Comments on: Worthy Causes – Shelter Box & Ancient Forest Alliance http://dondenton.ca/2010/01/20/worthy-causes-shelter-box-ancient-forest-alliance/ Photographer Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Joe Foy http://dondenton.ca/2010/01/20/worthy-causes-shelter-box-ancient-forest-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-1907 Joe Foy Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:36:34 +0000 http://dondenton.ca/?p=582#comment-1907 I thought I would leave a short comment just to set the record straight. The Wilderness Committee is NOT pulling away from focusing on forests to concentrate on the marine environment. Nothing could be further from the truth! We have many front line campaigns to protect forests, including our campaign to end oldgrowth logging on BC's south coast - including Vancouver Island. Here is a link to our campaign page on the issue: http://wildernesscommittee.org/what_we_do/protecting_wild_lands/stop_old_growth_logging For our entire thirty year history a strong focus on protecting ancient forests has been at the core of our being - and will continue to be, even as our organization continues to grow. We have certainly been at the forefront of protecting some amazing BC ancient forests including Carmanah Valley, Pinecone Boise Burke Wilderness and the Elaho Valley to name a few. We currently have 30,000 members and offices in four provinces. That said, in our experience Ken Wu is an excellent campaigner and a tireless defender of the environment. We wish him the best of luck and success with his new group - the Ancient Forest Alliance. Ending oldgrowth logging on BC's south coast is a worthy goal, one that we share with the Alliance. In the meantime, with the recent departure of Mr. Wu from our organization we are in the process of hiring a new campaign team for our Victoria office and expect to be back battling for an end to oldgrowth logging on BC's south coast, protecting BC's wild rivers from being dammed and diverted by private hydro-power developers and getting rid of salmon farms in order to protect our wild salmon stocks, and all the other nature-protection campaigns we are known for. To see a full list of our current and past campaigns please go to: www.wildernesscommittee.org Sincerely, Joe Foy Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director I thought I would leave a short comment just to set the record straight. The Wilderness Committee is NOT pulling away from focusing on forests to concentrate on the marine environment. Nothing could be further from the truth! We have many front line campaigns to protect forests, including our campaign to end oldgrowth logging on BC’s south coast – including Vancouver Island. Here is a link to our campaign page on the issue: http://wildernesscommittee.org/what_we_do/protecting_wild_lands/stop_old_growth_logging

For our entire thirty year history a strong focus on protecting ancient forests has been at the core of our being – and will continue to be, even as our organization continues to grow. We have certainly been at the forefront of protecting some amazing BC ancient forests including Carmanah Valley, Pinecone Boise Burke Wilderness and the Elaho Valley to name a few. We currently have 30,000 members and offices in four provinces.

That said, in our experience Ken Wu is an excellent campaigner and a tireless defender of the environment. We wish him the best of luck and success with his new group – the Ancient Forest Alliance. Ending oldgrowth logging on BC’s south coast is a worthy goal, one that we share with the Alliance.

In the meantime, with the recent departure of Mr. Wu from our organization we are in the process of hiring a new campaign team for our Victoria office and expect to be back battling for an end to oldgrowth logging on BC’s south coast, protecting BC’s wild rivers from being dammed and diverted by private hydro-power developers and getting rid of salmon farms in order to protect our wild salmon stocks, and all the other nature-protection campaigns we are known for. To see a full list of our current and past campaigns please go to: http://www.wildernesscommittee.org

Sincerely,

Joe Foy
Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director

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