We followed an old-growth detective into the forest to fact-check B.C.’s suspicious claims about the age of trees
When conservationist Eddie Petryshen learned BC Timber Sales was auctioning off cutblocks in a globally...
An illusion of protection in the Rockies
In this week’s newsletter, we chat with Prairies reporter Drew Anderson about two stories from...
Tourists’ cars line these Rocky Mountain roads. Soon logging trucks will haul the trees away
It was supposed to be a place where competing interests could coexist. Now pressures on...
‘The money that’s needed’: B.C. announces $300-million Indigenous conservation fund to protect old-growth forests
The new funding is welcomed by conservation groups that say the province has voiced support...
Two reasons to celebrate
This week, we give thanks to all our newest members. Plus, northwest B.C. reporter Matt...
A company was forced to reduce logging in Haida Gwaii’s old-growth forests. Now they’re suing for $75M
The Haida Gwaii Management Council’s decision to protect ancient trees meant Teal-Jones could no longer...
What causes wildfires? Lightning, people, climate change … and obsessively putting them out
Decades of fire suppression have made forests more flammable. Add lightning, human error and climate...
‘It is so beautiful’: rare inland rainforest in B.C. declared Indigenous protected area
In a race to conserve the largest intact, unprotected watershed in southern B.C., the Simpcw...
War for the Woods: behind the scenes of a new CBC documentary based on Narwhal reporting
Nuu-chah-nulth people have famously defended their territory from old-growth logging for decades. Their story of...
