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  1. We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:

    #StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.

    Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.

    Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.

    #PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->

    sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  2. We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:

    #StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.

    Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.

    Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.

    #PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->

    sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  3. We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:

    #StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.

    Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.

    Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.

    #PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->

    sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  4. We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:

    #StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.

    Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.

    Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.

    #PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->

    sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  5. We need the #BCgovernment to get the message from concerned communities across B.C. that we must work together and with urgency to #protect #OldGrowthForests and #reform #forestry practices. To do so, the next steps are crucial:

    #StopLogging in the most at-risk #OldGrowth #forests, and other #ecosystems identified by First Nations, by providing promised funding for #LoggingDeferrals.

    Provide full #FinancialSupport to #FirstNations for long-term #IndigenousLed #conservation solutions, including #compensation for lost revenues and employment.

    Move away from the “all or nothing” approach common in forestry practices across B.C. and most evident in #ClearcutLogging. In its place, work with First Nations, local residents, industry and other stakeholders to implement forestry practices that prioritize important values like #biodiversity, #habitat, #WaterRetention, #Indigenous #CulturalUse, and #tourism.

    #PleaseSignPetition & boost to help #SpreadTheWord ->

    sierraclub.bc.ca/wildfire-old-

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  6. "The increasing severity of #wildfires and #drought highlights that reforming #ForestStewardship – taking better care of the forests, including safeguarding #OldGrowthForests – is one of our best hopes to protect communities across B.C.

    Harmful #forestry practices like #clearcutting and #unsustainable #IndustrialLogging make extreme heat and wildfires worse. #Clearcuts are #tinderboxes, more prone to creating embers because dead trees and branches dry out in the hot sun and become more #flammable. Tree plantations and improperly tended young forests also increase wildfire risk: Younger trees have thinner bark and low-hanging branches that can act as ladder fuels, and the trees are often planted too close together, making it easy for fire to spread.

    Fortunately, intact and properly managed #forests are more resilient to the worsening wildfires and heatwaves. For example, #OldGrowth #rainforests have dense canopies which provide cooling shade that resists fire. They are cooler and wetter than young forests, acting as giant sponges. Old-growth trees in the drier interior have thick bark, high branches and are widely spaced which all reduce #WildfireRisk.

    #SierraClubBC #BCpoli #StopEcocide #BritishColumbia #Environmental #SaveOldGrowth #ClimateCrisis #BCNDP #BanCorporateLobbyists #Wildfires #floods #ClimateEmergency #BCwildfires #BCfloods #NaturalDisasters #ClimateMitigation #StopDeforestation #JustStopOil #DoTheRightThing #OneEarth #BCForestryReform

  7. Signs of worsening #BCdrought + #watersecurity for 2024. Snow levels now 39% below normal in British Columbia -- potential "challenges finding enough drinking water"

    Through 2023:

    * B.C. farmers cut off irrigation to their crops, lacked water to feed cattle #foodsecurity
    * shortages of water for battling out-of-control #BCwildfires

    cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

    Four water basins remain at highest level 5 severity. Yet, water-intensive #fracking continues in B.C.

    cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

  8. Logging of British Columbia's #OldGrowthForests increased -- despite government's assurances since overhaul to forestry practices 3 years ago.

    #OldGrowthLogging increased by approximately 13% between 2020-2021.

    Summer 2023: 400+ #BCwildfires/day plus #BCdrought of 60+% of water basins at highest severity level. Need biodiversity w/ old growth forests to support ecosystems, slow #ClimateChange.

    #FairyCreek

    Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance, via CBC News

    cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

  9. Logging of British Columbia's #OldGrowthForests increased -- despite government's assurances since overhaul to forestry practices 3 years ago.

    #OldGrowthLogging increased by approximately 13% between 2020-2021.

    Summer 2023: 400+ #BCwildfires/day plus #BCdrought of 60+% of water basins at highest severity level. Need biodiversity w/ old growth forests to support ecosystems, slow #ClimateChange.

    #FairyCreek

    Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance, via CBC News

    cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

  10. Logging of British Columbia's #OldGrowthForests increased -- despite government's assurances since overhaul to forestry practices 3 years ago.

    #OldGrowthLogging increased by approximately 13% between 2020-2021.

    Summer 2023: 400+ #BCwildfires/day plus #BCdrought of 60+% of water basins at highest severity level. Need biodiversity w/ old growth forests to support ecosystems, slow #ClimateChange.

    #FairyCreek

    Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance, via CBC News

    cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

  11. Logging of British Columbia's #OldGrowthForests increased -- despite government's assurances since overhaul to forestry practices 3 years ago.

    #OldGrowthLogging increased by approximately 13% between 2020-2021.

    Summer 2023: 400+ #BCwildfires/day plus #BCdrought of 60+% of water basins at highest severity level. Need biodiversity w/ old growth forests to support ecosystems, slow #ClimateChange.

    #FairyCreek

    Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance, via CBC News

    cbc.ca/news/canada/british-col

  12. 35% of last #VancouverIsland #oldgrowth forests logged since 1993 #ClayoquotSound protests -- Add'l #BritishColumbia #Deforestation ➡️ 30-year span

    "Fueled by #climatecrisis and exacerbated by large-scale industrial degradation of forest landscapes. Temperate old-growth rainforests are considered the most resilient and carbon-rich type of forest in B.C., with the best chance of withstanding the risk of fire, heatwaves, droughts, and floods."

    #BCWildfires #BCdrought

    sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-t

  13. 35% of last #VancouverIsland #oldgrowth forests logged since 1993 #ClayoquotSound protests -- Add'l #BritishColumbia #Deforestation ➡️ 30-year span

    "Fueled by #climatecrisis and exacerbated by large-scale industrial degradation of forest landscapes. Temperate old-growth rainforests are considered the most resilient and carbon-rich type of forest in B.C., with the best chance of withstanding the risk of fire, heatwaves, droughts, and floods."

    #BCWildfires #BCdrought

    sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-t

  14. 35% of last #VancouverIsland #oldgrowth forests logged since 1993 #ClayoquotSound protests -- Add'l #BritishColumbia #Deforestation ➡️ 30-year span

    "Fueled by #climatecrisis and exacerbated by large-scale industrial degradation of forest landscapes. Temperate old-growth rainforests are considered the most resilient and carbon-rich type of forest in B.C., with the best chance of withstanding the risk of fire, heatwaves, droughts, and floods."

    #BCWildfires #BCdrought

    sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-t

  15. 35% of last #VancouverIsland #oldgrowth forests logged since 1993 #ClayoquotSound protests -- Add'l #BritishColumbia #Deforestation ➡️ 30-year span

    "Fueled by #climatecrisis and exacerbated by large-scale industrial degradation of forest landscapes. Temperate old-growth rainforests are considered the most resilient and carbon-rich type of forest in B.C., with the best chance of withstanding the risk of fire, heatwaves, droughts, and floods."

    #BCWildfires #BCdrought

    sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-t

  16. 35% of last #VancouverIsland #oldgrowth forests logged since 1993 #ClayoquotSound protests -- Add'l #BritishColumbia #Deforestation ➡️ 30-year span

    "Fueled by #climatecrisis and exacerbated by large-scale industrial degradation of forest landscapes. Temperate old-growth rainforests are considered the most resilient and carbon-rich type of forest in B.C., with the best chance of withstanding the risk of fire, heatwaves, droughts, and floods."

    #BCWildfires #BCdrought

    sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-t

  17. So glad we received some rain last night 🌧️

    The bad news: That rain in B.C. brought 35 additional #BCwildfires in the past 24 hours ... due to lightning 🌩️

    #BCdrought #BCWildfires

  18. 🤯2023 #BCWildfires have broken another record: #VernonBC Morning Star's run of ignoring the #ClimateCatastrophe in their history of editorials on extreme weather and its impacts. Never before have they "said my name". Check it out: "climate change conditions" and "climate disasters" First Contact. 💯

  19. 70+% volunteers.

    More than 70% of firefighters 🧑🏻‍🚒 across Canada are volunteers, according to a 2022 report from the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC).

    Over 13.6 million hectares have burned in Canada as of Aug. 16, 2023. 🪵🔥🪵

    #CanadaWildfires #BCWildfires #BCdrought #climatecrisis

    cbc.ca/news/climate/volunteer-

  20. British Columbia drought levels worsen. 65% of B.C.'s water basins are at the highest #BCdrought levels 🏜️​🪵🔥​😓

    Highest level 5 severity across B.C. 34 water basins over past month:

    July 23, 2023 = 25% level 5 severity (8 basins)
    Aug 3, 2023 = 32% level 5 severity (11 basins)
    Aug 17, 2023 = 56% level 5 severity (19 basins)
    Aug 24, 2023 = 65% level 5 severity (22 basins)

    source: BC Government Drought Map

    #climatechange #BCheatwave #BCwildfires #BCwildfire #watersecurity #waterrestrictions