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Ocean Restoration within a Generation: What’s Possible by 2050
A scientific review of the world’s oceans published in the scientific journal Nature concluded that the world’s oceans can be restored within a generation. Through rampant overfishing, pollution and coastal destruction, humanity has inflicted severe damage on the...
Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones vs. Teal Jones Logging
In the weeks before the BC Government’s announcement, Pacheedaht Elder Bill Jones released an official letter of invitation to Indigenous and non-Indigenous forest defenders to unite on his territory to defend the ancestral rainforests of his family -- the unlogged...
Confronting the BC Government’s “Talk & Log” Conflict of Interest
Last fall, prior to the election, the BC Government announced logging would be deferred [paused] for over 350,000 hectares of forests provincially, including 260,000 hectares in Clayoquot Sound. The logging deferral, a first in colonial history, signaled that the BC...
Forest Defenders Converge to Protect Old Growth: Only 2.7% Remaining on Vancouver Island
Since re-election of the BC NDP in 2020, the war in the woods has reignited. What’s happening at the Fairy Creek Blockades is near deja vu of the Clayoquot Blockades that Friends of Clayoquot Sound organized in 1993, where over 900 people were arrested protecting the...
Protect Old Growth Forest Solidarity Rally in Tofino!
Thanks to all the speakers, performers, and participants at the Protect Old Growth Forests solidarity rally!! Clayoquot Sound has a strong legacy and community of forest defenders! On Sunday, June 13, 2021, about 150 people came together in Tofino for a time of...
Summer 2021 Newsletter OUT NOW!
The FOCS Summer 2021 Newsletter is out with an in-depth look at the major issues in Clayoquot Sound and the work we have been doing over the last several months, including updates on our campaigns. 3rd Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Member Shot by RCMP in 1 Year!?!...
Canada Mandates Plan for Removal of Open Net Salmon Farms
A total of 101 B.C. First Nations, tourism operators, and commercial and sport fishing groups have united in a show of solidarity to demand the federal government take immediate action on the collapse of Fraser River salmon stocks by ordering the removal of open-net...
Cohen Deadline Passes for Removal of 18 Salmon Farms
Independent biologists have proven the risk posed by salmon farms impacts migrating wild salmon. In 2020, axreas where salmon farms exceeded the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) sea lice limits include Clayoquot Sound (72% infected), Nootka Sound (87%...
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