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 in the next year or two 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 Canadian and B.C. governments
Open net-pen salmon farms along B.C.'s coast infect wild salmon with disease
and parasites, pollute the ocean with antibiotics and pesticides, and result
in marine mammals drowning in farm nets and farmed Atlantic salmon escaping
into Pacific waters. Research published in the top journal Science shows that wild Pink
salmon in B.C.’s Broughton Archipelago (off NE coast of Vancouver Island)
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 would eliminate many of the problems
caused by open net-pen salmon farms by placing a solid barrier between
farmed and wild salmon and the environment. Wild salmon can’t wait. The Canadian and B.C. governments must fund
closed containment research and development. Read:
Summary report of Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture (2008, 4
pages)
Read:
Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture (2008,
full 80-page report)
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 jointly 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 B.C. Premier
Gordon Campbell. British Columbia’s
Coastal
Alliance for Aquaculture Reform is asking the Safeway grocery chain to:
You can ask too! About once a month we send an email news bulletin to those who have
signed up to receive them. It is FREE, informative and we hope you pass it
on to your friends and family. Our successes in protecting Clayoquot Sound's wilderness have largely come from
mobilizing an informed public. The action alerts we include in our e-news give
you a chance to speak out to pressure government and industry into making
decisions that increase protection for Clayoquot Sound's ancient temperate
rainforest, ocean and wildlife. Please note that your email addresses are never shared with other individuals or organizations. 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 B.C. 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
B.C. citizens. Canada-wide and international signatures are just as useful. There’s no time to lose. Sign on now!
Friends of Clayoquot Sound
Letter to protect Clayoquot Sound
Smarten Up Safeway!
Tell Safeway
to stop selling farmed salmon
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