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📅 November 18 - ALL OUT to protect old growth and HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
📅 November 18 - ALL OUT to protect old growth and HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed.
savewhatsleft.ca/protest
#savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
Tsitika Mountain’s ancient forest faces auction by BC Timber Sales. #Clearcut already scars the #ecological reserve where live 300+ marbled #murrelets, a #threatened species.
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tsitika Mountain’s ancient forest faces auction by BC Timber Sales. #Clearcut already scars the #ecological reserve where live 300+ marbled #murrelets, a #threatened species.
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE.
Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park.
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social
TAKE ACTION NOW.
DEMAND A HALT TO THE AUCTION OF TA1375 to @rparmarbc.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social
Contact Ravi Parmar: 250 387-624, for.minister@gov.bc.ca & David Eby premier@gov.bc.ca
#Tsitika #oldgrowth #bcpoli @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #clearcut #logging
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DEMAND A HALT TO THE AUCTION OF TA1375 to @rparmarbc.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social
Contact Ravi Parmar: 250 387-624, for.minister@gov.bc.ca & David Eby premier@gov.bc.ca
#Tsitika #oldgrowth #bcpoli @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #clearcut #logging
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October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
TAKE ACTION NOW.
DEMAND A HALT TO THE AUCTION OF TA1375 to @rparmarbc.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social
Contact Ravi Parmar: 250 387-624, for.minister@gov.bc.ca & David Eby premier@gov.bc.ca
#Tsitika #oldgrowth #bcpoli @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #clearcut #logging
Images:oldgrowthaction
DEMAND A HALT TO THE AUCTION OF TA1375 to @rparmarbc.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social
Contact Ravi Parmar: 250 387-624, for.minister@gov.bc.ca & David Eby premier@gov.bc.ca
#Tsitika #oldgrowth #bcpoli @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #clearcut #logging
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October 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Don’t wait, our holiday bundle sells out fast! For $35, get the Wild Canada 2026 calendar, a year of Watershed Sentinel (5 issues), and a personalized gift card. Perfect for friends who love the wild, and for keeping independent #environmental reporting strong. Order now: watershedsentinel.ca/store
Meet some of the incredible people behind the Watershed Sentinel! In this clip, Delores Broten, founder and Zoe Blunt, editor, chat about the mag’s 30+ year of grassroots environmental journalism in B.C.
Full conversation : tinyurl.com/p248xye8
Get the mag in your mailbox: watershedsentinel.ca
Full conversation : tinyurl.com/p248xye8
Get the mag in your mailbox: watershedsentinel.ca
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Meet some of the incredible people behind the Watershed Sentinel! In this clip, Delores Broten, founder and Zoe Blunt, editor, chat about the mag’s 30+ year of grassroots environmental journalism in B.C.
Full conversation : tinyurl.com/p248xye8
Get the mag in your mailbox: watershedsentinel.ca
Full conversation : tinyurl.com/p248xye8
Get the mag in your mailbox: watershedsentinel.ca
Citizen-led victory: court halts logging in #Tjiärmadahkka, Sweden after action by #Skogsupproret and Sámi defenders, proof grassroots resistance works. Solidarity with #Walbran blockade defenders. 💚
#ForestRebellion #ActivismWorks #OldGrowthForest #FairyCreek
#ForestRebellion #ActivismWorks #OldGrowthForest #FairyCreek
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Citizen-led victory: court halts logging in #Tjiärmadahkka, Sweden after action by #Skogsupproret and Sámi defenders, proof grassroots resistance works. Solidarity with #Walbran blockade defenders. 💚
#ForestRebellion #ActivismWorks #OldGrowthForest #FairyCreek
#ForestRebellion #ActivismWorks #OldGrowthForest #FairyCreek
B.C.’s forest policy needs a reset. The New Forest Act, a citizen-drafted by the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society to shift Crown forest management from central control to community-led stewardship. Share and Learn more: boundaryforest.org 🌲
#NewForestAct #ForestryReform #BCForests
#NewForestAct #ForestryReform #BCForests
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
B.C.’s forest policy needs a reset. The New Forest Act, a citizen-drafted by the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society to shift Crown forest management from central control to community-led stewardship. Share and Learn more: boundaryforest.org 🌲
#NewForestAct #ForestryReform #BCForests
#NewForestAct #ForestryReform #BCForests
Stand with Elders for Ancient Trees 🌲
Oct 18: Water is Love film + panel (Victoria, 7–9 pm) • Oct 22: Save Goldstream rally (12–1 pm) • Oct 26: Nancy Turner webinar (2–3 pm).
All details + #Walbran Cougar Camp updates: tinyurl.com/y2927rhy
#OldGrowth #FairyCreek #Blockade #CougarCamp
Oct 18: Water is Love film + panel (Victoria, 7–9 pm) • Oct 22: Save Goldstream rally (12–1 pm) • Oct 26: Nancy Turner webinar (2–3 pm).
All details + #Walbran Cougar Camp updates: tinyurl.com/y2927rhy
#OldGrowth #FairyCreek #Blockade #CougarCamp
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Stand with Elders for Ancient Trees 🌲
Oct 18: Water is Love film + panel (Victoria, 7–9 pm) • Oct 22: Save Goldstream rally (12–1 pm) • Oct 26: Nancy Turner webinar (2–3 pm).
All details + #Walbran Cougar Camp updates: tinyurl.com/y2927rhy
#OldGrowth #FairyCreek #Blockade #CougarCamp
Oct 18: Water is Love film + panel (Victoria, 7–9 pm) • Oct 22: Save Goldstream rally (12–1 pm) • Oct 26: Nancy Turner webinar (2–3 pm).
All details + #Walbran Cougar Camp updates: tinyurl.com/y2927rhy
#OldGrowth #FairyCreek #Blockade #CougarCamp
Oct 21: Groups worldwide are taking action to expose the impacts of the biomass industry. JOIN THEM!
Organize an online/offline action and tag #BigBadBiomass.
👉 environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
@dogwoodalliance.org @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @environmentalpaper.bsky.social
Organize an online/offline action and tag #BigBadBiomass.
👉 environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
@dogwoodalliance.org @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @environmentalpaper.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Oct 21: Groups worldwide are taking action to expose the impacts of the biomass industry. JOIN THEM!
Organize an online/offline action and tag #BigBadBiomass.
👉 environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
@dogwoodalliance.org @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @environmentalpaper.bsky.social
Organize an online/offline action and tag #BigBadBiomass.
👉 environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa...
@dogwoodalliance.org @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @environmentalpaper.bsky.social
How to lie with stats: BC had ~57M ha old growth (~48M loggable). Now 11.1M remain; <2M loggable. Govt’s ~80% protected looks bigger only because the base is smaller. That’s not protection, it’s math games.🌲
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social #bcpoli #OldGrowth #BCForestry #Walbran
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social #bcpoli #OldGrowth #BCForestry #Walbran
October 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How to lie with stats: BC had ~57M ha old growth (~48M loggable). Now 11.1M remain; <2M loggable. Govt’s ~80% protected looks bigger only because the base is smaller. That’s not protection, it’s math games.🌲
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social #bcpoli #OldGrowth #BCForestry #Walbran
@ancientforestbc.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social #bcpoli #OldGrowth #BCForestry #Walbran
ForestFest25 - Sat Oct 25, Hornby Island 🌲
Talks, foraging walk, eagle show, book signing, dance, films, etc. Conservancy Hornby Island AGM the same morning. They’re seeking nominations - email chihornby@gmail.com #ForestFest @hornbyisland.bsky.social
www.conservancyhornbyisland.org/forestfest
Talks, foraging walk, eagle show, book signing, dance, films, etc. Conservancy Hornby Island AGM the same morning. They’re seeking nominations - email chihornby@gmail.com #ForestFest @hornbyisland.bsky.social
www.conservancyhornbyisland.org/forestfest
October 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ForestFest25 - Sat Oct 25, Hornby Island 🌲
Talks, foraging walk, eagle show, book signing, dance, films, etc. Conservancy Hornby Island AGM the same morning. They’re seeking nominations - email chihornby@gmail.com #ForestFest @hornbyisland.bsky.social
www.conservancyhornbyisland.org/forestfest
Talks, foraging walk, eagle show, book signing, dance, films, etc. Conservancy Hornby Island AGM the same morning. They’re seeking nominations - email chihornby@gmail.com #ForestFest @hornbyisland.bsky.social
www.conservancyhornbyisland.org/forestfest
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October 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Keep independent #environmental #journalism alive in BC & beyond. Subscribe and get Watershed Sentinel in your mailbox. Stay informed, inspired, connected. 💚
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Wildfires threaten communities across Canada. A petition by B.C. MP @gordjohns.bsky.social asks Canada to convert retired planes for firefighting. Read & sign by mid-January 2026, and share widely. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Wildfires #Canada #Firefighting #CC130H
#Wildfires #Canada #Firefighting #CC130H
October 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Wildfires threaten communities across Canada. A petition by B.C. MP @gordjohns.bsky.social asks Canada to convert retired planes for firefighting. Read & sign by mid-January 2026, and share widely. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#Wildfires #Canada #Firefighting #CC130H
#Wildfires #Canada #Firefighting #CC130H
Uplifting stories from Watershed Sentinel’s Indigenous reporters: Desiree Mannila tinyurl.com/dmannila & Odette Auger tinyurl.com/oauger.
Read & share to honour the truths of the past and stand with Indigenous land and water protectors today. #EveryChildMatters #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay
Read & share to honour the truths of the past and stand with Indigenous land and water protectors today. #EveryChildMatters #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay
September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Uplifting stories from Watershed Sentinel’s Indigenous reporters: Desiree Mannila tinyurl.com/dmannila & Odette Auger tinyurl.com/oauger.
Read & share to honour the truths of the past and stand with Indigenous land and water protectors today. #EveryChildMatters #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay
Read & share to honour the truths of the past and stand with Indigenous land and water protectors today. #EveryChildMatters #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay
Protect seed-saving! Stop the rule that would end farmers’ right to save seed for fruit, vegetables, ornamentals, and hybrids. Sign by Oct 5 : www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
@nfucanada.bsky.social #FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Seeds #Farmers
@nfucanada.bsky.social #FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Seeds #Farmers
September 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Protect seed-saving! Stop the rule that would end farmers’ right to save seed for fruit, vegetables, ornamentals, and hybrids. Sign by Oct 5 : www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
@nfucanada.bsky.social #FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Seeds #Farmers
@nfucanada.bsky.social #FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Seeds #Farmers
Clear labels, informed choices. Support the Parliamentary e-petition (tinyurl.com/PetitionE-6768) for mandatory #GMO labelling in #Canada. Info via @cbanaction.bsky.social
#RightToKnow #FoodSovereignty #PublicHealth
#RightToKnow #FoodSovereignty #PublicHealth
September 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Clear labels, informed choices. Support the Parliamentary e-petition (tinyurl.com/PetitionE-6768) for mandatory #GMO labelling in #Canada. Info via @cbanaction.bsky.social
#RightToKnow #FoodSovereignty #PublicHealth
#RightToKnow #FoodSovereignty #PublicHealth
The Watershed Sentinel joined the #DrawTheLine mobilization in the Comox Valley. Climate and social justice are inseparable. 🌱 From climate action to solidarity with #Palestine, the call was clear: systemic change comes from all of us. For people, #peace, and #planet.
#ClimateAction #FreePalestine
#ClimateAction #FreePalestine
September 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The Watershed Sentinel joined the #DrawTheLine mobilization in the Comox Valley. Climate and social justice are inseparable. 🌱 From climate action to solidarity with #Palestine, the call was clear: systemic change comes from all of us. For people, #peace, and #planet.
#ClimateAction #FreePalestine
#ClimateAction #FreePalestine
✊🌍 This weekend, we're going to #DrawTheLine for climate justice! The #WatershedSentinel joins allies like @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social in a global call to action.
🗓️ Sept 20 – Courtenay, 6th St @ Courthouse Lawn, 2:30 pm.
📍Find actions near you 👉 www.seniorsforclimate.org
#ClimateAction
🗓️ Sept 20 – Courtenay, 6th St @ Courthouse Lawn, 2:30 pm.
📍Find actions near you 👉 www.seniorsforclimate.org
#ClimateAction
September 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
✊🌍 This weekend, we're going to #DrawTheLine for climate justice! The #WatershedSentinel joins allies like @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social in a global call to action.
🗓️ Sept 20 – Courtenay, 6th St @ Courthouse Lawn, 2:30 pm.
📍Find actions near you 👉 www.seniorsforclimate.org
#ClimateAction
🗓️ Sept 20 – Courtenay, 6th St @ Courthouse Lawn, 2:30 pm.
📍Find actions near you 👉 www.seniorsforclimate.org
#ClimateAction