Sierra Club BC Spotlight
- The federal government is poised to decide if Taseko Mines Ltd. can turn B.C.'s Fish Lake into a toxic tailings pond, over the objections of First Nations who consider the lake sacred. Learn more.
- Renowned conservation photographers are heading to the Great Bear Rainforest for a RAVE--a Rapid Assessment Visual Expedition. They will document this ecological treasure, threatened by plans to send tankers full of tar sands oil through the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest.
- Prime nurseries for young salmon, Dungeness crabs and many other marine critters, eelgrass beds also happen to be highly efficient at stashing away carbon. A new Sierra Club BC report calls for their urgent protection.
- Check out our new video blogs on YouTube or watch the latest here in this dedicated spotlight. The blog will feature regularly updated content like interviews with Sierra Club BC staff about our campaigns and important events going on here in B.C.
- Sinar Mas is poised to acquire the Howe Sound Pulp and Paper operation from Canfor. We are urging Canfor to find alternatives to bringing in the operator with the world's worst environmental and human rights record in the industry.
- A report commissioned by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee calls for a “conservation and wildlife management plan” for the transboundary Flathead and a new management plan for the Flathead River Valley.
- Lessons from the Land and Sea, a new best practices guide produced by the Rainforest Solutions Project, aims to provide Coastal First Nations of the North and Central Coast and Haida Gwaii with the knowledge and resources needed to develop cultural ecotourism initiatives in their communities.
- This extract is from a handout by Frank Arnold, BSc, CFP, Senior Financial Advisor at The Pinch Group. The article explains how to stretch your donation dollars by giving a gift of securities rather than cash.
- As the World Heritage Committee releases its report on the Flathead River Valley, Sierra Club BC and partners are calling attention to impending plans for clear-cut logging, quarrying and other threats to this lush valley.
- Delays are dogging habitat mapping and protection in the Great Bear Rainforest. Without these measures key species could still be at risk. Let the government know you're watching.



