A Kootenay-based conservation group is calling on British Columbia to enact an interim logging moratorium in the critical habitat of endangered mountain caribou.
The call from Wildsight comes four years after the B.C. and federal governments signed an agreement committing to immediate and long-term actions to stabilize endangered caribou population.
Over that time, B.C. has blown past deadlines to release recommendations that would protect the species. With one year left before the agreement expires, Wildsight says caribou habitat continues to be logged.
“This has been been stirred by inaction,” said Wildsight’s Eddie Petryshen. “We’ve lost seven caribou herds in the last decade.”
“We’re tired of the continued plan to make plans.”
Petryshen
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