• Indigenous Nations Facilitate $1.1 Billion Nature Agreement with Governments Aiming to Protect 30% of Land and Sea in BC by 2030

• New Film “Rematriation” Explores Canada’s History with Logging as an Extension of Colonialism

• Trees + Seas Festival Makes Community Connections on the West Coast

• How the Wanačas Hiłhuuʔis Blockade Protected Tofino’s Water & Inspired Innovative Approaches to Environmental Justice Since 1984

• Celebrating the Frontlines of Environmental Conservation Movement Building & Actions for 45 Years!

• First Nations Coalition Supports Fisheries Minister’s Decision Closing 15 Salmon Farms in the Discovery Islands

• Salmon Farms Quietly Expanded in Clayoquot Sound? DFO’s Conflict of Interest Exposed as 2025 Salmon Farm Removal Date Nears

• Building Community + Remembering What’s Important at the Clayoquot Salmon Festival

• Salmon Story Reflections with Michael Mullin Friends of Clayoquot Sound Founder & Director

• Understanding the Social and Environmental Impacts of War Provides Motivation to Advocate for Peace

• UN Climate Summit Highlights Need for Fossil Fuel Phaseout

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• The Climate Emergency Crossroads: Forest Protection or Forest Fires?

• 30 Years After the Clayoquot Blockades Old Growth Forests Still Need Protection

• United for Old Growth March & Super-Rally Seeks Results for Forest Protection

• At the Expense of Wild Salmon, During the Wild Salmon Emergency: DFO Allowing Salmon Farms to Expand in Clayoquot Sound?

• Skookum John’s Salmon Story: Protecting Salmon for the Next 7 Generations

• Hands Across the Sand: Demands Action to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

• Big Profits for Big Oil? Time to Make Big Polluters Pay

• “Dear Josie… Help Update the Mineral Tenure Act & Ban Mining in Clayoquot Sound!” #IMPERIALNOMORE

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• The Future of Wild Salmon is at Stake: Have Political Leaders Abandoned the Backbone of the Coast?

• DFO Enabling Cermaq to Expand Salmon Farm Size in Clayoquot Sound While Wild Salmon Are Threatened with Diseases and Parasites from Farms

• “Dear Josie… Now is the Time to Ban Mining in Clayoquot Sound!” #IMPERIALNOMORE

• Speaking Up For Salmon With Our Salmon Stories

• Supporting Salmon Protection, Education, and Celebration Clayoquot Salmon Festival Returns in Person

• United We Stand for Old Growth Forests Declaration! The B.C. Government Needs to Step Up for Old Growth

• Protect Old Growth March and Super-Rally! Saturday February 25 at the B.C. Legislature

• No Changes in Fatal Police Shootings of Tla-o-qui-aht Members!?!

• What are the Community Priorities for Policing?

• UN Secretary General Advises at Climate Summit: Tax Big Oil to Fund Climate Justice

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The FOCS Summer 2022 Newsletter is here shedding light on the major issues in Clayoquot Sound and beyond as well as getting a glimpse of the work we have been doing over the last several months, including updates on our campaigns.  Articles featured in this Newsletter are:

• B.C. Government Must Defer Logging in Clayoquot Sound + Fund Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas
• Ada’itsx (Fairy Creek) Forest Defenders Seek Dropped Charges Due to Abuse of Process
• 6 Action We Can Take for Old Growth Forests
• Government’s TMX Pipeline Investment Could Be $30 Billion!?! How much do taxpayers have to pay?
• Canada’s Finance Minister Continuing to Ignore Climate Change Realities
• Clayoquot Salmon Roundtable Marine Risk Assessment: Special Reportback
• Deadly Parasites: Salmon Farms Provide Ideal Breeding Conditions for Sea Lice
• Deadly Viruses, Bacteria, and Diseases: Salmon Farms Factory Conditions Increase Spread
• The Solution: Remove Salmon Farms from the Ocean ASAP
• Imperial Metals Surrenders Tenures near Skagit Headwaters
• Salmon Stories Initiative Aims to Win Hearts and Minds to Speak Up for Salmon
• “Fracking The Peace” Documentary Highlights Impact of Fossil Fuel Extraction
• Free National Parks Pass Possible with Prescription for Nature

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Here you will find the FOCS Winter 2021 – 2022 Newsletter to explore the major issues in Clayoquot Sound and beyond as well as getting a glimpse of the work we have been doing over the last several months, including updates on our campaigns.  Articles featured in this Newsletter are:

• Climate Action Requires Canada to Invest to Protect 30% Minimum of Land and Ocean by 2030
• Fairy Creek Blockades Surpasses Clayoquot Blockades as Canada’s Largest Act of Civil Disobedience
• Prime Minister’s Holiday in Tofino Demonstrates Structural Racism in Canada
• Imperial Metals Renews Interest in Clayoquot Sound as Mount Polley Engineers Solely Held Accountable

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• 3rd Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation Member Shot by RCMP in 1 Year!?!
• Climate Change Driving Health Costs and Inequities
• DFO Study Confirms PRV SalmonVirus Spread From Salmon Farms
• Ocean Restoration by 2050

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