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BCnature Winter 202211projects. The committee is busy brainstorming and setting priorities new, keen members to join our on prospective projects. We are looking forward to getting started on these new initiatives in the coming months.The Climate Committee was recently approached by a freelance writer preparing an article for the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC and Explore Magazine about how climate change is affecting outdoor Eby, our new premier, participated recreation. The committee sent the in a rally at his office on October writer a summary of our answers to their questions, providing a great opportunity for us to reach an audience outside of BC Nature.BC Nature is a member of the West Coast Climate Action Network (WE-CAN) https://westcoastclimateaction.ca/. WE-CAN is a powerful network of BC organizations urgently addressing the climate emergency. For weekly growth continues, even in the updates on climate news and action, we invite you to subscribe to the WE-CAN newsletter https://bit.ly/3Vi3m1d.The Climate Committee is excited about our opportunities for the future. We are looking for committee! If you would like to be involved, please contact us at BCN_ClimateCommittee@protonmail.com and we would be delighted to get in touch with you.Old-growth Forests by Peter Ballin - Back to elder action as recommended by David Suzuki: this elder, as a constituent of David 27, to support his expressed desire to speed up the deferrals of old-growth to be logged. I spoke at the rally and served as media contact (I was clear but didn’t make the cut).“Two of the three years to implement the B.C. government promises on old-growth have passed. Yet, clearcutting of irreplaceable, endangered old-most-at-risk stands,” said Jens Wieting, Senior Forest and Climate Campaigner at Sierra Club BC. Stand.earth was instrumental in supporting the demonstration. We called for the implementation of at-risk old-growth logging bans, financial support for First Nations to make deferrals a viable economic option and pursue Indigenous-led solutions, carrying out the Old Growth Strategic Report’s 14 recommendations now, and ceasing old-growth logging to clear the path for fracking operations and gas pipelines.BC Nature signed on to the United We Stand for Old Growth Forests Declaration - https://bit.ly/3hqrlwU, joining almost 70 other organizations. You may wish to contact Elders for Ancient Trees email: oldfolksforoldgrowth@gmail.com and request to be placed on their distribution list. ΩConservation Report continued from page 10Coyote hard at work for a meal.Photo: L. MacDonald