B.C.’s natural resource officers unequipped to deal with forestry and wildfire crimes: special investigation
The province’s watchdog on logging operations says that, despite repeated warnings, little has been done...
Canada’s varied landscape is matched by its plethora of wildlife. From charismatic megafauna like polar bears, caribou, moose and cougars to overlooked and endangered species like the blue racer snake or the sage thrasher, Canada is a veritable paradise for wildlife. But its wildlife is frequently pushed to or past the point of local extinction by human activities, particularly those that have broad impacts on habitat such as forestry, oilsands development, mining and urban sprawl.
Wide-ranging species such as woodland and mountain caribou are especially sensitive to habitat loss and fragmentation, leading to ongoing tension between industry, government and environmentalists over how to best protect the species. In many cases, habitat protection is foregone in favour of more immediate solutions such as wolf culls, which have been shown to have mixed results.
The province’s watchdog on logging operations says that, despite repeated warnings, little has been done...
A subtle transformation to century-old jetty that has made life unnaturally difficult for chinook salmon...
The industry organization, whose members operate 119,000 kilometres of pipeline in Canada, intends to lobby...
The province is home to more species at risk than any other and is one...
It can take years for declining plant and animal species to make it on to...
Misinformation is running rampant, but Treaty 8 chiefs say the proposed plan for the Peace...
The Georgia Strait is home to one of the few remaining industrial herring fisheries on...
The newly established Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park will help buffer Canada’s endangered Wood Buffalo...
Landmark agreement provides hope for northern herds, but questions remain for southern mountain caribou
In April 2013, a group of Guatemalan farmers, among them Adolpho Augustin Garcia, converged outside the front entrance of Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources’ Escobal mine. Located...
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