Tell BC government & Imperial Metals:
a Clayoquot Sound mine is NOT on!
Photo left: Catface Mountain, Clayoquot Sound Right: Selkirk Metals drills core samples on Catface, summer 2008
Imperial Metals says it will decide by end 2010 whether to apply for a huge
open-pit copper mine on Catface Mountain in Clayoquot Sound. The mine would
be in the ecologically sensitive UNESCO Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve,
within view of the tourist town of Tofino.
We cannot let the colossal blunder of a copper mine that would remove the top
third of Catface Mountain happen! Help us stop the mine!
Salmon farms must switch from open-net pens
to closed containment tanks
Send a Fax to BC Premier Gordon Campbell There are many environmental problems associated with open net-pen salmon
farms along BC's coast, such as accumulation of organic waste, marine mammals
drowning in the farm nets, escapes of Atlantic salmon into Pacific waters,
antibiotics and pesticides ending up in ocean waters, and sea lice
from farmed salmon infecting wild populations. We are asking the provincial
government to allocate $10 million for research and development of closed
containment systems. Wild salmon can’t wait. The BC government must fund closed
containment research and development in 2009. Act Now: Click here to send a
free fax to BC Premier Gordon Campbell
Scientific evidence has shown that wild Pink and Chum salmon fry that swim near
louse-infested adult salmon farms become infected with lethal numbers of sea
lice, and die before completing their natural life cycle. And the latest
research published in the top journal Science shows the wild Pink salmon in
BC’s Broughton Archipelago are being driven to extinction by sea lice from
salmon farms. This is potentially happening in all areas of the BC coast
where wild juvenile salmon come into contact with farmed salmon.
Closed containment tank fish farms will eliminate many of the problems
associated with open net-pen salmon farms by placing a solid barrier between
farmed and wild salmon and the environment.
Read: Summary report of Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture ( 300 KB file - small)
Read:
Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture (6 MB file - large)
Thank you for helping to create lasting solutions!
Say “NO” to Hydro Project in
intact Bulson Valley, Clayoquot Sound
Synex Energy Resources of Vancouver has applied for a 19.9 megawatt “run-of-river” (river diversion) hydro power project in the intact Bulson Valley of Clayoquot Sound.
Bulson Valley is located northeast of Meares Island in central Clayoquot Sound. It is one of Clayoquot Sound’s undeveloped ancient forest valleys, 98% intact, except for 2% logged in the lower valley.
Click here to Take Action for Bulson Valley
Learn more about private hydro power in BC
Please sign the “Protect Clayoquot Sound” letter prepared by Friends of Clayoquot Sound, Western Canada Wilderness Committee, ForestEthics, Greenpeace, and Sierra Club of Canada. Click here to view the letter which can be printed out, signed, and mailed to British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell.
Smarten Up Safeway: Tell Safeway to stop selling farmed salmon
British Columbia’s Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (including Friends of Clayoquot Sound) is asking the Safeway grocery chain to:
You can ask too!
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Petition to stop old-growth
logging on Vancouver Island
Join the campaign to stop the logging of ancient forests on Vancouver Island.
Three-quarters of the island’s productive ancient forests have been clearcut
logged. Enough already!
Please sign the “Protect Vancouver Island’s Ancient Forests and Jobs” petition
prepared by the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. The petition calls on the
BC government to implement sensible measures, such as phase out all old-growth
logging on Vancouver Island by 2015, log second growth forests sustainably
instead, and ban raw log exports. You can read and sign the petition online
at www.viforest.org. Better yet, you can print the petition from the website and
distribute it to be signed.
Let’s help the Wilderness Committee collect 100,000 signatures! Everyone is
encouraged to sign, not just BC citizens. Canada-wide and international
signatures are just as useful.
There’s no time to lose. Sign on now!
Global warming is a scientific fact and we need to immediately reduce our carbon dioxide emissions. What can we do? For starters – this is an easy one - don’t leave your vehicle idling!
A car idling for more than 10 seconds wastes more fuel than shutting it off and restarting the car. Municipalities around the world are introducing bylaws prohibiting idling vehicles. Does your municipality have a No Idling bylaw? No? Tofino doesn’t either…yet. It’s not about handing out fines, it’s about reducing emissions. Having a local bylaw in place makes it easier to ask others not to idle their vehicles, and educates citizens about how a “little thing” can be very important to our future.
Here’s an example of wording you can offer your municipality for its own No Idling bylaw:
“Idle” means the operation of the engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is not in motion and “idling” shall have a corresponding meaning. No person shall cause or permit a vehicle to idle for more than 3 minutes in any sixty-minute period.
Was your No Idling initiative successful? Tell us here:
Friends of Clayoquot Sound
PO Box 489, 331 Neill St., Tofino BC V0R 2Z0
Tel: 250-725-4218 Fax: 250-725-2527
Email: info@focs.ca
