Last Stand West Kootenay

12/09/2025

We are still riding the wave and feeling the urgency communicated by Rachel Holt, David Suzuki Foundation, Save What's Left Conservation Society, and Suzanne Simard during the Province Wide Broken Promises Protest in Nelson

Here is a testimonial from one of the participants:

"It was encouraging to witness such a spirited turnout of Kootenay humans who came to stand up for the preservation of the last of our old growth Forests. These primary Forests make up a mere 1% of the remaining Forests in B.C. and are in direct threat of being exploited and destroyed forever due to proposed logging. I was inspired by the collective gathering and the raised awareness of this pressing matter.
The work isn’t done yet; we need to keep the momentum up and we can only do this together."

Please consider signing the petition and writing the Minister of Forest Ravi Parmar. He needs to hear discontent from the people...! (Link in comments)

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05/07/2025

Unreal... Who's in to mobilize for the cause? Send us a message!

In the meantime... Please share! And flood the email of local MLA Brittny Anderson & Steve Morissette. Make sure you share your discontent with BCTS too!

Re: Save Cai Creek block - Bombi Summit Block 3 TA2185-3

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BC Timber Sales has sold the license to clearcut Cai Creek to Sutco Transportation Specialists for $1.9 million.

- Cai Creek was 1 of 3 cutblocks in the 'Bombi Summit' auction number TA2185.
- By volume, Cai Creek is about 14,000 m3 of the 32,747 m3 of timber in the auction.
- Sutco bid $72.95 on top of BCTS' base rate of $60.55 for a total bid of $133.95.
- That's about $1.9 million to the Province's coffers to ruin an intact watershed and all the old growth and high value wildlife habitat inside the Cai Creek drainage.

03/28/2025

All are invited to our upcoming screenings of Damien Gillis and VWS's new film Safe Haven: The Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness! Visit our website for updated screening information.
https://www.vws.org/safe-haven-film/

03/28/2025

03/28/2025

An important message/update from our friends at the Mt. Willet Wilderness Forever (ARGENTA FACE):

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Dear Argenta Face Supporters,

It is not every day that one sees a White Grizzly in their
backyard. Yet, I had the great fortune last fall to observe the
magnificent White Grizzly pictured above as I camped near
Mt. Willet on the Argenta Face –my backyard. This was an
abundant huckleberry year and the White Grizzly was
scouring the mountainside for alpine huckleberries. What a
sight to see and what an intact wilderness we still have here!

This was also a year of wildfires. A large fire swept through
the forests at the north end of the Argenta Face above my
community. While thankfully no homes burned, much of the
forest did. The forest certainly looks different now with
patches of mixed severity burned areas, but fire is a natural
occurrence in this ecosystem which had not burned for 115
years. In fact, the wildfire has added biodiversity to the
Argenta Face. I have never seen so many woodpeckers here
and we await the emergence of huckleberries to feed
ourselves and wildlife, including the White Grizzly.

All would be well here except that the Argenta Face is still
not protected within the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy
Provincial Park, despite our best efforts. Industry is initially
planning to punch in a new permanent road, riddle the face
with skid roads and haul out 1000 truckloads of forest. They
call this “salvage” logging but fires have become a very
profitable excuse to log as they can take up to 60% living
trees in their cut and pay the province only $10/truckload.
This could happen as early as this spring.

The Argenta Face is in a crisis with extensive logging risking
domestic watersheds, terrain stability, wildlife habitat
(including the well known Grizzly Bear corridor) and the
most scenic landscape on Kootenay Lake.

With few people living in the Purcell Mountains we need help
from friends like you to convince the government to finally
include the Argenta Face within the Purcell Wilderness
Conservancy Provincial Park. Please write today!

For more information and a template letter see:
www.willetwildernessforever.ca

Please consider a handwritten letter for greatest impact.

For the Wild,

Gary Diers
Mt. Willet Wilderness Forever

03/28/2025

See ya on the road??? In the meantime... write those letters!

02/17/2025

In Slocan Park, BC, there's an incredible old growth Ponderosa Pine forest with a local herd of 30 elk that use this area as their overwintering habitat. The trees tower above and there's no understory, making it a magical place to walk through as you can just see gigantic trees above and below you....