FOREST ALERT: Another Sell-Out of British Columbia's Ancient Temperate Rainforests Possible

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Another Sell-Out of British Columbia's Ancient Temperate
Rainforests Possible

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Valhalla Wilderness Watch
October 9, 2007

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Rare mountain caribou threatened by further closed door,
secret forest negotiations; survival depends upon ending
logging in the full range of their ancient temperate
rainforest habitat

http://www.ecoearth.info/alerts/send.asp?id=mountain_caribou

If you did not like the negotiations that signed away two-
thirds of British Columbia's (BC) Great Bear Rainforest for
first time industrial logging of priceless ancient temperate
rainforests, you will want to know that something even worse
is happening in BC, Canada's Inland Temperate Rainforest,
home of the world's only mountain caribou. These special
caribou are totally dependent upon large areas of intact old-
growth forest for their survival. But they are critically
endangered and declining rapidly, with only about 1,800
animals left. The reason is that there has been too much
logging and road building in their habitat... The caribou
spend most of the year at high elevations, but twice each
year they must descend to the valley bottoms to find shelter
and food in the lush inland temperate rainforest. It is
critical to their survival. This forest type contains ancient
cedar trees commonly over 500 years old, and a spectacular
array of rare and endangered lichens and plants. The cedar
trees are storing huge amounts of carbon... The agency is now
conducting backroom negotiations between the timber industry,
winter recreationists and businesses, and environmental
groups ForestEthics and Wildsight... If the past is any
guide, the likely outcome will be unrepresentative,
foundation based environmental organizations compromising
away vast areas of intact ancient temperate rainforest for
vague promises that industrial logging will be "ecosystem
based" or some other such nonsense. Prompt global citizen
response is needed to continue advocating to end ancient
forest logging.

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http://www.ecoearth.info/alerts/send.asp?id=mountain_caribou

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