My Summer Working as a Vancouver Island Forester | Watershed Sentinel One summer, I became a forester, believing I could protect the forest I loved. I left understanding how naive that belief was.

Read Emily Milne’s personal story of growing up on Vancouver Island and spending a summer in #forestry, believing she could protect the #forests she loved, and the reality she came to face.

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Government and Industry: Talk and Log | Watershed Sentinel BC’s old-growth forests are still being logged despite decades of reviews and promises, raising questions about protection and real reform.

From our new issue on the BC forest crisis... Endless “talk-and-log” or how BC betrays its own promises to protect old-growth forests! watershedsentinel.ca/article/government-and-industry-talk-and-log

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Our new issue dives into the BC forest crisis: collapsing ecosystems, wildlife pressure, and communities left to carry the cost.

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Write to your MP: Let’s keep the north coast oil-spill free A north coast crude oil pipeline and tankers project would pose an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic spill that would irreparably harm the rich ecology of the area and the coastal economies that dep...

No tankers. No spills. No compromise! Tell your MP and the Minister of Transport to defend the Great Bear Sea and uphold the tanker ban. To protect our coast, take action now.

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Asbestos: Deadly to Breathe But OK to Drink? | Watershed Sentinel Concerns are growing over aging asbestos cement water pipes in Qualicum Beach and across Canada, highlighting the urgent need for regulation.

For World #Water Day here is an online exclusive article by Susan Blacklin, author of Water Confidential: Witnessing Justice Denied and Water Justice: What You Don’t Know Could Kill You, released today !

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Fixing BC's Forest Act | Watershed Sentinel Pulp mill closures and economic losses reveal deeper structural problems in BC’s forestry system and the looming crisis of forest falldown.

The NEW FOREST ACT TOUR is coming to British Columbia this June to explain how we can fix our broken forest management system and reclaim control of our forests.

#NewForestAct #BCpoli #logging #trees

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Nechako: It Will Be A Big River Again When the Kenney Dam was built in the 1950s, it diverted most of British Columbia’s Nechako River to power an aluminum smelter—devastating ecosystems and the Stellat’en and Saik’uz …

After seven decades of resistance, two #Indigenous Nations reach a turning point in their historic legal fight to reclaim the #Nechako River and the way of life it once sustained.

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Water-stressed BC towns want the province to stop 'giving water away' to industry BC's top 10 industrial water users use more than 512 billion litres of water per year combined, and collectively pay the province about the cost of a Vancouver condo for the right.

The #Okanagan snowpack is already about 33% below normal, and that’s the #water communities rely on all summer. Meanwhile, BC’s biggest #industries use 512 billion litres of water a year for next to nothing. 💧

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The Strait of Georgia is turning turquoise 🐟
Did you know #herring pass on spawning knowledge to the next generation? When populations decline, the ripple affects all who rely on them. Protecting them matters!

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“I like stories with a little edge.” Meet the small but mighty Watershed Sentinel team, founder Delores Broten & editor Zoe Blunt, shaping stories for our next issue, out early April.

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Save the Tsitika! Ancient Trees up for Auction Until March 5, BC Timber Sales proposed cut block, TA1375, is up for auction. This prime habitat for marbled murrelets, denning bears and ancient lichen was a priority deferred area, but now saving it...

🚨 Save the Tsitika #forest now up for auction (ends Mar 5). BC Timber Sales plans to clearcut 34 ha of the Tsitika Valley, habitat for 300+ marbled murrelets.

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Swallow Song | Watershed Sentinel For as long as we’ve built homes, swallows have shared them, from the eaves of Roman villas to the longhouses of the Snuneymuxw people.

As #spring starts flirting with us, Swallow Song reflects on #swallows, #parenthood, #place, and the ancient bond between people and #birds.

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The Politics of Betrayal | Watershed Sentinel The Memorandum of Understanding between Alberta and Canada is toxic, just like the tar sands. Its sole purpose is playing politics.

Alberta–Canada #MOU slammed as #greenwashing: expanding tar sands, betting on unrealistic #carbon capture, and pushing pipelines and tankers... a perfect recipe for deepening the #climate crisis while pretending to chase net-zero.

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In BC, big industries pay $2.25 per million litres of #freshwater while communities face #drought, #wildfires, and watershed insecurity.

With the BC Budget coming Feb 17, share the video and help push for change 💧 www.watershedsecurity.ca/take-action

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BC pauses $162M Malahat-widening project amid environmental concerns for Goldstream Carl Olsen, who has spent more than three years protesting the project, says BC should consider alternative traffic-calming measures on the Malahat.

Rare good news 🙂 #BC has paused the $162M Malahat highway expansion near #Goldstream after years of protest by #W̱SÁNEĆ elder Carl Olsen, citing risks to #salmon, the stream, and #forest.

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🚨 STOP logging at Fairy Creek 🚨

Teal-Jones is seeking a permit to log old-growth beside the Fairy Creek deferral zone (cutblock 8027).

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Data Insecurity | Watershed Sentinel A proposed data centre in Nanaimo raises concerns about water use, power demand, and climate impacts as BC expands digital infrastructure.

Data centres proposed in #Nanaimo is sparking debate over resources, hydro subsidies, and #climate goals. #Environmental advocates and local residents question who will ultimately pay the price for this new #technology. 

@nanaimo.ca #datacentre #BCpoli #BC

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Breaking News! Health Canada has approved a gene-edited pig for human consumption. Demand mandatory labelling at www.cban.ca/labelGMOs

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The new Canada-U.S. frontline is on your phone With renewed talk of separation in both Quebec and Alberta, social media researchers are worried about a new front in the battle between Canada and America. For The National, CBC’s Eli Glasner breaks ...

The new Canada–U.S. frontline is on your phone!
As Canadian news fades from social platforms, AI-boosted U.S. #disinformation fills the gap, exploiting divisions from #Alberta to #Quebec and quietly reshaping our politics and identity.

#cbc #canada #division

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New issue of The Watershed Sentinel is out!
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The Herring Remember | Watershed Sentinel Herring decline in the Salish Sea reveals shifting baselines, treaty rights violations, and the importance of protecting spawning grounds.

Seals, sea lions, and birds in the Strait of Georgia remind us that #herring season is around the corner! #HerringFest on #Hornby Island, March 4-8, 2026, brings people together to celebrate these keystone species.

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Potlatch Uprising | Watershed Sentinel First Nations leaders gather at a Migratory Salmon Potlatch to unite against fish farms and protect salmon for future generations.

The latest issue of Watershed Sentinel is off to the printer. Many of the stories won’t appear online, so the best way to read them all is to subscribe, in print or digital, and spend time with the full magazine.

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The wall is going down! Today, partners gathered at Kus-kus-sum to celebrate the removal of the steel wall, a major milestone in restoring this former industrial site back into a living estuary. More in our next issue.

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Pain & Reconciliation | Watershed Sentinel Dorothy Smith, survivor of residential school, fights for Indigenous rights, teaching, healing, and protecting her nation’s land and caribou.

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Pulp Friction | Watershed Sentinel The Crofton pulp mill is closing after decades of pollution and conflict, marking a turning point for the Chemainus River estuary.

After 68 years, the #Crofton pulp #mill is shutting down, leaving 350 workers without jobs and destabilizing dozens of businesses in the region. And, for the #Chemainus River estuary, it may also mark the beginning of long-overdue healing. watershedsentinel.ca/article/pulp...

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The Right to Save Seed | Watershed Sentinel Canada’s proposed changes to Plant Breeders’ Rights regulations threaten farmers’ ability to save seed, increasing corporate control.

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