The province’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables announced the decision Monday, citing the species’ precarious state as the reason for an indefinite hold on logging plans near Minamkeak Lake that include three sections of Crown land.
The Mamalilikulla First Nation's declaration of an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area re-establishes a spiritual home for a people displaced and scattered by colonial policy.
A new conservation area on B.C.'s Galiano Island will protect cultural history, provide a pit stop for migratory birds and boost the ability of an at-risk ecosystem to withstand climate change.