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#WatershedSentinel - Independent environmental news for BC & beyond. Amplifying grassroots voices on climate, water, energy, Indigenous rights, and community-led solutions for a sustainable future. watershedsentinel.ca/store

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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 14/09/2026
What does The Common Good look like in a world driven by profit? Our latest issue looks at the people and communities pushing back, protecting what belongs to all of us, and imagining a different way forward. Don’t miss a story. Subscribe: shrlnk.ca/s/soEtWghu #forestry #BCpoli #Canada #DataCentre
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 28/07/2026
Join the Watershed Sentinel Magazine on Aug. 5, 7pm PT for a Zoom watch party & discussion on the New Forest Act proposal. Learn, connect, & be part of the change. tinyurl.com/NFAWatchParty #oldgrowth #BCforest #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #ecosystems #logging #Watersheds #rivers #ecology #environment
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 12/07/2026
Congratulations to our contributor Odette Auger on receiving 3rd Place for Best Environmental Coverage at the 2026 Indigenous Media Awards! Read more of Odette's articles: watershedsentinel.ca/tag/odette-auger @ricochetmedia.bsky.social @odetteauger.bsky.social #media #IndependantJournalism
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 25/06/2026
Our latest issue is out! 🌱 Drought and Food explores what happens when we push our landscapes beyond their limits. Stories from the issue coming online soon, watch this space! Can’t wait? Subscribe: watershedsentinel.ca/store #Drought #FoodInsecurity #BCpoli #BC #ClimateChange
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 28/04/2026
The New Forest Act Roadshow (June 2–22, 2026) In-person presentations across BC on a proposed new forestry framework to replace the current system: Protect–Restore–Harvest. Join us. #BCpoli #Forestry #Logging #Forest #Conservation #Ecology #Canada #BritishColumbia #NewForestAct
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 02/04/2026
Our new issue dives into the BC forest crisis: collapsing ecosystems, wildlife pressure, and communities left to carry the cost. Watch this space for upcoming articles. Subscribe for full issue! watershedsentinel.ca/store #PCpoli #Forestry #NewForestAct #Logging #OldGrowth #BC #Canada #Watershed
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 17/03/2026
Love independent, #grassroots #environmental journalism? Help Watershed Sentinel reach new readers & #win a 1-year print subscription 💧 Follow + tag a friend (share optional!) 🎉 Draw: April 1st ✨ More in-depth stories in print than online Thanks for helping us grow across BC & Canada! #contest
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 24/02/2026
The Strait of Georgia is turning turquoise 🐟 Did you know #herring pass on spawning knowledge to the next generation? When populations decline, the ripple affects all who rely on them. Protecting them matters! Join HerringFest, March 4-8, 2026 🔗 conservancyhornbyisland.org 📸 Sam Rose Phillips
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 24/02/2026
“I like stories with a little edge.” Meet the small but mighty Watershed Sentinel team, founder Delores Broten & editor Zoe Blunt, shaping stories for our next issue, out early April. Subscribe for delivery 📬 linktr.ee/watershedsen... Full video: tinyurl.com/mr5pjrrx #grassroots
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 19/02/2026
Every dollar makes a difference. Support #independent #media! watershedsentinel.ca/donate/ #journalism #environment #nonprofit #news #canada #bcpoli #britishcolumbia
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 11/02/2026
In BC, big industries pay $2.25 per million litres of #freshwater while communities face #drought, #wildfires, and watershed insecurity. With the BC Budget coming Feb 17, share the video and help push for change 💧 www.watershedsecurity.ca/take-action #BCpoli #Water #BCWatershedSecurityCoalition
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 07/02/2026
🚨 STOP logging at Fairy Creek 🚨 Teal-Jones is seeking a permit to log old-growth beside the Fairy Creek deferral zone (cutblock 8027). tinyurl.com/2drj3cx2 📣 We need to FLOOD the Ministry of Forests with opposition 🕔 Takes 5 minutes 📅 Deadline: Feb 22 #fairycreek #logging #deforestation
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 03/02/2026
Breaking News! Health Canada has approved a gene-edited pig for human consumption. Demand mandatory labelling at www.cban.ca/labelGMOs @cbanaction.bsky.social #GMO #HealthCanada #pig #labelling #food
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 27/01/2026
New issue of The Watershed Sentinel is out! Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism. #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots #rewild #BCpoli
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 23/01/2026
The wall is going down! Today, partners gathered at Kus-kus-sum to celebrate the removal of the steel wall, a major milestone in restoring this former industrial site back into a living estuary. More in our next issue. #Kuskussum #Comox #Courtenay #restoration #conservation
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 15/01/2026
The next issue will be sent to print next week! Subscribe and get the Watershed Sentinel in your mailbox. Not every article is published on our website :) #independentjournalism #BritishColumbia #environement #climate #VancouverIsland #canada ##watershed #nonprofit
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 24/12/2025
The Watershed Sentinel sends wishes for peace, courage, and hope! May your week be beautiful and may we all contribute to a brighter future together.🌲 #watershedsentinel
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 02/12/2025
Holiday deal: $35: Wild Canada 2026 calendar + 5 issues of Watershed Sentinel. Ships included. and much more... watershedsentinel.ca/store #holidaydeal #watershedsentinel #independentnews
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 25/11/2025
Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran #blockade. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you! Updates on Instagram: Fairy Creek Blockade @sierraclubbc.bsky.social @dogwoodbc.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #OldGrowth
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 25/11/2025
Enforcement has begun at the #Walbran blockade. Mass #mobilization is needed on site. This is our last chance to save the forest. Bring media with you! Updates on FB and Instagram: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek #Blockade Directions: (48.7003963, -124.5409737) #OldGrowth #BCpoli #Clearcuts #logging
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 24/11/2025
🌲 Curious how clearcuts affects watersheds? Forestry + Film Night - Sat Nov 29, 3–5 PM @ The Hub (Cowichan Station). 25-min doc Trouble in the Headwaters + speakers Dr. Younes Alila, Daniel Pierce & Heather Pritchard. Free/by donation ▶️ shawniganbasinsociety.org/events.html #TroubleintheHeadwaters
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 21/11/2025
New issue of The Watershed Sentinel is out! Read some stories online watershedsentinel.ca/articles, subscribe for the full print issue + early PDF: watershedsentinel.ca/store. Support independent environmental journalism. #oldgrowth #salmon #environmentaljustice #watershedsentinel #grassroots
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 20/11/2025
🌊 Your Input Wanted! 🌊 Know a local group doing great work for watersheds or the environment? Or a topic you want in the next Watershed Sentinel? Drop your ideas in the comments or send us a message, let’s celebrate local action! #WatershedSentinel #LocalAction #CommunityVoices
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 20/11/2025
About 80 of us rallied in Courtenay on Tuesday - moving speeches, hard facts, and truth-telling songs. We demand protection for at-risk old growth and accountability from BC Timber Sales and the provincial government. Call Premier David Eby: 250-387-1715. #ProtectOldGrowth #ComoxValley #oldgrowth
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 11/11/2025
📅 November 18 - ALL OUT to protect old growth and HOLD THIS GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. In Nelson, Vernon, Campbell River/Courtenay, Smithers and more, locations to be confirmed. savewhatsleft.ca/protest #savewhatsleft @savewhatsleft.bsky.social @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 05/11/2025
Tsitika Mountain’s ancient forest faces auction by BC Timber Sales. #Clearcut already scars the #ecological reserve where live 300+ marbled #murrelets, a #threatened species. 📅 Nov 18 - ALL OUT to HOLD THE GOVT ACCOUNTABLE. Victoria: 11 AM, BCTS offices, Capital Park. @ancientforestbc.bsky.social
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 29/10/2025
TAKE ACTION NOW. DEMAND A HALT TO THE AUCTION OF TA1375 to @rparmarbc.bsky.social, @davidebybc.bsky.social Contact Ravi Parmar: 250 387-624, for.minister@gov.bc.ca & David Eby premier@gov.bc.ca #Tsitika #oldgrowth #bcpoli @ancientforestbc.bsky.social #clearcut #logging Images:oldgrowthaction
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 28/10/2025
Don’t wait, our holiday bundle sells out fast! For $35, get the Wild Canada 2026 calendar, a year of Watershed Sentinel (5 issues), and a personalized gift card. Perfect for friends who love the wild, and for keeping independent #environmental reporting strong. Order now: watershedsentinel.ca/store
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 23/10/2025
Meet some of the incredible people behind the Watershed Sentinel! In this clip, Delores Broten, founder and Zoe Blunt, editor, chat about the mag’s 30+ year of grassroots environmental journalism in B.C. Full conversation : tinyurl.com/p248xye8 Get the mag in your mailbox: watershedsentinel.ca
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 23/10/2025
Citizen-led victory: court halts logging in #Tjiärmadahkka, Sweden after action by #Skogsupproret and Sámi defenders, proof grassroots resistance works. Solidarity with #Walbran blockade defenders. 💚 #ForestRebellion #ActivismWorks #OldGrowthForest #FairyCreek
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 21/10/2025
B.C.’s forest policy needs a reset. The New Forest Act, a citizen-drafted by the Boundary Forest Watershed Stewardship Society to shift Crown forest management from central control to community-led stewardship. Share and Learn more: boundaryforest.org 🌲 #NewForestAct #ForestryReform #BCForests
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 16/10/2025
Stand with Elders for Ancient Trees 🌲 Oct 18: Water is Love film + panel (Victoria, 7–9 pm) • Oct 22: Save Goldstream rally (12–1 pm) • Oct 26: Nancy Turner webinar (2–3 pm). All details + #Walbran Cougar Camp updates: tinyurl.com/y2927rhy #OldGrowth #FairyCreek #Blockade #CougarCamp
Elder Bill Jones at Walbran Cougar Camp, Photo: Ada'itsx/Fairy Creek Blockade
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 16/10/2025
Oct 21: Groups worldwide are taking action to expose the impacts of the biomass industry. JOIN THEM! Organize an online/offline action and tag #BigBadBiomass. 👉 environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa... @dogwoodalliance.org @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @environmentalpaper.bsky.social
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 13/10/2025
How to lie with stats: BC had ~57M ha old growth (~48M loggable). Now 11.1M remain; <2M loggable. Govt’s ~80% protected looks bigger only because the base is smaller. That’s not protection, it’s math games.🌲 @ancientforestbc.bsky.social @wildernews.bsky.social #bcpoli #OldGrowth #BCForestry #Walbran
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 10/10/2025
ForestFest25 - Sat Oct 25, Hornby Island 🌲 Talks, foraging walk, eagle show, book signing, dance, films, etc. Conservancy Hornby Island AGM the same morning. They’re seeking nominations - email chihornby@gmail.com #ForestFest @hornbyisland.bsky.social www.conservancyhornbyisland.org/forestfest
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 09/10/2025
Keep independent #environmental #journalism alive in BC & beyond. Subscribe and get Watershed Sentinel in your mailbox. Stay informed, inspired, connected. 💚 watershedsentinel.ca/store
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 05/10/2025
Wildfires threaten communities across Canada. A petition by B.C. MP @gordjohns.bsky.social asks Canada to convert retired planes for firefighting. Read & sign by mid-January 2026, and share widely. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #Wildfires #Canada #Firefighting #CC130H
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 30/09/2025
Uplifting stories from Watershed Sentinel’s Indigenous reporters: Desiree Mannila tinyurl.com/dmannila & Odette Auger tinyurl.com/oauger. Read & share to honour the truths of the past and stand with Indigenous land and water protectors today. #EveryChildMatters #NDTR #OrangeShirtDay
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 24/09/2025
Protect seed-saving! Stop the rule that would end farmers’ right to save seed for fruit, vegetables, ornamentals, and hybrids. Sign by Oct 5 : www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... @nfucanada.bsky.social #FarmersRights #SeedSovereignty #Seeds #Farmers
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 22/09/2025
Clear labels, informed choices. Support the Parliamentary e-petition (tinyurl.com/PetitionE-6768) for mandatory #GMO labelling in #Canada. Info via @cbanaction.bsky.social #RightToKnow #FoodSovereignty #PublicHealth
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 21/09/2025
The Watershed Sentinel joined the #DrawTheLine mobilization in the Comox Valley. Climate and social justice are inseparable. 🌱 From climate action to solidarity with #Palestine, the call was clear: systemic change comes from all of us. For people, #peace, and #planet. #ClimateAction #FreePalestine
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Watershed Sentinel @watershedsentinel.ca · 17/09/2025
✊🌍 This weekend, we're going to #DrawTheLine for climate justice! The #WatershedSentinel joins allies like @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social in a global call to action. 🗓️ Sept 20 – Courtenay, 6th St @ Courthouse Lawn, 2:30 pm. 📍Find actions near you 👉 www.seniorsforclimate.org #ClimateAction
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