VANCOUVER – Several prominent environmental groups welcomed a Private Members Bill that was reintroduced into the British Columbia Legislature today by New Democrat MLA Rob Fleming. The Bill seeks to establish long overdue legislation protecting the province’s endangered species.

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Feb 01.12 - Parks Canada walks away from national park plan

Dec 20.11 - Spotted owl at risk

Dec 08.11 - An 11-year old girl is raising awareness about the lack of laws protecting BC’s endangered species

Dec 03.11 - Canadian reindeer receive U.S. rescue help just in time for Christmas

Nov 23.11 - What’s a polar bear worth to you?

Oct 01.11 - Rattlesnakes have no protection in BC

Aug 31.11 - Bats along the river are helpful

Aug 10.11 - Endangered snake found in Pemberton

Jul 21.11 - The decline of barn swallows

Jul 11.11 - Snake research crucial to protecting a vulnerable endangered species

Jun 17.11 - Turtle nesting season has arrived

Jun 04.11 - Logging, nesting failures put northern spotted owls on brink

Jun 02.11 - Languishing species report earns tongue lashing from NDP

Jun 02.11 - Murray Langdon’s Comment on Species-at-risk legislation

May 29.11 - How to bring back the eulachon?

May 09.11 - New designations by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

Apr 17.11 - Tracking nature’s not-so-cute critters

Apr 16.11 - Rare spring creatures need your help

Apr 12.11 - Gailus and Moola: Grizzlies need our help

Apr 08.11 - New policies needed to save our forests

Apr 05.11 - We must become better neighbours to the grizzly bears

Apr 01.11 - Rough ride for our furry, finned friends

Mar 31.11 - Scientists urge B.C. to set up grizzly parks

Mar 07.11 - Fixing the spotted frog’s love life in B.C.

Feb 25.11 - B.C. parks falling by the wayside

Feb 20.11 - Alberta silent on status of declining caribou population

Feb 17.11 - No cake, just more cuts, for B.C. parks centennial

Feb 15.11 - Safe haven, for now

Feb 15.11 - B.C. needs endangered species legislation

Feb 09.11 - Cougars: British Columbia’s Neglected Carnivore

Feb 03.11 - Grizzly Bears Are Vanishing From North Cascades National Park

Jan 21.11 - For Many Species, No Escape as Temperature Rises

Jan 18.11 - Endangered species find a home at the Princeton Golf Course

Jan 14.11 - Measuring the priceless in dollars and cents

Jan 06.11 - Wolf Centre and partners present BC Species at Risk night

Nov 03.10 - We’re losing the battle for diversity of life

Oct 26.10 - One in five vertebrate species globally at risk, study warns

Oct 24.10 - Imperilled: Shark populations in free fall throughout the world

Oct 01.10 - Winners and Losers in Canada

Sep 21.10 - Endangered species law urged

Jul 13.10 - A wealth of wildlife, poorly protected

Jun 15.10 - Court case to decide if federal Fisheries is failing West Coast killer whales

May 26.10 - Canada’s Aboriginal people are the key to Boreal Agreement’s success

Apr 02.10 - It’s getting harder and harder to spot the spotted owl

Mar 16.10 - Maple Ridge endorses endangered species law campaign

Mar 02.10 - Where the wild things are — but for how long?

Jul 01.09 - Celebrating our natural wealth on Canada Day

May 27.09 - B.C.‘s trophy hunt is unbearable

May 27.09 - UN to hear petition that Rocky Mountain park in danger

May 15.09 - B.C. rainforest wildlife captured in true form

May 05.09 - Whales make comeback, other marine life in peril

May 05.09 - U.S. sets example for endangered species protection

May 04.09 - Government ‘erred in law’ handling fisheries case

Apr 24.09 - Caring for caribou is a matter of urgency

Mar 17.09 - Conservation groups ask B.C. government to ban trophy bear hunt

Mar 13.09 - Lone wolf: ‘Canada’s newest marine mammal’

Feb 23.09 - Grizzlies wake early from winter slumber

Feb 22.09 - Anecdotes about grizzlies not on par with science, groups say

Jan 31.09 - Call to protect B.C.‘s 100 top heritage trees

Jan 23.09 - Hunting in parks is at odds with conservation

Jan 13.09 - Natural selection gives way to human selection

Dec 18.08 - War on wolves fails tests of reason, efficacy and morality

Dec 14.08 - Bird populations vanishing, local naturalists warn

Dec 12.08 - Clearcut raises concerns for threatened caribou

Nov 27.08 - Province accused of impeding habitat protection

Nov 11.08 - British Columbia has an Identity Crisis

Nov 03.08 - Salmon and Whales

Oct 30.08 - Urgent Call for Tougher Wildlife Law in B.C.

Oct 29.08 - Killer Whales Disappearing off Southern B.C.

Oct 09.08 - Making a habit of neglecting habitat

Sep 23.08 - Black Clouds on the Horizon for Birds of the World

Jul 10.08 - BC launches $1.2-million plan to stop extinctions

Jul 08.08 - Waiting for the ark

Jul 08.08 - Dire picture of B.C. wildlife, wilderness

Jun 26.08 - Hunting for Grizzly Bears

May 20.08 - Activists slam government as plan to save Mountain Caribou stumbles

Sep 14.07 - Goodbye Spotted Owl

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