- Signatures: 1,311
- Goal: 4,000
- Deadline: 3-31-2007
In February 2006, the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement was announced to the world by B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell. The agreement had two cornerstones: a protected areas package and a commitment to bold new logging practices, known as Ecosystem-based Management. Under the deal, 4.4 million acres (1.8 million hectares)—nearly twice as large as Yellowstone National Park—is off limits to loggers and largely closed to mining exploration.
This agreement is now at risk as several key terms are not being met, making the future of the Great Bear Rainforest far from being secure. Currently, much of the Great Bear Rainforest is still subject to clearcutting, sport hunting, fish farming and mining. Increased protection will be required on the central and north coast if biodiversity is to be safeguarded in this globally significant region.
Please urge Premier Campbell to ensure the preservation of the magnificent fauna, including the rare white Spirit Bear and this gorgeous temperate rainforest habitat by supporting the Great Bear Rainforest campaign. For More Information please visit the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition website at www.spiritbearyouth.org. Although there is no affiliation between this petition and The Spirit Bear Youth Coalition, their website provides a lot of great information.
Learn More About The Great Bear Rainforest (includes video)
Please also sign Campaign To Red List the Kermode Bear Petition
| Number | Date | Name | State | Country | Respectable Comments Are Much More Effective |
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| 1,311 | 6:13 am PDT, Aug 12 | Kim Heudt | Belgium | ||
| 1,310 | 3:02 pm PDT, Jul 29 | Elke Lewis | Canada | ||
| 1,309 | 12:21 pm PDT, Jul 27 | greta malkotzoglou | Greece | ||
| 1,308 | 8:24 pm PDT, Jul 22 | Kasha Herba | Canada | ||
| 1,307 | 2:56 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Rachel Tuck | Oregon | United States | We can all make a difference. Please take action! |
| 1,306 | 2:22 pm PDT, Apr 28 | JAMES SULLIVAN | Illinois | United States | |
| 1,305 | 5:03 pm PDT, Apr 25 | DANIELLE BENNETT | Michigan | United States | |
| 1,304 | 1:48 pm PDT, Apr 14 | Ali Blevins | Texas | United States | |
| 1,303 | 9:51 am PDT, Mar 30 | Nancy Lion-Storm | California | United States | |
| 1,302 | 6:46 am PDT, Mar 10 | Matthew Phelan | New Jersey | United States | |
| 1,301 | 3:41 pm PDT, Mar 9 | James Phelan | New Jersey | United States | There is room for Nature's Greatness. I do not think our country would be any poorer if we had left every fourth tree during the early logging days or still allowed more than token herds of buffalo to roam the Northern Plains or left an island like Princess Royal alone & undisturbed for Science & Tourism. |
| 1,300 | 9:48 am PDT, Mar 9 | ana maria carvalho | Brazil | ||
| 1,299 | 12:18 am PST, Feb 26 | Nicolas BELLEUDY | France | ||
| 1,298 | 5:58 pm PST, Feb 19 | Marie-Rose HECKMANN | France | ||
| 1,297 | 5:38 am PST, Feb 18 | geneviève Pieroni | France | ||
| 1,296 | 7:03 am PST, Feb 17 | Alexis Vernier | France | ||
| 1,295 | 2:35 am PST, Feb 17 | terry l. west | West Virginia | United States | |
| 1,294 | 5:04 am PST, Feb 13 | Arnaud Hussard | France | ||
| 1,293 | 10:42 pm PST, Feb 10 | Laurel Watson | Arizona | United States | |
| 1,292 | 6:06 pm PST, Feb 4 | Andrée Hussard | France | ||
| 1,291 | 7:15 am PST, Jan 30 | Kyna Crain | Montana | United States | |
| 1,290 | 4:09 am PST, Jan 27 | Alessandro Barracciu | Italy | ||
| 1,289 | 4:08 am PST, Jan 27 | Laura Tatti | Italy | ||
| 1,288 | 4:13 pm PST, Jan 15 | chantal Chavassieux | France | ||
| 1,287 | 4:12 pm PST, Jan 15 | jean-damien Susini | France | ||
| 1,286 | 10:19 am PST, Jan 13 | Annie Bertrand | France | ||
| 1,285 | 10:25 am PST, Dec 31 | Anonymous | Germany | ||
| 1,284 | 11:19 am PST, Dec 28 | Simos Tarabatzis | Greece | ||
| 1,283 | 3:18 pm PST, Dec 26 | Karen Gray | Indiana | United States | |
| 1,282 | 10:21 am PST, Dec 18 | rena Lawrence | Texas | United States | |
| 1,281 | 9:53 am PST, Dec 14 | Ines Seidel | Germany | ||
| 1,280 | 8:02 pm PST, Dec 11 | Kerry Paustenbach | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 1,279 | 5:51 am PST, Dec 5 | Lisa-Mandy Carruthers | United Kingdom | ||
| 1,278 | 1:47 pm PST, Nov 28 | Sherry Evertson | Oregon | United States | |
| 1,277 | 7:50 pm PST, Nov 13 | derek Knight | United Kingdom | ||
| 1,276 | 7:49 pm PST, Nov 13 | sandra Knight | United Kingdom | ||
| 1,275 | 2:37 pm PST, Nov 10 | Anne Seidel | Germany | ||
| 1,274 | 7:48 pm PST, Nov 9 | megan kobitzsch | Canada | Who doesn't like to look at this remarkable creature and the amazing temperate rainforest it lives in. The forest alone is worth saving, but the fact we have a subspecies of bear that is only found in this forest should be a be a better reason over money to protect this habitat. Save this Forest and what lives in it!!!!!! | |
| 1,273 | 7:29 pm PDT, Oct 13 | Laurel Burns | Maine | United States | |
| 1,272 | 1:19 am PDT, Aug 29 | Elijah Stutes | Hawaii | United States | |
| 1,271 | 9:30 pm PDT, Aug 24 | hazel seymour | Canada | ||
| 1,270 | 7:35 pm PDT, Aug 19 | Val Leonard | Armed Forces Americas | Canada | please protect the great bear rainforest. Once it is gone we can't bring it back. |
| 1,269 | 11:16 pm PDT, Aug 17 | patricia osborne | New York | United States | |
| 1,268 | 11:17 am PDT, Aug 9 | cara gubrud | Minnesota | United States | |
| 1,267 | 11:48 pm PDT, Aug 3 | Tawnya Barton | Canada | ||
| 1,266 | 6:02 pm PDT, Jul 29 | Darlene Davis | Michigan | United States | |
| 1,265 | 8:21 am PDT, Jun 24 | Prairie Bly | Minnesota | United States | |
| 1,264 | 4:45 am PDT, Jun 22 | Aggie Mitchell | New York | United States | We have got to stop destroying what we can't rebuild! That includes animal species and rainforests alike. Our world is slowing being made extinct! Please don't add to the problem. |
| 1,263 | 2:15 am PDT, Jun 17 | Perkins Irene | Romania | ||
| 1,262 | 5:00 am PDT, Jun 16 | Rhonda Carter | North Carolina | United States | We are to be good stewards of this earth - if we continue as we are we will leave nothing for the future generations |
| 1,261 | 6:02 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Jackie BluesWolf Stewart | Canada | Is time we started protecting our rainforests before it is too late. Many will be protected at the same time, including our Bears and Wolves. Start now because once it is gone we can not bring it back. | |
| 1,260 | 5:49 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Night RavenWolf | Canada | Our province was promised that the bears would be rehabilitated, not shot. In the past few weeks, several, including three bear cubs have been shot. | |
| 1,259 | 10:30 am PDT, Jun 15 | Pamela Scott | Canada | ||
| 1,258 | 4:56 pm PDT, Jun 11 | Anonymous | Delaware | United States | |
| 1,257 | 3:11 am PDT, Jun 11 | Jennifer Martino | Spain | We need to protect Great Bear Rainforest for the well being of the ecosystem. Please consider our position! | |
| 1,256 | 7:39 am PDT, Jun 7 | Lene Hansen | Armed Forces Europe | Denmark | |
| 1,255 | 9:04 am PDT, Jun 5 | Michael McLaughlin | California | United States | Please preserve the remaining British Columbia forest here in Spirit Bear. Please also consider that preservation of the extremely rare bear is now critical - a total of 200 is diminishing the genetic diversity to a level which will cause inbreeding depression, which will easily lead to reproductive failure and extinction. There is no sufficient excuse for allowing sport hunting. Thank you. |
| 1,254 | 6:35 am PDT, Jun 1 | Kathleen Newman Zinn | Michigan | United States | |
| 1,253 | 4:28 pm PDT, May 28 | Michael Dales | California | United States | Protect the Great Bear Rainforest |
| 1,252 | 2:04 pm PDT, May 19 | Erika Verrept | Netherlands | ||
| 1,251 | 5:59 am PDT, May 19 | Matthew Pintar | Pennsylvania | United States |
Campaign to Protect the Great Bear Rainforest
On Feb 7, 2006 a coalition of four leading environmental groups, along with industry leaders and indigenous groups, celebrated success after a decade long campaign to protect the globally unique Great Bear Rainforest. The long awaited government announcement protecting one third of the Great Bear Rainforest from logging and requiring the use of more sustainable logging practices for the remaining area had finally become a reality. This agreement also set a new precedent for decision making for local indigenous groups (First Nations), giving them the right to define what happens on their land.
This agreement is now at risk because a cornerstone of the agreement, Ecosystem-based Management, is faltering. Without this up and running, logging decisions are being made on a piecemeal basis. Today, logging threatens the future of ecologically important areas creating uncertainty in the Great Bear Rainforest – it is time to get down to work and act on these agreements.
Equally important, is the conservation of the rare (pure white) kermode bear. Biologists estimate a population of 1,200 spirit bears --of which only 400 are white phased.
Much of the spirit bear's historic territory is already logged, from River's Inlet at the south end of its range, to the Nass Valley in the north, and east up the Skeena River as far as Hazelton. On the mid-coast, large areas of the islands where the Kermode bears live – Princess Royal, Gribbell, Roderick and Pooley – have already been logged. The spirit bear's traditional home is already much diminished. The logging industry has extracted substantial commercial value from the range of the spirit bear even as the provincial government planning process was proceeding!
Please assure us that the government is taking steps to put these protections in place for the preservation of this most rare and beautiful forest and it's inhabitants.
Sincerely, The undersigned.
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