. government, to seek answers to Revelstoke community concerns about the ongoing draft caribou recovery plan consultation process.