Email now: stop the chemical herbicide spray in forests across southern B.C.

Herbicide spray from helicopter with graphic that says stop with a bottle of poisonous herbicides crossed out

Call on decision-makers to immediately extend the public engagement period for a proposed pest management plan, which would see the spraying of chemical herbicides – including triclopyr and glyphosate – in forest lands from Squamish to Hope, including in areas around Chilliwack and Agassiz, over a period of 5 years beginning April 2022.

Despite being the subject of ongoing lawsuits for potential links to cancer, glyphosate is used by the BC timber industry to kill native plant species – including berry plants and fire-resistant broadleaf trees – which are considered pests by the logging sector, in order to propagate timber plantations. The proposal for the Sea to Sky and Chilliwack Natural Resource Districts has been submitted by the province’s own Crown corporation, BC Timber Sales.

The deadline for public engagement is Sunday, March 27, 2022. We are encouraging members of the public to immediately contact decision-makers and express their concern about this proposal, and request an immediate extension to the public engagement period.

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Minister

Bruce

Ralston

B.C. NDP

Supervisor

Elijah

Fraser

BC Timber Sales, Chinook Business Area

Practices Forester

Peter

Cherniwchan

BC Timber Sales

Honourable

Josie

Osborne

BC NDP

MLA

Fin

Donnelly

B.C. NDP

Deputy Minister

Richard

Manwaring

Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations

To whom it may concern,

I request an extension to the public engagement period for Pest Management Plan 18597-40/2022-27 proposed by BCTS for the Sea to Sky and Chilliwack Natural Resource Districts on unceded Stó:lō, St’át’imc, Nlaka’pamux, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories.

The posting for the engagement period had an incorrect email to make submissions, and a broken link to view more information — without the correct details provided, the province has not fulfilled its responsibility to adequately engage Indigenous Nations and the public at large. "Given the complexity and potential severity of these issues, 30 days is simply not enough time for members of our communities to be adequately engaged and provide feedback." - Excerpt from the letter written by Angelina Hopkins Rose, St̓át̓imc First Nations member

Glyphosate is an especially controversial chemical herbicide that is the subject of ongoing lawsuits for potential cancer links, and is currently under federal review.

The potential impacts of this plan are immense and likely to adversely impact local food and medicine sources for Indigenous communities: "The broad-leaf plant species that BC Timber Sales proposes to target with glyphosate, triclopyr, Formula 40 include salmonberry, huckleberry, thimbleberry, elderberry, salal, red raspberry, blueberry, mushrooms, Indian Hellebore, Devil’s club, fireweed. These are all culturally significant plants and medicines that local Indigenous peoples have harvested and relied upon for thousands of years. Targeting these native plants will have serious negative impacts on local Indigenous peoples, local wildlife, and wild salmon." - Excerpt from the letter written by Angelina Hopkins Rose, St̓át̓imc First Nations member

The protection and recovery of forests, including fire and drought-resistant species like broadleaf trees, must be an integral part of any strategy to mitigate climate change impacts.

The B.C. NDP government has pledged to undertake a “paradigm shift” for forest management, specifically to value ecological and community values above timber values. The continued spraying of chemicals, especially without due public dialogue or transparency, is the antithesis to this commitment.

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