Criticism of BC Government's Old Growth Tree Protection Plan
environment · July 17, 2019 · Lower Tsitika River Provincial Park, BC
Local environmental campaigners Eartha and Ross Muirhead criticized the BC government's July 17, 2019 announcement protecting 54 iconic trees with 1 hectare buffers as insufficient, urging immediate expansion of Lower Tsitika River Provincial Park to protect biodiversity and old-growth forests.
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- “With all due respect, your government's latest window dressing of protecting 54 iconic trees across the province with a 1 hectare buffer zone does a disservice... We demand that you join the park up with Schmidt Creek Valley... Our organization urges you to make an executive decision and suspend this timber sale in the Schmidt.” — The Islands Grapevine – July 25th, 2019 (July 25th, 2019)
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