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This page contains both articles in the
media, as well as press releases and high-resolution images
for use by the media. |
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Winnipeg Free Press article
You can read
the November 22, 2008 Winnipeg Free Press article
by clicking
here.
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Winnipeg Free Press article
You can read
the September 24, 2008 Winnipeg Free Press article
about the rallies for Forest Week by clicking
here.
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• Read
the Dawson Trail Dispatch article from September 2008
about the clam die-off at Meditation Lake
Click
here to read the article about the devastation
currently happening in our provincial parks. |
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• Read
the Winnipeg Free Press article from August 7, 2008
about the clam die-off at Meditation Lake
Click
here to read the article about the devastation
currently happening in our provincial parks. |
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• Logging
NOT the Answer for Whiteshell Provincial Park
An article in the Winnipeg
Free Press on Sunday, June 23 mentioned the logging
of Whiteshell Provincial Park. Currently, an area
of forest in the Whiteshell that was flattened in
a windstorm last summer is being logged to lessen
the risk of fire. The article perpetuated some fallacies
about the role of logging, fires, and provincial
parks. Most Manitobans know that we don't need logging
in our parks, and most jurisdictions around the
world already ban logging in parks, yet the logging
community in Manitoba is clinging to false justification
for their continued destruction of our cherished
forests.
You can read
the newspaper article by clicking
here.
You can read
the response letter from the Wilderness Committee
by clicking
here.
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• Read
the Winnipeg Sun article on Tembec not using recycled
content
Click
here to read the March 15, 2008 Winnipeg Sun article. |
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• Read
the Winnipeg Free Press article on Tembec's recycling
halt
Click
here to read the March 15, 2008 Winnipeg Free
Press article. |
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• Read
the Winnipeg Free Press article from February 11 on
logging in provincial parks
Click
here to read the article about the devastation
currently happening in our provincial parks. |
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• Read
a letter written to the Leader about the East Shore
Wilderness Area.
Click
here to read the January 11, 2008 Lac du Bonnet
Leader article |
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• Read The Metro article
from August 16 on clearcut logging in Manitoba's provincial
parks
Click
here to read the article.
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• Read the Winnipeg
Free Press article on the release of the Wilderness
Committee’s Whiteshell provincial park clearcut
logging map
Click
here to read the article.
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• Read the Lac du Bonnet
Leader article about the Clearcut Provincial Park
action in Nopiming Provincial Park.
Click
here to read the article.
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• Read the Winnipeg
Free Press article on the launch of the Wilderness
Committee’s "Welcome to Clearcut Provincial
Park" direct action campaign
Click
here to read the article.
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• Read the Letter to
the Editor written in response to the Leader article
on Tembec's Lac du Bonnet Open House
Click
here to read the letter. |
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• Read the Eco-Journal
article on Forest Stewardship Council, Tembec, and
Nopiming Provincial Park
Click
here to read the article. |
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• Read
the Leader article on the Tembec Open House in Lac
du Bonnet
Click
here to read the article.
Click
here to read the Letter to the Editor written
in response, published on March 2
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• Read
the Winnipeg Free Press article on the Wilderness
Committee / Tembec Open House
Click
here to read the article.
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| News Releases for the Media |
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Please contact us if you need
any photographs for media publication purposes. |
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Loss
of more nature, more park development worrisome—May
27, 2010
The Wilderness Committee was disappointed
to learn, today, that the province was allowing construction
of a private camp in an undeveloped natural area in Whiteshell
Park, despite there being no current park management plan.
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Canadian
Forestry Firms’ Agreement Fails on Caribou, Boreal
Protection—May 26, 2010
A
recent announcement by a 21-corporation forestry consortium
that led Canadians to believe that huge swaths of boreal
forest and caribou habitat were no longer going to be logged
turned out to good to be true, as 9 times more caribou habitat
is being targeted for logging than is being temporarily
preserved over the next three years. |
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Wilderness
Committee warns on Forestry Agreement—May 18, 2010
Today, the Wilderness Committee is
advising Canadians to be cautious when reviewing the recent
forestry announcement about boreal and caribou habitat deferrals.
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Groups
launch new website—March 17, 2010
The Wilderness Committee has teamed up with the Canadian
Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) and the Boreal Forest
Network to launch a new educational website about the Heart
of the Boreal--Manitoba’s gift to the world. It can
be found at HeartoftheBoreal.ca |
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More
Whitesehll Park Mismanagement—January 27, 2010
The Wilderness Committee is again disappointed with the
Manitoba government’s decision to randomly allow private
developments in undisturbed areas of provincial parks. This
morning, Manitoba Conservation announced plans to authorize
a private youth camp on undeveloped Sylvia Lake in cherished
Whiteshell Provincial Park. |
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Closing
Tembec plant means Manitobans will breathe easier—December
8, 2009
Tembec announced it will close its paper mill in Pine
Falls immediately, seeking to sell it by spring 2010.
With this announcement, one of the largest sources of
pollution in Manitoba over the last 80 years will be shut
down, preventing 4.68 million tones of pollutants from
being emitted each year. |
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Government
backtracking on park logging ban—November 24 , 2009
On the one-year anniversary of the introduction of the
provincial park logging ban, the Wilderness Committee
is drawing attention to the fact that the Manitoba government
continues to approve logging in provincial parks. |
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Selinger
Needs to Keep Road Out of Grass River Park—October
27, 2009
Manitoba Wildlands and the Wilderness Committee are sending
their final appeals of the recent environment license
that bisects Grass River Provincial Park with a logging
road. The license was issued to Tolko Industries mere
months after logging was supposedly banned in Grass River
Park. |
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Meditation
Lake development decision a victory for Manitobans!—October
23, 2009
The government’s decision to cease development plans
for Meditation Lake in the Whiteshell Provincial Park
is a great victory for Manitobans and the Wilderness Committee.However,
two important steps remain: Backcountry zoning and an
algae study to make sustainable use of this important
Whiteshell lake. |
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Wilderness
Committee Staff Member Robin Bryan Wins North America’s
Top Environmental Prize for Youth—October 14, 2009
Robin Bryan, a 21-year-old student at the University of
Winnipeg, will be among the six recipients of the 2009 Brower
Youth Award. |
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Data
Reveals Habitat of Threatened Caribou is at Risk From Logging—September
23, 2009
Wilderness Committee questions legality of decision to authorize
logging in an area of northwest Manitoba known known to
be key caribou habitat. |
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WC
supports Newfoundland and Labrador—December 23, 2008
Wilderness Committee applauds Newfoundland and Labrador
for taking back control of public lands and waters |
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Park
Logging Stopped!—November 21, 2008
Victory for the Wilderness Committee and the citizens of
Manitoba! Congratulations to the government of Manitoba
on a tremendous step for wild lands in this province. |
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Tolko
abusing public forests, government failing Manitobans—September
17 , 2008
Private logging corporation Tolko rather than government
running logging stakeholder meeting, Manitoba's parks and
woodland caribou suffering |
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Mass
Species Die-off in Whiteshell Park—August 6, 2008
Clams dead in secluded lake near logging operations in Whiteshell
Provincial Park. |
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Government
failing loggers, Manitobans with logging license area renewals—July
4, 2008
Logging licenses set to expire, winter logging work now
uncertain, park protection not yet guaranteed. |
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Stephane
Dion speak up for Endangered Species—June 17, 2008
Stephane Dion speaks up for better protection for wildlife
under the federral Species At Risk Act. |
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Tolko
Plans Park Destruction—May 9, 2008
Logging project to permanently damage Grass River Provincial
Park and threatened woodland caribou habitat. |
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Tembec
Hosts Park Logging Talk—May 8, 2008
Wilderness Committee says Tembec should not be hosting meeting
to plan Provincial Park management. Government abrogating
responsibility of managing provincial parks, putting control
in hands of logging corporation. |
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Cutting
Down Provincial Parks Cheaper than Recycling—March
14, 2008
This week Tembec announced plans to cease using recycled
paper at their paper plant in Pine Falls, because it's cheaper
to make paper from trees than recycle. |
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Shameful
destruction in Manitoba Provicnial Park—February 8,
2007
Wilderness Committee expedition finds current mining, logging,
and hydro
operations laying waste to the forests in Nopiming Provincial
Park. |
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Fisher
Bay Park Reserve report released—August 29, 2007
News Release—First Nation calls for Park to be established |
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Whiteshell
clearcut logging map released—June 15, 2007
News Release—Map of logging clearcuts and forest cover
in
Whiteshell Provincial Park released
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Welcome
to Clearcut Provincial Park—May 17, 2007
News Release—Wilderness Committee launches Welcome
to Clearcut Provincial Park direct action campaign. |
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Step
It Up! on climate change, urges Wilderness Committee—April
13, 2007
News Release—April 14th is an international day of
action on climate change, and the Wilderness Committee is
asking Manitobans to do their part. |
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Tembec
Threatens Nopiming Wildlife—February 15, 2007
News Release—Logging corporation Tembec pressures
government to abandon Wildlife Guidelines, threatening wildlife
in Nopiming Park.
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Clearcutting
Parks—January 22, 2007
News Release explaining concerns the Wilderness Committee
plan to raise about provincial park logging at Tembec Open
House. |
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Clearcutting
Parks Media Advisory—January 19, 2007
Media advisory announcing Wilderness Committee plan to confront
Tembec on logging provincial parks at their Open House. |
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| Print Resolution images for the
Media |
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The following print-quality
images are provided for media use courtesy of the Wilderness
Committee, Manitoba.
To download any of the images
right click on the link, then:
- in Mozilla Firefox
choose ‘Save Link As…’
- in Internet Explorer
choose ‘Save to Disk’ |
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Fisher
Bay park reserve map
16.3 MB
.tif file, 2,108 pixels by 2,708 pixels |
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Fisher
Bay Educational Report cover
17.8
MB .tif file, 3,054 pixels by 2,036 pixels |
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Fisher
Bay island reflection image
16.7
MB .tif file, 1,863 pixels by 2,985 pixels |
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Whiteshell
Provincial Park map—logging clearcuts and forest cover
18 MB .tif file, 2,090 pixels by 3,000
pixels |
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Whiteshell
Provincial Park logging clearcut image
24
MB .tif file, 3,587 pixels by 2,338pixels |
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Nopiming
Provincial Park map—logging clearcuts and forest cover
24 MB .tif file, 2,550 pixels by 3,300
pixels |
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Nopiming
Provincial Park map logging clearcut image
18
MB .tif file, 2,000 pixels by 3,008 pixels |
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