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...
by dewolfe001 | Nov 26, 2014 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Defend Wild Salmon, General News, Newsletter
FOCS publishes a bi-annual news letter with updates on our campaigns, education about the sound, and some handy ways to take action. This issue includes an advisory about Interfor’s new plans in Clayoquot, some of the mining history in the sound, and some words...
by dewolfe001 | Sep 30, 2014 | Defend Wild Salmon
The following letter (in shorter form) appeared in the 24-Sep-2014 Westerly News. It didn’t make it onto their website yet, so we present it here for linking purposes. Industry has declared this “Aquaculture Awareness Week,” but we at Friends of...
by dewolfe001 | Aug 5, 2014 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, FOCS in the Media, General News
An environmental disaster is unfolding at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper-gold mine, located about 100 km northeast of Williams Lake in BC’s interior. On 4 Aug., an earthen dam that enclosed a tailings pond gave way, releasing about 10 million cubic metres of...
by dewolfe001 | Mar 25, 2014 | Clayoquot Mining Ban, FOCS in the Media, General News
Here’s a 2-page update on the aquatic impacts of a potential Fandora gold mine in south Clayoquot Sound. In short: possible Acid Mine Drainage and heavy metals leaching, with significant deleterious effects on marine life for decades or centuries after the mine...
by dewolfe001 | Feb 17, 2014 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
In 2011 the Canadian government ordered a moratorium on all new fish farm expansions in BC that “would result in a significant increase in environmental footprint” while the Cohen Commission into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye was in progress. But...
