Nature Advocacy
Nature Advocacy Correspondence
The Conservation Committee promotes conservation with governments—federal, provincial, municipal, and Indigenous—and the community of British Columbia by researching local, provincial, and global issues that affect BC, such as the climate crisis. The committee writes letters to Government that express the perspective of BC Nature on conservation issues.
Nature advocacy correspondence address the climate crisis, protected areas and land management, BC Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA) program, Transport Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan, DFO’s Coastal Restoration, Habitat Compensation, North American Waterfowl Management, Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture, Habitat Conservation and Restoration and many other areas.
Click on a year below to view sent and received letters, and press releases for that year.
From time to time, we receive submissions sent to government and other organizations regarding conservation issues.
SENT:
- 2024-07 Intergovernmental Cooperation – 2030 Nature Strategy
- 2024-07 Klinse-za Park Thank you
- 2024-06 A New Future for Old Forests: From Review to Action
- 2024-03 Climate Crisis, LNG, OGF
- 2024-01 BC Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework
RECEIVED:
- 2024-04 – Response to Draft B.C. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework (11/23)
- 2024-01 – Response to Grizzly Bear Framework (10/23)
- 2024-01 – Response to Biodiversity & Ecosystem Framework
SENT:
- 2023-12 – Sign on Letter Environ. Impact Assessment Zincton All-Season Resort development
- 2023-11 – Comments on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework
- 2023-10 – Grizzly Bear Stewardship Framework
- 2023-06 – Tsawout IPCA Support Letter
- 2023-06 – Intergovernmental Cooperation on the UN Convention on Biodiversity
- 2023-05 – Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Framework
- 2023-04 – BC Nature Roberts Bank Terminal 2
- 2023-04 – Coastal Marine Strategy Group Sign On Letter
- 2023-04 – Dec Mandate Letter – Fish Farms
- 2023-03 – Minister Heyman COP 15 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Objectives
- 2023-03 – Minister of Forests Mandate, 2022
- 2023-03 – 2022 Ministerial Mandate Letter
- 2023-02 – Roberts Bank Terminal 2
- 2023-02 – Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- 2023-01 – Woodfibre LNG project decision
- 2023-01 – Harrison Mills Community Plan
RECEIVED:
SENT:
- December 5, 2022 – DFO Failure to Protect Glass Sponge Marine Refuges (BC Nature sign on)
- November 5, 2022 – Old Growth Forest Declaration (BC Nature sign on)
- August 26, 2022 – Anchoring in Popular Marine Parks
- August 14, 2022 – Letter of Support – Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation Stewards
- August 14, 2022 – Tilbury Island Fortis Expansion Submission
- August 12, 2022 – Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians
- August 8, 2022 – Wildfire Mitigation Urban Areas
- August 7, 2022 – Development of Strawberry Hill
- July 27, 2022 – Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians
- July 20, 2022 – Thank you T’eq’aqtn Indigenous Protect & Conservation Area
- May 16, 2022 – Discovery Islands Open-Pen net Salmon Aquaculture
- April 28, 2022 – : Vortex development in the Fulford Estuary
- April 19, 2022 – Herring Fishery Concerns
- April 12, 2022 – Tilbury Fortis Project EA
- February 28, 2022 – Bill S-5: Reforms to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
- February 24, 2022 – Management of BC Fisheries and Old Growth Forests
- February 9, 2022 – Fraser Estuary Science Letter (BC Nature sign on)
- January 25, 2022 – City of Surrey Urban Containment Boundary Proposal
- January 24, 2022 – Letter of support Salmon Parks to recover watersheds in Nootka Sound
- January 24, 2022 – Roberts Bank Terminal 2 – Invitation for Comment submitted
- January 24, 2022 – Letter of Support for Ecosystem Corridor Mapping Sea to Sky
- January 24, 2022 – Letter of Support for Nature Chilliwack – Species at Risk
RECEIVED:
- December 5, 2022 – Response to Wildfire Mitigation Letter
- October 6, 2022 – Response to Anchoring in Popular Marine Parks
- September 8, 2022 – Response to Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians
- August 18, 2022 – Response to May 2022 -Discovery Island Open Pen Fish Farming
- June 13, 2022 – Response to BC Herring Fishery Concerns
- May 16, 2022 – Response Management of BC Fisheries and Old-growth
- February 1, 2022 – Response to Human-Wildlife Conflict
- March 18, 2022 – Connected Water Initative
SENT:
- December 16, 2021 – CleanBC
- December 15, 2021 – Letter of Support GOT Bats.
- December 9, 2021 – Royalty Review
- November 18, 2021 – Nature Loss – Letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
- November 15, 2021 – Bill 23 – Forest Statutes Amendment Act
- November 8, 2021 – Human-wildlife conflicts in B.C.
- November 8, 2021 – Correspondence on the Connected Waters Initiative
- October 20, 2021 – Black Swan Summer
- October 16, 2021 – Letter of Support GOT Bats – HCTF
- August 12, 2021 – Protect BC from Climate change
- June 30, 2021 – Letter of support for the Extension of 84 Ave
- June 10, 2021 – Old Growth Correspondence
- June 10, 2021 – Informing Land-use Planning with Science: Towards Sustainability
- May 13, 2021 – Letter of Support for Coastal Marine Strategy
- May 5, 2021 – Thank you Letter to BC Parks for Increased Funding
- April 28, 2021 – SARA Wandering Salamander
- April 14, 2021 – Fraser River Estuary Act
- April 7, 2021 – Letter of Support for: Theberges re: Wolf Kill
- March 12, 2021 – BC Nature sign on for Ecological Reserves
- March 10, 2021 – Big White Ski Resort
- January 21, 2021 – Ecological Reserves
- January 19, 2021 – Correspondence regarding RBT2 for Jonathan Wilkinson
RECEIVED:
- Dec 17, 2021 – Response to Climate Emergency – G. Heyman
- Dec 8, 2021 – Response PM to Connected Waters Initiative
- June 14, 2021 – Response to Fraser Estuary Letter
- March 5, 2021 – Response from Jonathan Wilkinson regarding Climate Change
- January 6, 2021 – Response on letter sent regarding the mine at Quadling Quarry.
SENT:
- December 11, 2020 – Letter of Support for Nature Chilliwack against Quarry Mine
- December 11, 2020 – Bill C-we, Canadian Net Zero Emissions Accountability Act.
- November 20, 2020 –Green Budget T. Beech
- November 19, 2020 – Farm Fishing Discovery Islands
- October 8, 2020 – Support for Nature Protection in the Federal Budget
- September 18, 2020 – Update on Proposed Livestock Watering Policy
- August 24, 2020 – Ban Rat Poisons Fact Sheet (BC Nature sign on)
- July 20, 2020 – Rodenticide Usage in Richmond
- July 20, 2020 – BC Nature Supporting Staff Report on RBT2
- July 16, 2020 – Tilbury LNG Phase 2 Expansion
- July 3, 2020 – Bill C-17 and CEWS
- June 26, 2020 – Heart of Canada’s Green Recovery (BC Nature sign-on letter)
- June 19, 2020 – Need for increased funding for BC Parks
- June 8, 2020 – Agri-tech Industry and the use of Agricultural Land Reserve
- May 15, 2020 – Natural Infrastructure1 Stimulus
- May 5, 2020 – Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Expansion Project
- May 5, 2020 – Land use designation for Skagit-Manning “Donut Hole”
- February 6, 2020 – Sturgeon Banks Proposal – Letter of Support
- January 29, 2020 – South Arm Marshes WMA
- January 27, 2020 – Recreation Vehicles in WMA’s
- January 26, 2020 – Old Growth Forest Strategic Review – Comments from BC Nature
- January 16, 2020 – Letter of support for the creation of the Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness protected area
- January 13, 2020 – Thank you letter regarding the Donut Hole – Manning Park
RECEIVED:
- August 6, 2020 – Response to Tilbury LNG Phase 2 Expansion letter
- July 3, 2020 – Letter from the Honourable Lana Popham regarding Agri-tech Industry and the use of Agricultural Land Reserve
- March 25, 2020 – Aerial Spraying of Glyphosates
- March 20, 2020 – Response on our Letter of Support – Rainbow-Jordan Wilderness protected area|
- March 9, 2020 – Response to Sturgeon Banks Proposal
SENT:
- December 16, 2019 – Aerial Glyphosate Spraying
- October 17, 2019 – Robert Banks Container Terminal 2 Project
- October 9, 2019 –Aerial Spraying of Glysphosates
- July 29, 2019 – CEAA – Kitimat LNG expansion
- July 4. 2019 – Protection of Winter Den Sites
- May 31, 2019 – ORC – Motorized Recreation in BC Parks
- May 10, 2019 – Support for Bill C-48, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act
- April 30, 2019 (see Response Email May 1, 2019) – Logging on Salt Spring Island
- April 9, 2019 (article related to this issue’s resolution) – Comments on the Skagit-Manning Donut Hole
- March 15, 2019 – Auditor General’s Request for Input on Wetland Management in BC
- March 4, 2019 (see Response Letter March 21, 2019) – Concerns over the LNG Canada proposals in Kitimat
- February 12, 2019 (see Response March 6, 2019) – Protection of Macabee Fossil site
- February 4, 2019 (see Responses March 8 and 20, 2019) – Killing owls with Rodenticides
- February 1, 2019 – Herring Management Input
RECEIVED:
- November 29, 2019 – Response to Glyphosate Correspondence
- September 24, 2019 – Response from letter sent August 20, 2019 regarding LNG
- May 1, 2019 – Response to April 30, 2019 Logging on Salt Spring Island
- March 21, 2019 – Response to March 4, 2019 LNG Canada Proposals in Kitimat
- March 20, 2019 – Response to Feb 4, 2019 Killing Owls with Rodenticides
- March 8, 2019 – Response to Feb 4, 2019 Killing Owls with Rodenticides
- March 6, 2019 – Response to Feb 12, 2019 Macabee Fossil Site
SENT:
- November 6, 2018 – Support for Selkirk Mtn. Caribou Park
- October 17, 2018 (see Response Letter December 5, 2018) – Herrling & Carrey Island
- August 14, 2018 – Robert Banks Terminal Project 2 Panel Assessment
- August 1, 2018 (see Response Letter
- December 4, 2018) – Southern Resident Killer Whale Imminent Threat Assessment
- July 27, 2018 (See Response Letter November 5, 2018) – Letter to Minster Heyman on Environmental Assessment Revisions
- July 20, 2018 – Letter to Minister Donaldson on Caribou
- July 20, 2018 (See Response Letter November 5, 2018) – Logging in the Upper Skagit Valley
- June 14, 2018 – Comments on BC Caribou Recovery Program
- June 5, 2018 – Correspondence: Bill C-48
- April 26, 2018 (Updated June 21, 2018 following response) – Moratorium on Caribou & Government Response
- April 20, 2018 – Correspondence to Prime Minister Trudeau regarding Kinder Morgan
- March 19, 2018 – BC Nature Signs on to Anti-SLAPP (A strategic lawsuit against public participation) group letter
- March 19, 2018 – Bats at Burr Villa – Delta
- February 26, 2018 – Water Sustainability Act – Proposed Livestock Watering Regulations
- February 26, 2018 – Cougar Pursuit – Correspondence
- February 23, 2018 – Emergency Order for SARA SRKW
- January 23, 2018 (See Response Letter October 24, 2018) – Southern Resident Killer Whales
- January 23, 2018 – Support for Selkirk Mountain Caribou Park
- January 14, 2018 – BC Nature views on the current Professional Reliance Model
- January 12, 2018 – Herrling, Carey and Strawberry Islands Land Use
- January 12, 2018 – Thank you Letter – Grizzly Bears
- January 11, 2018 – Changes to Schedule 1 – Species at Risk Act
- January 3, 2018 – Increase in Parkland Acquisition Budget
RECEIVED:
- December 5, 2018 – Herrling and Carey Islands
- December 4, 2018 – Southern Resident Killer Whale Imminent Threat Assessment
- November 5, 2018 – Logging in Upper Skagit
- November 5, 2018 – Environmental Assessment Revisions
- October 24, 2018 – Response to Southern Resident Killer Whales
- July 5, 2018 – Response to Bill C-48 Correspondence
- April 17, 2018 – Response to South Okanagan Similkameen National Park
- April 17, 2018 – Response to Cougar Pursuit
- April 6, 2018 – Response to Southern Resident Killer Whales
- March 2, 2018 – Response to SOSP (via email)
- February 21, 2018 – Response to Herrling, Carey & Strawberry Island Land Use
- February 20, 2018 – Response to Dec 8 – Roberts Bank
- February 20, 2018 – Response to Nov 17 – Wolf Kill Letter
- January 20, 2018 – Response to SOSP – December 2017 sent
PRESS RELEASES:
- Press Release – Anti SLAPP Regulations
- Press Release – January 2018: We’ve stopped shooting grizzly bears…now what about the wolves?
- Press Release – October 6, 2017: Grizzly Bear Meat Hunt
SENT:
- December 8, 2017 – Transfer of Water Lots on Roberts Bank Correspondence
- November 22, 2017 – Wolf Kill
- September 13, 2017 – Proposed bridge replacing the George Massey Tunnel
- September 13, 2017 – SF Regions and Contact info 2017
- September 13, 2017 – South Okanagan Similkameen National Park – McKenna
- September 13, 2017 – South Okanagan Similkameen National Park
- August 2, 2017 – Managed proposal
- July 31, 2017 – Joint letter from BC Nature and Nature Canada – South Okanagan Similkameen National Park
- June 20, 2017 – Wildlife Manager
- June 20, 2017 – Wildlife Management Proposal
- March 29, 2017 – Pink Mountain Correspondence
- March 16, 2017 – Proposed bridge replacing the George Massey Tunnel
- February 16, 2017 – Federal and Provincial Environment – Minister-Aichi Protected Areas
- February, 2017 – Ban on imidacloprid pesticide
RECEIVED:
- 2017 – Update on Southern Caribou
- December 2017 –“Inappropriate Advertising”
- August 18, 2017 – Minister of Environment re: Climate change
- June 2017 – Pink Mountain Response
- April 10, 2017 – Response on Aichi Protected Area
- February 16, 2017 – Pathway to Canada Target 1
- January 23, 2017 – Mt. Polley Mine pollution
SENT:
- December 8, 2017 – Transfer of Water Lots on Roberts Bank Correspondence
- November 22, 2017 – Wolf Kill
- September 13, 2017 – Proposed bridge replacing the George Massey Tunnel
- September 13, 2017 – SF Regions and Contact info 2017
- September 13, 2017 – South Okanagan Similkameen National Park – McKenna
- September 13, 2017 – South Okanagan Similkameen National Park
- August 2, 2017 – Managed proposal
- July 31, 2017 – Joint letter from BC Nature and Nature Canada – South Okanagan Similkameen National Park
- June 20, 2017 – Wildlife Manager
- June 20, 2017 – Wildlife Management Proposal
- March 29, 2017 – Pink Mountain Correspondence
- March 16, 2017 – Proposed bridge replacing the George Massey Tunnel
- February 16, 2017 – Federal and Provincial Environment – Minister-Aichi Protected Areas
- February, 2017 – Ban on imidacloprid pesticide
RECEIVED:
- 2017 – Update on Southern Caribou
- December 2017 –“Inappropriate Advertising”
- August 18, 2017 – Minister of Environment re: Climate change
- June 2017 – Pink Mountain Response
- April 10, 2017 – Response on Aichi Protected Area
- February 16, 2017 – Pathway to Canada Target 1
- January 23, 2017 – Mt. Polley Mine pollution
SENT:
- December 2016 – Inappropriate Advertising in Hunting and Trapping Regulations
- December 21, 2016 – Management of Farm Salmon Response
- December 2016 – Commercial-scale solar power
- November 28, 2016 – SAR input from BCNature
- November 2016 – BCNature on ORV Advertisement
- September 2016 – Revision of the Climate Action Plan
RECEIVED:
- December 2016 – Government Response to Commercial-scale solar power
- October 18, 2016 – Climate Action Response Recommended from Minister Polak
SENT:
- June 2014 – Letter to Premier Clark re: Agriculture Land Reserve
- June 2014 – Submission – re: BC Endangered River List
- May 12, 2014 – Letter to Min. Fassbender on “Big Ideas” Education Program
- May 7, 2014 – Letter sent to Min. Polak on Grizzly Bear Hunts
- March 14, 2014 – Letter to Min. Shea on Agricultural development in Baynes Sound
- February 27, 2014 – Letter to Min. Thomson on Bill 5 Amendment Act
- 2014 – Letter sent to Min. Thomson on Bill 13
RECEIVED:
SENT:
- December 10, 2013 – Request for follow up on Cohen report for the preservation and management of wild salmon
- December 10, 2013 – Letter on Proposed Harrison-Chehalis Wildlife Management Area
- December 6, 2013Submission to CEAA on Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project
- November 22, 2013Letter to CEAA on the Proposed Site C Dam and its environmental impacts
- November, 15 2013Letter to Min. Polak on Water Sustainability
- October 31, 2013 – Letter regarding Engagement in the process towards creating a National Park Reserve in the South Okanagan Similkameen
- October 23, 2013 – Letter of support for ‘Protection and Stewardship of Species At Risk and their Habitat on Salt Spring 2014-2017’
- October 18, 2013 – Letter to Premier Clark on Increasing the budget for BC Parks
- October 7, 2013 – Letter to Cowichan Mayor Lefebure and Members of Council on Echo Heights Forest development proposal
- October 5, 2013 –Letter Requesting a Federal Environmental Assessment for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project
- October 3, 2013 – Letter on the Proposed removal of land in the Somenos Marsh Conservation Area from ALR
- August 14, 2013 – Letter of concern over FortisBC application to build dam and reservoir on Similkameen
- June 10, 2013 – Letter of concern over the application of Rocky Mountain Adventures to develop three hunting camps
- June 4, 2013 – Letter of thanks for the Province’s rejection of the Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline
- January 29, 2013 – Letter to MLA R. Fleming on ORV Legislation
RECEIVED:
SENT:
- November 14, 2012 – Letter to Premier Clark & PM Harper – BC Natures’ stance on the Cohen Report
- June 19, 2012 – Letter to Min. Fisheries & Oceans on Gravel Removal from the Lower Fraser River, BC
- June 12, 2012 – Letter to Premier Clark – re South Okanagan-Similkameen Proposed Park
- May 15, 2012 – Letter to Premier Clark – British Columbia’s failure to take a position on the Northern Gateway Project
- March 5, 2012 – Letter to Susan Farlinger – Opposition to Kokish River Hydroelectric Project
- February 22, 2012 – Letter to Min. Thomson Opposing Proposed Log Drop Zone at Flores Island – Clayoquot Sound
- February 3, 2012 – Letter to Premier Clark on the BC withdrawal of support for a National Park in the South Okanagan-Lower Similkameen Valley
- January 16, 2012 – Letter to PM Harper – BC Nature objection to comments on NGP opponents
SENT:
- December 15, 2011 – Comments on the Natural Resource Area Roads Act
- December 15, 2011 – Comments on Humpback Whales listing under SARA
- August 30, 2011 – Follow up on Species at Risk Task force
- August 15, 2011, Metro Vancouver Ecological Comments
- April 8, 2011 – Follow up Letter to Min. Lake on Park Interpretation
- March 22, 2011 – Letter to Premier Clark about Shale Gas Development in British Columbia
- March 15, 2011 – Letter to Min. Lake on Park Interpretation
- March 15, 2011 – Letter to Min. Kent on support for Bowen Island Park
- March 14, 2011Submission to Water Act Modernization
- February 28, 2011 – Newspaper Ad promoting funding for BC Parks “BC Parks 100 – Running on Empty”
- January 27, 2011 – Letter and media release that an international coalition of environmental groups (including Nature Canada and BC Nature) have withdrawn in protest a complaint against Canada through the NAFTA review process, respect to failure to enforce laws for species at risk
RECEIVED:
- December 2, 2011 – Letter from Min. K. Falcon in response to Resolution 2011-02
- November 22, 2011 – Letter from Peter Kent in response to Resolution 2011-06
- October 19, 2011 – Update from Min. Lake on Water Moderization
- September 19, 2011 – Plan for Metro Vancouver Parks
- August 16, 2011 – Response from Min. of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operation on “Lake TSA”
- March 22, 2011 – Response from Premier Clark to BC Nature about Shale Gas Development
SENT:
- November 16, 2010 – Letter to Min. Hawkings on ORV Trails from a Naturalists Perspective
- November 15, 2010 – Submission to BC Species at Risk Task Force
- November 10, 2010 – Brief on Metro Vancouver’s Draft Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan presented to Min. Coell
- September 17, 2010 – Letter to provincial government’s committee on Finance urging that the next budget include more funding for BC Parks and Protected Areas
- September 8, 2010 – Letter with Nature Canada to the Joint Review Panel for Enbridge Northern Gateway Panel detailing inadequacies with the Terms of Reference
- August 12, 2010 – Resolutions approved at May 15 Kamloops AGM mailed to appropriate Ministers on the lack of funding for BC Provincial Parks, financing implementation of Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Plan, and Open Net Cage Salmon Farming
- July 27, 2010 – Letter to provincial Min. of Environment requesting protection for Crown land wetlands of Harrison Hot Springs “East Sector”
- July 22, 2010 – Letter to Mayor & Council of the City of Salmon Arm restating BC Nature concerns with proposed development on the Salmon River Floodplain
- July 16, 2010 – Letter to Honourable Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Opposition expressing Support for the Crude Oil tanker moratorium – Northern Gateway Project
- June 7, 2010 – Letter to Minister of Forests & Range expressing concern about cutbacks in staffing
- May 29, 2010 – Letter to BC Parks Northern Region-Omineca – Comments for the management plans for provincial parks of the Upper Fraser River to the east of Prince George
- May 6, 2010 – Letter to opposition party leaders on Bill C-9 to request that their parties commit to restoring and reforming the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act at the earliest opportunity, sign-on letter spearheaded by Sierra Club, West Coast Environmental Law and Ecojustice
- May 6, 2010 – Letter to federal finance committee on Bill C-9 which would weaken Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, sign-on letter spearheaded by West Coast Environmental Law on behalf of the National Environmental Assessment Caucus
- April 30, 2010 – Letter to BC Ministry of environment Water Stewardship Division on modernization of BC’s Water Act
- April 26, 2010 – Letter to Ministers of National Defence and of Environment, encouraging the federal government to close the door on further industrial development in CFB Suffield National Wildlife Area, Alberta; from the Canadian Nature Network, including BC Nature, and coordinated by Nature Canada
- April 16, 2010 – Letter to Capital Regional District expressing BC Nature’s opposition to proposal to allow off-road vehicles in CRD Parks
- March 17, 2010 – Letter to Min. Penner expressing BC Nature’s opposition to proposed killing of wolves to supposedly protect mountain caribou
- February 25, 2010 – letter to Min. Shea expressing concern with fish farms
- February 14, 2010 – letter to Integrated Land Management Bureau on proposed logging Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island
- February 8, 2010 – Response form to BC government’s consultation regarding cosmetic use of pesticides, prepared by Eva Durance on behalf of BC Nature.
- January 28, 2010 – Letter to Min, Penner stating that funding for Provincial Park Interpretation is government’s responsibility
SENT:
- November 16, 2010 – Letter to Min. Hawkings on ORV Trails from a Naturalists Perspective
- November 15, 2010 – Submission to BC Species at Risk Task Force
- November 10, 2010 – Brief on Metro Vancouver’s Draft Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan presented to Min. Coell
- September 17, 2010 – Letter to provincial government’s committee on Finance urging that the next budget include more funding for BC Parks and Protected Areas
- September 8, 2010 – Letter with Nature Canada to the Joint Review Panel for Enbridge Northern Gateway Panel detailing inadequacies with the Terms of Reference
- August 12, 2010 – Resolutions approved at May 15 Kamloops AGM mailed to appropriate Ministers on the lack of funding for BC Provincial Parks, financing implementation of Nechako White Sturgeon Recovery Plan, and Open Net Cage Salmon Farming
- July 27, 2010 – Letter to provincial Min. of Environment requesting protection for Crown land wetlands of Harrison Hot Springs “East Sector”
- July 22, 2010 – Letter to Mayor & Council of the City of Salmon Arm restating BC Nature concerns with proposed development on the Salmon River Floodplain
- July 16, 2010 – Letter to Honourable Michael Ignatieff, Leader of the Opposition expressing Support for the Crude Oil tanker moratorium – Northern Gateway Project
- June 7, 2010 – Letter to Minister of Forests & Range expressing concern about cutbacks in staffing
- May 29, 2010 – Letter to BC Parks Northern Region-Omineca – Comments for the management plans for provincial parks of the Upper Fraser River to the east of Prince George
- May 6, 2010 – Letter to opposition party leaders on Bill C-9 to request that their parties commit to restoring and reforming the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act at the earliest opportunity, sign-on letter spearheaded by Sierra Club, West Coast Environmental Law and Ecojustice
- May 6, 2010 – Letter to federal finance committee on Bill C-9 which would weaken Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, sign-on letter spearheaded by West Coast Environmental Law on behalf of the National Environmental Assessment Caucus
- April 30, 2010 – Letter to BC Ministry of environment Water Stewardship Division on modernization of BC’s Water Act
- April 26, 2010 – Letter to Ministers of National Defence and of Environment, encouraging the federal government to close the door on further industrial development in CFB Suffield National Wildlife Area, Alberta; from the Canadian Nature Network, including BC Nature, and coordinated by Nature Canada
- April 16, 2010 – Letter to Capital Regional District expressing BC Nature’s opposition to proposal to allow off-road vehicles in CRD Parks
- March 17, 2010 – Letter to Min. Penner expressing BC Nature’s opposition to proposed killing of wolves to supposedly protect mountain caribou
- February 25, 2010 – letter to Min. Shea expressing concern with fish farms
- February 14, 2010 – letter to Integrated Land Management Bureau on proposed logging Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island
- February 8, 2010 – Response form to BC government’s consultation regarding cosmetic use of pesticides, prepared by Eva Durance on behalf of BC Nature.
- January 28, 2010 – Letter to Min, Penner stating that funding for Provincial Park Interpretation is government’s responsibility
SENT:
- December 31, 2009 – Brief(41KB) from the Burke Mountain Naturalists to the provincial government’s Four Green Energy Task Forces.
- December 22, 2009 – Statement of Expectations on Reform of the BC Water Act
- November 13, 2009 – Letter from Nature Canada and Nature Alberta in support of BC Nature’s letter calling on the federal government to undertake a comprehensive and independent public enquiry on the proposed Enbridge Gateway project.
- November 12, 2009 – Letter of congratulations to Min. Krueger and government on announcement for improved management for ORVs
- October 23, 2009 – Letter to Select Standing Committee on Government Finance and Services, recommending increased funding for Ministry of Environment: BC Parks and Environmental Stewardship
- October 14, 2009 – Letter to Min. Krueger, Minister in support or government regulations on ORV registration and licensing
- August 4, 2009 – petition on “KYOTOplus Climate Action Now!” .
- August 4, 2009 – Letter to Min. Krueger in support of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission
- July 8, 2009 – Submission to the BC Environmental Assessment Office with comments on proposed NaiKun wind farm
- June 17 and 23, 2009 – Cover letters sent distribute the six resolutions passed at the May 2 AGM
- June 4, 2009 – Letter to Premier Campbell with comments on proposed NaiKun Wind project
- May 11, 2009 – Letter to BC Great Blue Heron Society in support of their proposal of a Fraser River Estuary National Wildlife Area
- April 20, 2009 – Letter to BC Parks Omineca Region in support of maintaining closure of areas within Kakwa Provincial Park to snowmobiling for portion of April
- April 14, 2009 – Letter to PM Harper requesting an independent public enquiry for the Enbridge Gateway Project
- April 14, 2009 – Letter to Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on the Enbridge Gateway Project
- April 14, 2009 – Letter to Provincial Environmental Assessment Office on ToR for Northwest Transmission Line
- March 31, 2009 – Letter to Min. of Environment with thanks for BC requesting Intervenor status re proposed dams on Similkameen
- March 9, 2009 – Letter to Canadian Senate on changes to the Navigable Waters Protection Act
- February 20, 2009 – Media Release – Ten Environmental Groups say ‘protected areas for caribou need protection not only from logging but also from mining and motorized recreation’
- February 19, 2009 – Letter to Min. Penner on Nechako White Sturgeon survival and funding for the Interpretive Centre
- February 18, 2009 – Letter to the BC Environmental Assessment Office and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency on the draft terms of reference for the proposed Bute Inlet Hydroelectric Project and recommendation that the environmental assessment be conducted at the highest level of review possible under CEAA.
- February 17, 2009 – Letter to Min. Prentice on Nechako White Sturgeon survival and funding for the Interpretive Centre
- January 28, 2009 – Letter to John Hawkings, Chair, Trails Strategy Committee, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Arts, providing BC Nature comments
SENT:
- December 10, 2008 – Letter to Canadian Wildlife Service on Impact Mitigation and Habitat Rehabilitation for Western Painted Turtles and Oregon Spotted Frog and Coexisting Species at Risk.
- October 30, 2008 – Letter to Premier Campbell in support of funding for the Shuswap Lake Integrated Planning Process
- October 18
Letter to Mayor and Council, Delta, regarding Burns Bog Covenant and approval of the South Fraser Perimeter Road Project - Oct. 14, 2008 – Letter to Manager, Major Projects, Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Arts stating our opposition to the request for snowmobile use in Garibaldi Provincial Park
- October 9, 2008 – Letter to Mayor and Council, Salmon Arm, regarding proposed SmartCentre
- September 24, 2008 – Comments on Mt Robson Management Plan to BC Parks, Omineca Region
- September 15, 2008 – Brief to Select Standing Committee on Finance for increased funding for BC Parks
- July 14, 2008 – Letter to Min. Penner with congratulations on Conservation Framework and urging action on the goals
- June 25, 2008 – Letter to Min. Penner urging that the Province purchase privately held lands at the mouth of the Adams River
- May 20, 2008 – Letter to Chair Dan Ashton and Directors, Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen with concerns over designation of St Andrews area in White Lake Basin as secondary growth area
- May 19, 2008 – Joint Press release from Mountain Caribou Project titled, “Potholes in the Road to Recovery: Mountain Caribou Audit Raises Questions about Government Efforts”
- April 17, 2008 – Letter to Columbia Shuswap Regional District Board regarding proposed marina development near mouth of Adams River
- April 17, 2008 – Letter to Environment Minister Penner regarding proposed marina development near mouth of Adams River
- April 8, 2008 – Letter to Environmental Assessment Office on proposed Upper Pitt River Water Power Project
- April 3, 2008 – Letter to Environmental Assessment Office on proposed Garibaldi at Squamish development
- March 7, 2008 – Letter to Environmental Assessment Office on proposed Coquihalla Pass Resort project
- March 4, 2008 – Letter to Integrated Land Management Bureau regarding Okanagan ATV Tours’ application for Crown tenure near Peachland
- February 21, 2008 – Letter to Nancy Wilkin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Environment, expressing support for proposed Gilpin Grasslands Wildlife Management Area
- February 21, 2008 – Letter to Minister Hagen of Tourism, Sport and the Arts regarding our support for non-motorized participation in Provincial Recreation Trail Strategy
- February 20, 2008 – Letter to Mayor and Council, City of Vernon, opposing the proposed by-pass highway through Bella Vista grasslands
- February 20, 2008 – Letter to Okanagan Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Arts, regarding unauthorized use of ski trails by snowmobilers, and need for workshop to resolve
- February 19, 2008 – Letter to Similkameen dam – emails to Enloe and Shanker’s Bend Public Utility Districts in Washington State with comments on proposed dam on the Similkameen River, which would flood into BC
- February 15, 2008 – Letter to BC Hydro with comments on Pre-Consultation for proposed Site C on the Peace River
- February 15, 2008 – Letter to Director General, Canadian Wildlife Service with comments on proposed management ofIncidental Take of Migratory Birds
- February 12, 2008 – Letter to BC Hydro, Sign-on letter regarding Tender Evaluation Process for 2008 Clean Energy Call
- February 11, 2008 – Open letter from Mountain Caribou Project regarding government’s recovery implementation plan
- February 7, 2008 – Letter to Premier Campbell regarding need for provincial Species at Risk legislation
- January 29, 2008 – Letter to Chair and Members of Okanagan Similkameen Regional District Board regarding the proposedWillow Beach Development at the north end of Osoyoos Lake
- January 29, 2008 – Letter to Min. Penner regarding Independent Power Project in upper Pitt and proposed removal of wilderness from Pinecone Burke Provincial Park
- January 28, 2008 – Letter to Premier Campbell, sign-on letter by several groups, coordinated by CPAWS, and requesting Premier to establish a Premier’s Advisory Committee on Adaptation to Climate Change, with consideration to protection of nature
- January 15 , 2008 – Letter to Premier Campbell, expressing concern with the Independent Power Project at Fries Creekand impact on Squamish River Wildlife Management Area
SENT:
- November 22, 2007 – Letter to Pat Bell, minister responsible for Species at Risk Coordination Office, with thanks for strong recovery strategy and noting concern with Monashee Herd
- November 17, 2007 – Letter to Premier Gordon Campbell re: South Fraser Perimeter Road and Burns Bog
- October 17, 2007 – Press release from Nature Canada and BC Nature supporting the BC Government’s newly released Mountain Caribou Recovery Implementation Plan
- September 24, 2007 – Letter to Canadian Wildlife Service on the cuts proposed by the federal government
- September 24, 2007 – Letter to Canadian Wildlife Service on the cuts proposed by the federal government
- August 31, 2007 – Canadian Nature Network Consultation: BC Provincial Consultations with natural history clubs
- July 17, 2007 – Letter to Premier Campbell urging temporary moratorium on development on Shuswap lakeshore and wetlands until outcome of Shuswap Basin Integrated Planning process
- June 28, 2007 – Letter to Min. Penner with comments on Wildlife Act Discussion Paper
- April 18, 2007 – Letter to Min. Penner expressing concerns over proposed transmission line and boundary adjustment through the north of Pinecone-Burke Provincial Park
- March 26, 2007 – Letter to Premier Campbell, urging BC to take strong action to safeguard important habitat for mountain caribou
- March 26, 2007 – Letter to Min. Baird encouraging the federal government to support the best recovery strategy possible for mountain caribou
- April 6, 2007 – Submission from BC Nature to BC Parks with comments on the draft Mount Robson Management Plan
- February 19, 2007 – Comments submitted to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency re: Galore Creek Copper-Gold-Silver Project
- February 19, 2007 – Letter to Min. Baird regarding proposed National Park Reserve forSouth Okanagan-Similkameen
- February 12, 2007 – Letter to provincial ministers regarding concerns with mountain pine beetle salvage logging
- January 26, 2007 – Letter to the Species at Risk Coordination Office with detailed comments on their draft recovery plan for mountain caribou
- January 25, 2007 – Letter to provincial ministers Pat Bell, Barry Penner and Stan Hagen regarding mountain caribou and government’s commitment to recovery
- January 25, 2007 – Letter to Min. of Fisheries & Oceans regarding Canada’s role in protection of fisheries and the proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act
- January 8, 2007 – Letter to provincial Environmental Assessment Office regarding the draft terms of reference for theMount Klappan Coal Project
Press Releases
Member/Club Correspondence
2022-12 – Sumgas Creek Habitat
2022-02-24 – Black Locust Invasive Species
2022-01-02 2022 – Thank you Letter on the resolution of Skagit Donut Hole mineral rights.
- September 2, 2021 – Fairy Creek and Supreme Court Ruling on RCMP Conduct – Dr Loys Maingon
- July 14, 2021 – BC Forest Practices-Important 2– Dennis Perry
- May 20, 2021 – Why Bristol Bay produces more sockeye salmon than the Fraser River– Otto E. Langer
- April 16, 2021 – Cullen Letter & the letter Responses– John Neville
- March 17, 2021 – Douglas Lake Cattle Co vs Nicola Valley Fish & Game– Rick Bonar