With your help, we have saved enough B.C. wilderness to cover nearly all of Belize, or almost four Prince Edward Islands! Working with other conservation organizations, Sierra Club BC spearheaded winning campaigns that protected more than 2.07 million hectares of B.C.’s wild places. These include the mystical Great Bear Rainforest and the Khutzeymateen Valley grizzly bear sanctuary.

We also helped develop the certification standard for sustainable forestry in B.C. as part of the internationally recognized Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Most recently, our joint campaign to preserve endangered mountain caribou habitat celebrated a major milestone when the provincial government announced it will protect 2.2 million hectares of mountain caribou habitat in north-eastern B.C.

Our global warming campaign played a key role in pressuring the B.C. government in 2007 to adopt world class targets for carbon emission reductions. Our two sea level maps of the Lower Mainland and Greater Victoria drew public attention to the potential impact of climate change on B.C.’s coastal communities. We also helped stop plans for two coal-fired power plants and a gas-fired power plant that would have unnecessarily increased B.C.’s greenhouse gas emissions.

We successfully lobbied for a wild salmon conservation policy, and spearheaded a groundfish reform process that led to mandatory at-sea monitoring of trawler by-catch. Our wallet-sized seafood card continues to help Canadian consumers and retailers make seafood choices that support healthy marine ecosystems.