by dewolfe001 | Aug 15, 2015 | Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations
The bad news is that the BC government recently approved a new Atlantic salmon farm: Yaakswiis, off the east shore of Flores Island. Ahousaht hereditary chiefs announced on 11 August that they have asked Cermaq to replace its existing Dixon Bay farm, located in a...
by dewolfe001 | Jun 10, 2015 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Defend Wild Salmon, Newsletter
The summer 2015 edition of our twice-yearly newsletter is out, with articles including: At Risk: Chinook Salmon in Clayoquot Sound Tsilhqot’in, Mining, and Tribal Parks: Implications for the West Coast The Wisdom of Permaculture Invitation to Wild Salmon...
by dewolfe001 | Jun 10, 2015 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban
Photo by Nicky Young “Water is the most sacred, important, beautiful gift of creation”, announced Dawn Morrison, of the Secwepemc Nation, outside the Imperial Metals’ annual general meeting for shareholders in downtown Vancouver. On Wednesday, May 27 around 50...
by dewolfe001 | May 20, 2015 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban
Friends of Clayoquot Sound volunteer Robert Zurowski recently wrote a response to an article supporting mining in Clayoquot Sound. The article suggested that because we use mining products we must support and endorse the industry. Here is Roberts eloquent response:...
by dewolfe001 | Mar 5, 2015 | Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, First Nations, FOCS in the Media, General News
Tsilhqot’in, Mining, and Tribal Parks: Implications for the west coast was a rights and title forum hosted by Friends of Clayoquot Sound on February 26th 2015. The range of speakers addressed some of the outstanding questions raised by the supreme court case...