Meares Island Tribal Park Reunion

Celebration of 10-year anniversary of the Meares Island Tribal Park declaration.
Meares Island Tribal Park Reunion

Clayoquot Sound . . . Keep it Wild!

The health of the global environment depends on intact ecosystems. We act as peaceful and courageous advocates for all marine and terrestrial life in Clayoquot Sound. »Read More

We Work On These Core Campaigns:

We have held the line since 1979 on logging in intact valleys. Now we work on 3 campaigns ...   »Read More

Ancient Forests

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Twenty years ago Clayoquot Sound was the site of major industrial logging. That declined significantly after the 1993 Clayoquot Summer protests. However, the cutting of ancient rainforests has never stopped. The rate of cut dropped to an all-time low in 1998, but since then it has crept upwards again.

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Latest News From Ancient Forests

Comment: 1993’s Clayoquot Summer was a game-changer

Twenty years ago today, about 30 residents of Tofino were driving up and down the highway by Long Beach, communicating via handheld radios, tracking a helicopter carrying B.C.’s premier of … »Read More

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Wild Salmon

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Clayoquot has one of the densest concentrations of open net-cage salmon farms (feedlots) on the BC coast, with 21 sites. In late 2012, Mainstream Canada, a Norwegian-owned company, sited its new Atlantic salmon feedlot near Plover Point, along the shore of Meares Island Tribal Park.

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Latest News From Wild Salmon

Media release: new salmon farm

Controversial new feedlot starts up Plover Point stocks Atlantic salmon 26 March 2013 — Tofino BC — Mainstream Canada, a subsidiary of Norwegian-owned Cermaq, has begun farming Atlantic salmon at … »Read More

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Sacred Ground

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Globally, many of the world’s high-grade ore deposits have been mined out, while commodity prices of gold and copper have risen to record highs. These factors have led mining companies from around the world to target low-grade deposits, such as are found here in Clayoquot Sound.

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Latest News From Sacred Ground

FOCS “talks to the money” at Imperial Metals AGM

A vigorous rally outside Imperial Metals’ AGM on 29 May brought the message loud and clear to the company’s shareholders: People do not want a mine in Clayoquot Sound. With … »Read More

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Get Involved: Help Us Protect Clayoquot Sound

People power works!

Friends of Clayoquot Sound has proven that people power works—time and time again. Governments remember the massive protests that happened here in 1993. So they sit up and listen when people write in about Clayoquot Sound. We’ve made it easy for you to do just that. Please add your voice now and be part of saving Clayoquot Sound for future generations.

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