Rainforest Flying Squad Criticizes Delay in Old Growth Forest Protection

environment · June 2021 · Fairy Creek area, Vancouver Island

The Rainforest Flying Squad (RFS) expressed concern over the BC government's appointment of an Old Growth Technical Advisory Panel with a two-year timeline, warning that hundreds of hectares of old-growth forest may be lost before protection strategies are implemented. RFS highlights ongoing logging near Fairy Creek and calls for immediate action to protect ancient forests.

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• “If this heat wave continues... decisions to protect old growth forests are not made until 2023... Logging has continued in the areas adjacent to Fairy Creek since the two year logging deferral was announced on June 9... The Rainforest Flying Squad is a volunteer-driven... committed to protecting the last stands of globally significant ancient temperate rainforest on Vancouver Island.” — The Islands Grapevine – July 2nd, 2021 (July 2nd, 2021)

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