By urging British Columbia’s Agriculture and Lands Minister Pat Bell to protect the mountain caribou, you helped safeguard an additional 1 million acres of critical mountain caribou habitat from logging and road building in BC’s Inland Temperate Rainforest!

Last month, Minister Bell announced his plan to restore the mountain caribou population to pre-1995 levels of 2,500 animals throughout their existing range in B.C. The provincial government has also promised to provide $1 million per year for three years to support the management, implementation and monitoring of the plan to determine if, and how, the strategy might need to be modified to meet its goals.

Although this plan is a major accomplishment, it is essentially an emergency measure to rescue a critically endangered population. Over the last decade, a quarter of the planet’s remaining mountain caribou have been lost due to degradation of their old-growth habitat. The plan still does not deal with the larger issue of timely habitat protection for BC’s threatened plants and animals.

This announcement emphasizes the urgent need for a single enforceable endangered species law in BC - a project the David Suzuki Foundation is currently working on. Let’s keep the momentum going! Contact the Minister, congratulate him on the plan and call for comprehensive endangered species legislation now. Click to take action