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Two newspaper features address logging on BC’s Sunshine Coast

ByHeather Conn
Jack Stein photo

Dozens of concerned residents on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast have rallied to help save species-diverse forest in Wilson Creek.

My news feature “Forest giants worth saving,” which outlined related community activities, appeared in The Local, a Sunshine Coast weekly, on Nov. 15, 2012.

Click this Saving forest giants link to read the published article.

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My feature “Sunshine Coast activists demand public consultation on Wilson Creek logging,” with photos, appeared in the Vancouver Observer on Dec. 6, 2012.

Click here to read the published article.

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