CHEK News: The Fight For Our Ancient Forests, BC Parks, and the Carmanah Valley

May, 18th, 2011 - Local news station CHEK TV's Island 30 featured environmentalist Vicky Husband and Ancient Forest Alliance's Ken Wu speaking on the state of BC's parks during their 100 year anniversary.

The story focuses on the Carmanah Walbran Provincial Park and highlights the need to increase parks funding and maintenence in these spectacular places as well as the need to expand protected areas to include the remaining endangered old-growth forests on Vancouver Island and southern BC and shift instead to logging second-growth forests sustainably.

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