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A/J Alternatives Journal (Canadian Environmental Voice)

Online environmental articles written by multiple authors 

Collection of Canadian articles, primarily focused on environmental science, issues, policy, and debate: 

https://www.alternativesjournal.ca

From Conflict to Collaboration: The Story of the Great Bear Rainforest

Written by Merran Smith, ForestEthics, Art Sterritt, and Coastal First Nations

A paper aiming to capture the multiple perspectives and stories throughout the process of how the Great Bear Rainforest came to be, with the purpose of highlighting what happened in this area and how we can learn from it:

https://coastfunds.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/StoryoftheGBR.pdf

Haidawood Stories

YouTube videos created by Haidawood

Stop motion animated movies that tell Haida stories in the Haida language with english subtitles:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyeVELFZ2Toty4TucE8ynw

Marine Detective Blog

Blog created by a biology teacher, deep-sea diver, underwater photographer, and Humpback Whale researcher living on Vancouver Island. Includes great material to read and view pictures of marine life from a biologist’s perspective:

https://themarinedetective.com/blog/

Moose in British Columbia

Blog created by a biology teacher, deep-sea diver, underwater photographer, and Humpback Whale researcher living on Vancouver Island. Includes great material to read and view pictures of marine life from a biologist’s perspective:

https://themarinedetective.com/blog/

Salmon Trees

Written by Nancy Baron (Hakai Magazine-Coastal Salmon and Societies) and originally published in Issue 110 of Equinox Magazine. 

A recount of Baron's experience exploring BC's coastal rainforest with biologist Tom Reimchen, who advanced the theory of a more comprehensive coastal ecology in which salmon feed forests:

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/salmon-trees/

Scientists View Old-Growth Forests Through Lichens to Understand their Value

Posted by CBC

Article about the use of lichens to measure the biodiversity and healthy of old-growth forest ecosystems:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/scientists-view-old-growth-forests-through-lichens-to-understand-value-1.5049386 

State of the Ocean in the Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA)

Written by Anna Hall and published by the David Suzuki Foundation and partners

A report that provides a useful overview of the biological and ecological diversity of the North Coast, threats to the sustainability of the North Coast, and implications for BC ocean management:

https://davidsuzuki.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/state-ocean-pacific-north-coast-integrated-management-area.pdf

Tall and Old or Dense and Young: Which Kind of Forest is Better for the Climate?

Written by Paul Koberstein & Jessica Applegate

Article that dives into why it is so important to protect old-growth forests and the implications of logging in the types of forests that make up Northern BC:

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/05/tall-and-old-or-dense-and-young-which-kind-of-forest-is-better-for-the-climate/

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